diff --git a/analysis_options.yaml b/analysis_options.yaml
index 8a175505..57755a26 100644
--- a/analysis_options.yaml
+++ b/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ analyzer:
   exclude:
     - "**/*.g.dart"
     - "**/*.freezed.dart"
-  plugins:
-    - dart_code_linter
 
 linter:
   rules:
@@ -17,6 +15,8 @@ linter:
     prefer_final_in_for_each: true
     avoid_print: true
 
+# Do not register DCL as an analyzer plugin: its analyzer 10 integration crashes
+# on Linux. CI invokes the supported check-unused commands explicitly.
 dart_code_linter:
   rules-exclude:
     - "test/**"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index fecdde1f..12d3fb29 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
   json_serializable: ^6.7.1
   slang_build_runner: ^4.14.0
   sentry_dart_plugin: ^3.3.0
-  # dart_code_linter 4.1.6 crashes analyzer 10.0.1 during plugin analysis.
+  # Used by the explicit check-unused-* CI steps; its analyzer plugin is disabled.
   dart_code_linter: 4.0.2
   drift_dev: ^2.28.3
   shared_preferences_platform_interface: ^2.4.0