diff --git a/docs/fish-config.md b/docs/fish-config.md
index c739c25..fdd4f6f 100644
--- a/docs/fish-config.md
+++ b/docs/fish-config.md
@@ -845,16 +845,15 @@ Add -i (interactive confirmation) to destructive commands:
       3. system PM (paru/apt/brew/etc.)
       4. git clone (fzf)
       5. curl installer (starship, fisher, uv)
-      6. pipx (Python tools)
 
     When multiple methods are available you are prompted to choose.
 
     Dependencies are grouped into three tiers:
 
-      Required      uv, cargo, fish, fisher, starship, fzf, zoxide,
+      Required      cargo, fish, fisher, starship, fzf, zoxide,
                     direnv, paru/yay
       Integrations  wakatime, tailscale
-      Recommended   eza, lsd, bat, btop, dust, duf, prettyping, ov,
+      Recommended   uv, eza, lsd, bat, btop, dust, duf, prettyping, ov,
                     ripgrep, lazygit, lazydocker, trash, kitty, wezterm,
                     python3
 
@@ -1349,7 +1348,6 @@ fish-deps manages these tools. Run `fish-deps` to check status, or
 
 ## Required
 
-    uv        Python package manager (Astral)
     cargo     Rust toolchain (via rustup)
     fish      Fish shell >= 4.0
     fisher    Fish plugin manager
@@ -1367,6 +1365,9 @@ fish-deps manages these tools. Run `fish-deps` to check status, or
 
 ## Recommended
 
+    uv          Python package and project manager (Astral); used by the
+                fish-from-source build path in fish-deps. All consumers
+                degrade gracefully without it.
     eza         Modern ls replacement
     lsd         ls replacement (fallback to eza)
     bat         Syntax-highlighted cat
@@ -1396,7 +1397,6 @@ The install priority for each tool:
     system PM paru / apt / brew / dnf / etc. — for tools without a crate
     git clone fzf — installed from GitHub to ~/.fzf/
     curl      starship installer, fisher bootstrap, uv installer
-    pipx      Python-based tools
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish b/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish
index 17c2946..78a9467 100644
--- a/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish
+++ b/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function _fish_deps_catalog
         eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping ov rg lazygit lazydocker trash kitty wezterm python3
 
     set -g _fdc_tiers \
-        req req req req req req req req rec rec \
+        rec req req req req req req req rec rec \
         int int \
         rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec
 
diff --git a/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish b/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish
index 928ec81..00a9d2c 100644
--- a/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish
+++ b/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish
@@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ function _fish_deps_install
                         set -a methods special-yay
                         set -a method_labels "build from AUR (makepkg)"
                     end
-                case pipx
-                    if type -q pipx
-                        set -a methods special-pipx
-                        set -a method_labels "pipx ($bin)"
-                    else if type -q pip
-                        set -a methods special-pip
-                        set -a method_labels "pip install --user ($bin)"
-                    end
             end
 
             if test (count $methods) -eq 0
@@ -264,10 +256,6 @@ function _fish_deps_install
                     popd 2>/dev/null
                     rm -rf "$_tmpdir"
                     test $_build_ok -eq 1
-                case special-pipx
-                    pipx install $bin
-                case special-pip
-                    pip install --user $bin
             end
 
             if test $status -eq 0