diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a103fef..82fa1ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,13 +96,15 @@ Sessions run with `Jido.Shell.Backend.Local` by default.
 
 The Bash backend hands entire command lines to a persistent `Bash.Session` process, so loops, conditionals, variables, pipes, and arithmetic expansion all work as in real Bash. State persists across calls within the same session.
 
-**Dependency** — add the optional `:bash` package to your `mix.exs`:
+The Bash backend currently depends on upstream `tv-labs/bash` changes that are
+newer than the latest Hex release. Until those changes are published, the Bash
+backend is available from source/Git builds and is excluded from the Hex
+package.
 
 ```elixir
 {:bash,
  git: "https://github.com/tv-labs/bash.git",
- ref: "c1038ff83e825c29ea131bf8b728bd1672734c01",
- optional: true}
+ ref: "c1038ff83e825c29ea131bf8b728bd1672734c01"}
 ```
 
 **Starting a session:**
diff --git a/lib/jido_shell/backend/bash.ex b/lib/jido_shell/backend/bash.ex
index 4dc2c39..af9b884 100644
--- a/lib/jido_shell/backend/bash.ex
+++ b/lib/jido_shell/backend/bash.ex
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ defmodule Jido.Shell.Backend.Bash do
 
       Jido.Shell.ShellSession.run_command(sid, "for i in 1 2 3; do echo $i; done")
 
-  Requires the optional `:bash` dependency to be compiled into the release.
+  Requires the compatible upstream `:bash` Git dependency until the next
+  `tv-labs/bash` Hex release includes `Bash.Session.signal/3`.
   """
 
   @behaviour Jido.Shell.Backend
diff --git a/lib/jido_shell/environment/sprite.ex b/lib/jido_shell/environment/sprite.ex
index 24d139a..a5a24c7 100644
--- a/lib/jido_shell/environment/sprite.ex
+++ b/lib/jido_shell/environment/sprite.ex
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ defmodule Jido.Shell.Environment.Sprite do
     end
   end
 
-  defp destroy_sprite(nil, _client, _sprites_mod), do: {:error, :missing_sprite_name}
-  defp destroy_sprite("", _client, _sprites_mod), do: {:error, :missing_sprite_name}
-  defp destroy_sprite(_sprite_name, nil, _sprites_mod), do: {:error, :missing_sprites_client}
-
   defp destroy_sprite(sprite_name, client, sprites_mod) do
     with true <- supports?(sprites_mod, :sprite, 2),
          true <- supports?(sprites_mod, :destroy, 1) do
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index f25cc1f..9869661 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ defmodule Jido.Shell.MixProject do
       {:zoi, "~> 0.17"},
       {:jido_vfs, "~> 1.0"},
       {:bash,
-       git: "https://github.com/tv-labs/bash.git", ref: "c1038ff83e825c29ea131bf8b728bd1672734c01", optional: true},
+       git: "https://github.com/tv-labs/bash.git",
+       ref: "c1038ff83e825c29ea131bf8b728bd1672734c01",
+       only: [:dev, :test],
+       optional: true},
 
       # Dev/Test dependencies
       {:credo, "~> 1.7", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false},
@@ -108,8 +111,7 @@ defmodule Jido.Shell.MixProject do
 
   defp package do
     [
-      files:
-        ~w(lib mix.exs LICENSE README.md MIGRATION.md CHANGELOG.md CONTRIBUTING.md GUARDRAILS.md AGENTS.md usage-rules.md .formatter.exs),
+      files: package_files(),
       maintainers: ["Mike Hostetler"],
       licenses: ["Apache-2.0"],
       links: %{
@@ -122,6 +124,21 @@ defmodule Jido.Shell.MixProject do
     ]
   end
 
+  defp package_files do
+    lib_files =
+      "lib/**/*"
+      |> Path.wildcard()
+      |> Enum.reject(&File.dir?/1)
+      |> Enum.reject(&bash_backend_file?/1)
+
+    lib_files ++
+      ~w(mix.exs LICENSE README.md MIGRATION.md CHANGELOG.md CONTRIBUTING.md GUARDRAILS.md AGENTS.md usage-rules.md .formatter.exs)
+  end
+
+  defp bash_backend_file?("lib/jido_shell/backend/bash.ex"), do: true
+  defp bash_backend_file?("lib/jido_shell/backend/bash/" <> _), do: true
+  defp bash_backend_file?(_path), do: false
+
   defp docs do
     [
       main: "readme",