diff --git a/ui/vessels/el-html/manifest.el b/ui/vessels/el-html/manifest.el
index 5156e77..49ad261 100644
--- a/ui/vessels/el-html/manifest.el
+++ b/ui/vessels/el-html/manifest.el
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 vessel "el-html" {
     version "0.1.0"
-    description "HTML generation and templating vessel for el-ui"
+    description "Atomic HTML emit primitives — server-side rendering building blocks"
     authors ["Will Anderson <will@neurontechnologies.ai>"]
     edition "2026"
 }
 
 dependencies {
     el-platform "1.0"
-    el-style "1.0"
-    el-layout "1.0"
 }
 
 build {