diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a9af1ce1..e06f8463 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -220,10 +220,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd binaries
           SHA256_ARM64=$(sha256sum flutter-skill-macos-arm64/flutter-skill-macos-arm64 | cut -d' ' -f1)
-          SHA256_X64=$(sha256sum flutter-skill-macos-x64/flutter-skill-macos-x64 | cut -d' ' -f1)
           SHA256_LINUX=$(sha256sum flutter-skill-linux-x64/flutter-skill-linux-x64 | cut -d' ' -f1)
           echo "sha256_arm64=$SHA256_ARM64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "sha256_x64=$SHA256_X64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "sha256_linux=$SHA256_LINUX" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Checkout Homebrew tap
@@ -237,7 +235,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION=${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
           SHA256_ARM64=${{ steps.sha256.outputs.sha256_arm64 }}
-          SHA256_X64=${{ steps.sha256.outputs.sha256_x64 }}
           SHA256_LINUX=${{ steps.sha256.outputs.sha256_linux }}
 
           # Write the new formula
@@ -253,10 +250,6 @@ jobs:
                 url "https://github.com/ai-dashboad/flutter-skill/releases/download/vVERSION_PLACEHOLDER/flutter-skill-macos-arm64"
                 sha256 "SHA256_ARM64_PLACEHOLDER"
               end
-              on_intel do
-                url "https://github.com/ai-dashboad/flutter-skill/releases/download/vVERSION_PLACEHOLDER/flutter-skill-macos-x64"
-                sha256 "SHA256_X64_PLACEHOLDER"
-              end
             end
 
             on_linux do
@@ -298,7 +291,6 @@ jobs:
           # Replace placeholders
           sed -i "s/VERSION_PLACEHOLDER/${VERSION}/g" homebrew-tap/Formula/flutter-skill.rb
           sed -i "s/SHA256_ARM64_PLACEHOLDER/${SHA256_ARM64}/g" homebrew-tap/Formula/flutter-skill.rb
-          sed -i "s/SHA256_X64_PLACEHOLDER/${SHA256_X64}/g" homebrew-tap/Formula/flutter-skill.rb
           sed -i "s/SHA256_LINUX_PLACEHOLDER/${SHA256_LINUX}/g" homebrew-tap/Formula/flutter-skill.rb
 
       - name: Commit and push
@@ -319,9 +311,6 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             arch: arm64
             artifact: flutter-skill-macos-arm64
-          - os: macos-13
-            arch: x64
-            artifact: flutter-skill-macos-x64
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             arch: x64
             artifact: flutter-skill-linux-x64
diff --git a/packaging/homebrew/flutter-skill.rb b/packaging/homebrew/flutter-skill.rb
index 0e1dd056..d2719e82 100644
--- a/packaging/homebrew/flutter-skill.rb
+++ b/packaging/homebrew/flutter-skill.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ class FlutterSkill < Formula
   license "MIT"
 
   # Platform-specific native binaries
+  # Intel macOS (x64) has no native binary: GitHub retired the macos-13 hosted
+  # runner used to build it, and current x64 runner images require a paid
+  # large-runner tier. Intel Mac users should install via npm/pub.dev instead,
+  # which fall back to the Dart runtime automatically.
   on_macos do
     on_arm do
       url "https://github.com/ai-dashboad/flutter-skill/releases/download/v0.9.36/flutter-skill-macos-arm64"
       sha256 "PLACEHOLDER_ARM64_SHA256"
     end
-    on_intel do
-      url "https://github.com/ai-dashboad/flutter-skill/releases/download/v0.9.36/flutter-skill-macos-x64"
-      sha256 "PLACEHOLDER_X64_SHA256"
-    end
   end
 
   on_linux do
diff --git a/packaging/npm/bin/cli.js b/packaging/npm/bin/cli.js
index 825cd1f9..d0c33f62 100755
--- a/packaging/npm/bin/cli.js
+++ b/packaging/npm/bin/cli.js
@@ -122,8 +122,25 @@ function runNativeBinary(binaryPath) {
     args.push('server');
   }
 
-  const server = spawn(binaryPath, args, {
-    stdio: 'inherit'
+  // spawn() reports launch failures (ENOEXEC, EACCES, ENOENT, wrong-arch, ...)
+  // inconsistently across platforms/Node versions: some surface synchronously
+  // as a thrown exception from spawn() itself, others only asynchronously via
+  // the 'error' event. Without handling both, the failure is uncaught and
+  // crashes the process instead of ever reaching the Dart fallback.
+  let server;
+  try {
+    server = spawn(binaryPath, args, {
+      stdio: 'inherit'
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`[flutter-skill] Native binary failed to launch (${err.code || err.message}), falling back to Dart runtime`);
+    runWithDart();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  server.on('error', (err) => {
+    console.error(`[flutter-skill] Native binary failed to launch (${err.code || err.message}), falling back to Dart runtime`);
+    runWithDart();
   });
 
   server.on('close', (code) => {