diff --git a/plugin-designs/country-posters/index.js b/plugin-designs/country-posters/index.js
index 63032263d..0c4b93504 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/country-posters/index.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/country-posters/index.js
@@ -42,18 +42,9 @@ const profileModules = import.meta.glob('./*.vue')
 // where _registry.js discovers them for every bundle, and src/colors/ holds no .js at all. The glob
 // matched nothing, so leaving it would be dead code that reads as a deliberate override.
 
-// ─── Mapbox RTL text plugin — load ONCE before any map instance ──────────────
-if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.mapboxgl?.setRTLTextPlugin) {
-  try {
-    window.mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin(
-      'https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.3.0/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js',
-      null,
-      true // lazy
-    )
-  } catch (_) {
-    // Plugin already set in this session — ignore.
-  }
-}
+// RTL text plugin (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian shaping): installed by useMapInstance through
+// library/maps/rtl-text.js, on BOTH engines, before every map is constructed. Do not re-add a
+// hand-rolled mapboxgl-only block here -- it was a strict subset of that call.
 
 /**
  * Each instance gets its own Pinia + i18n so multiple embeds on one page never
diff --git a/plugin-designs/doxa-research-map/index.js b/plugin-designs/doxa-research-map/index.js
index c3c29bdaa..5f00a59ec 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/doxa-research-map/index.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/doxa-research-map/index.js
@@ -32,18 +32,9 @@ const profileModules = import.meta.glob('./*.vue')
 // where _registry.js discovers them for every bundle, and src/colors/ holds no .js at all. The glob
 // matched nothing, so leaving it would be dead code that reads as a deliberate override.
 
-// ─── Mapbox RTL text plugin — load ONCE before any map instance ──────────────
-if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.mapboxgl?.setRTLTextPlugin) {
-  try {
-    window.mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin(
-      'https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.3.0/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js',
-      null,
-      true // lazy
-    )
-  } catch (_) {
-    // Already set in this session — ignore.
-  }
-}
+// RTL text plugin (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian shaping): installed by useMapInstance through
+// library/maps/rtl-text.js, on BOTH engines, before every map is constructed. Do not re-add a
+// hand-rolled mapboxgl-only block here -- it was a strict subset of that call.
 
 /**
  * Build a fresh defineCustomElement-wrapped class. Each instance gets its own
diff --git a/plugin-designs/doxa-simple-map/index.js b/plugin-designs/doxa-simple-map/index.js
index b1c223d18..b59c906aa 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/doxa-simple-map/index.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/doxa-simple-map/index.js
@@ -48,20 +48,9 @@ const profileModules = import.meta.glob('./*.vue')
 // No-op today: doxa-simple-map ships no local strategies (empty glob).
 registerStrategies(import.meta.glob('./src/colors/*.js', { eager: true }))
 
-// ─── Mapbox RTL text plugin — load ONCE before any map instance ──────────────
-// Required for proper rendering of Arabic text on the basemap.
-// Lazy = plugin loads only when RTL text is first encountered.
-if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.mapboxgl?.setRTLTextPlugin) {
-  try {
-    window.mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin(
-      'https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.3.0/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js',
-      null,
-      true // lazy
-    )
-  } catch (_) {
-    // Plugin already set in this session — ignore.
-  }
-}
+// RTL text plugin (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian shaping): installed by useMapInstance through
+// library/maps/rtl-text.js, on BOTH engines, before every map is constructed. Do not re-add a
+// hand-rolled mapboxgl-only block here -- it was a strict subset of that call.
 
 /**
  * Build a fresh defineCustomElement-wrapped class.
diff --git a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/index.js b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/index.js
index ffd584a83..c9837a145 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/index.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/index.js
@@ -38,20 +38,9 @@ import { createAppI18n } from '@map/i18n/index.js'
 // app.provide('profileModules', ...) below.
 const profileModules = import.meta.glob('./*.vue')
 
-// ─── Mapbox RTL text plugin — load ONCE before any map instance ──────────────
-// Required for proper rendering of Arabic text on the basemap.
-// Lazy = plugin loads only when RTL text is first encountered.
-if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.mapboxgl?.setRTLTextPlugin) {
-  try {
-    window.mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin(
-      'https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.3.0/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js',
-      null,
-      true // lazy
-    )
-  } catch (_) {
-    // Plugin already set in this session — ignore.
-  }
-}
+// RTL text plugin (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian shaping): installed by useMapInstance through
+// library/maps/rtl-text.js, on BOTH engines, before every map is constructed. Do not re-add a
+// hand-rolled mapboxgl-only block here -- it was a strict subset of that call.
 
 /**
  * Build the defineCustomElement-wrapped class for this bundle.
diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/index.js b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/index.js
index 5b522efd7..7440c834c 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/index.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/index.js
@@ -12,14 +12,9 @@ import { createAppI18n } from '@map/i18n/index.js'
 
 const profileModules = import.meta.glob('./*.vue')
 
-if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.mapboxgl?.setRTLTextPlugin) {
-  try {
-    window.mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin(
-      'https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.3.0/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js',
-      null, true
-    )
-  } catch (_) { /* already set this session */ }
-}
+// RTL text plugin (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian shaping): installed by useMapInstance through
+// library/maps/rtl-text.js, on BOTH engines, before every map is constructed. Do not re-add a
+// hand-rolled mapboxgl-only block here -- it was a strict subset of that call.
 
 const El = defineCustomElement(ProfileLoader, {
   configureApp(app) {
diff --git a/plugin-designs/upg-neighbor/index.js b/plugin-designs/upg-neighbor/index.js
index 675e45907..8d16a84f5 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/upg-neighbor/index.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/upg-neighbor/index.js
@@ -14,14 +14,9 @@ import { createAppI18n } from '@map/i18n/index.js'
 
 const profileModules = import.meta.glob('./*.vue')
 
-if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.mapboxgl?.setRTLTextPlugin) {
-  try {
-    window.mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin(
-      'https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.3.0/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js',
-      null, true
-    )
-  } catch (_) { /* already set this session */ }
-}
+// RTL text plugin (Arabic/Hebrew/Persian shaping): installed by useMapInstance through
+// library/maps/rtl-text.js, on BOTH engines, before every map is constructed. Do not re-add a
+// hand-rolled mapboxgl-only block here -- it was a strict subset of that call.
 
 const El = defineCustomElement(ProfileLoader, {
   configureApp(app) {