diff --git a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/testing.lua b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/testing.lua
index 44fcc39..63469e8 100644
--- a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/testing.lua
+++ b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/testing.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ return {
     "nvim-neotest/neotest",
     dependencies = {
       "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
-      "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
       "nvim-neotest/nvim-nio",
       "rouge8/neotest-rust",
       "rcasia/neotest-java",
diff --git a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter-latex.lua b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter-latex.lua
index b0eb726..9760d91 100644
--- a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter-latex.lua
+++ b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter-latex.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,2 @@
--- Ensure Treesitter knows about LaTeX (nabla benefits, and some plugins use it)
-return {
-  "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
-  opts = function(_, opts)
-    opts.ensure_installed = opts.ensure_installed or {}
-    if type(opts.ensure_installed) == "table" then
-      if not vim.tbl_contains(opts.ensure_installed, "latex") then table.insert(opts.ensure_installed, "latex") end
-    end
-  end,
-}
+-- nvim-treesitter dropped; latex parser available via system package or tree-sitter-cli
+return {}
diff --git a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 3265cd4..1ff01cf 100644
--- a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -1,70 +1,20 @@
+-- nvim-treesitter dropped: archived, incompatible with Neovim 0.12 API.
+-- Neovim 0.12 handles treesitter natively (highlighting, folding, injections).
+-- Bundled parsers: bash, c, lua, markdown, markdown_inline, python, query,
+--                  regex, vim, vimdoc.
+-- Additional parsers (rust, ts, java, etc.): install via AUR tree-sitter-* or
+-- tree-sitter-cli: https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter
+
 return {
+  -- Textobjects: pairs, quotes, args, brackets — no treesitter dependency
   {
-    "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
-    build = ":TSUpdate",
-    event = { "BufReadPost", "BufNewFile" },
-    dependencies = {
-      "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects",
-    },
+    "echasnovski/mini.ai",
+    event = "VeryLazy",
     opts = {
-      ensure_installed = {
-        "lua", "rust", "typescript", "javascript", "svelte",
-        "java", "latex", "markdown", "markdown_inline",
-        "yaml", "toml", "bash", "html", "css", "jinja",
-        "json", "vim", "vimdoc", "regex",
-      },
-      auto_install = true,
-      highlight = {
-        enable = true,
-        additional_vim_regex_highlighting = { "latex" }, -- needed for vimtex
-      },
-      indent = { enable = true },
-      incremental_selection = {
-        enable = true,
-        keymaps = {
-          init_selection = "<C-space>",
-          node_incremental = "<C-space>",
-          scope_incremental = false,
-          node_decremental = "<bs>",
-        },
-      },
-      textobjects = {
-        select = {
-          enable = true,
-          lookahead = true,
-          keymaps = {
-            ["am"] = "@function.outer",
-            ["im"] = "@function.inner",
-            ["ac"] = "@class.outer",
-            ["ic"] = "@class.inner",
-            ["a,"] = "@parameter.outer",
-            ["i,"] = "@parameter.inner",
-          },
-        },
-        move = {
-          enable = true,
-          set_jumps = true,
-          goto_next_start = {
-            ["]m"] = "@function.outer",
-            ["]c"] = "@class.outer",
-          },
-          goto_next_end = {
-            ["]M"] = "@function.outer",
-            ["]C"] = "@class.outer",
-          },
-          goto_previous_start = {
-            ["[m"] = "@function.outer",
-            ["[c"] = "@class.outer",
-          },
-          goto_previous_end = {
-            ["[M"] = "@function.outer",
-            ["[C"] = "@class.outer",
-          },
-        },
-      },
+      n_lines = 500,
+      -- Extend the default textobjects with mini.extra
+      -- a( i( a[ i[ a{ i{ a< i< a" i" a' i' a` i` — built-in
+      -- af if — function call args (built-in)
     },
-    config = function(_, opts)
-      require("nvim-treesitter.configs").setup(opts)
-    end,
   },
 }
diff --git a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua
index 872051b..70c8e5b 100644
--- a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ return {
   {
     "MeanderingProgrammer/render-markdown.nvim",
     ft = { "markdown" },
-    dependencies = { "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter", "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
+    dependencies = { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
     opts = {
       heading = { enabled = true },
       code = { enabled = true, style = "full" },
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ return {
   -- Symbols outline panel
   {
     "stevearc/aerial.nvim",
-    dependencies = { "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter", "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
+    dependencies = { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
     keys = {
       { "<leader>uo", "<cmd>AerialToggle!<cr>", desc = "Symbols outline" },
     },
diff --git a/dot_config/nvim/queries/markdown/injections.scm b/dot_config/nvim/queries/markdown/injections.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 61daa31..0000000
--- a/dot_config/nvim/queries/markdown/injections.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-; Override nvim-treesitter's markdown injections to avoid #set-lang-from-info-string!
-; which crashes on Neovim 0.12 due to changed match table API (captures are now lists).
-; Uses Neovim's native @injection.language capture instead.
-
-(fenced_code_block
-  (info_string
-    (language) @injection.language)
-  (code_fence_content) @injection.content)
-
-((html_block) @injection.content
-  (#set! injection.language "html")
-  (#set! injection.combined)
-  (#set! injection.include-children))
-
-((minus_metadata) @injection.content
-  (#set! injection.language "yaml")
-  (#offset! @injection.content 1 0 -1 0)
-  (#set! injection.include-children))
-
-((plus_metadata) @injection.content
-  (#set! injection.language "toml")
-  (#offset! @injection.content 1 0 -1 0)
-  (#set! injection.include-children))
-
-([
-  (inline)
-  (pipe_table_cell)
-] @injection.content
-  (#set! injection.language "markdown_inline"))