diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/commit.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/commit.yaml
index 9ccb960..af82206 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/commit.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/commit.yaml
@@ -6,46 +6,9 @@ on:
       - dev
       - master
 jobs:
-  stamp_build:
-    if: gitea.ref_name == 'master' && !contains(gitea.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')
-    runs-on: self-hosted
-    steps:
-      - name: Stamp composer build from origin/master
-        env:
-          SPEEDBB_REPO: ${{ vars.SPEEDBB_REPO }}
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
-          GITEA_ACTOR: ${{ gitea.actor }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          REPO="$SPEEDBB_REPO"
-          if [ -n "$GITEA_TOKEN" ]; then
-            REPO=$(echo "$SPEEDBB_REPO" | sed "s#https://#https://${GITEA_ACTOR}:${GITEA_TOKEN}@#")
-          fi
-
-          git clone --quiet --branch=master "$REPO" repo
-          cd repo
-          git fetch origin master
-
-          BUILD="$(git rev-list --count origin/master)"
-          CURRENT="$(php -r 'echo (string) ((json_decode(file_get_contents("composer.json"), true)["build"] ?? ""));')"
-
-          if [ "$CURRENT" = "$BUILD" ]; then
-            echo "composer.json build already $BUILD; no changes."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          BUILD="$BUILD" php -r '$p="composer.json"; $d=json_decode(file_get_contents($p), true); if (!is_array($d)) { fwrite(STDERR, "Invalid composer.json\n"); exit(1);} $d["build"]=getenv("BUILD"); file_put_contents($p, json_encode($d, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT|JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES).PHP_EOL);'
-
-          git config user.name "speedbb-ci"
-          git config user.email "ci@24unix.net"
-          git add composer.json
-          git commit -m "ci: sync composer build to ${BUILD} [skip ci]"
-          git push origin master
-
   deploy:
-    if: gitea.ref_name == 'master' && !contains(gitea.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')
+    if: gitea.ref_name == 'master'
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    needs: stamp_build
     steps:
       - name: Custom Checkout
         env:
@@ -69,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           rm .vault_pass.txt
 
   promote_stable:
-    if: gitea.ref_name == 'master' && !contains(gitea.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')
+    if: gitea.ref_name == 'master'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     needs: deploy
     steps:
diff --git a/scripts/hooks/pre-commit b/scripts/hooks/pre-commit
index 7f9dc2a..bb50ffc 100644
--- a/scripts/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/scripts/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# Keep commits possible when local DB is offline.
-if ! php artisan version:fetch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "pre-commit: skipped 'php artisan version:fetch' (database unreachable)." >&2
-  echo "pre-commit: start MySQL and run it manually when needed." >&2
-fi
+# Stamp composer.json build from local git commit count on master/HEAD.
+BUILD="$(git rev-list --count master 2>/dev/null || git rev-list --count HEAD)"
+
+BUILD="$BUILD" php -r '
+$path = "composer.json";
+$data = json_decode(file_get_contents($path), true);
+if (!is_array($data)) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, "pre-commit: invalid composer.json\n");
+    exit(1);
+}
+$build = getenv("BUILD");
+if ($build === false || $build === "") {
+    fwrite(STDERR, "pre-commit: missing BUILD value\n");
+    exit(1);
+}
+$current = (string)($data["build"] ?? "");
+if ($current === $build) {
+    exit(0);
+}
+$data["build"] = $build;
+file_put_contents($path, json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES) . PHP_EOL);
+fwrite(STDOUT, "pre-commit: composer.json build updated to {$build}\n");
+'