diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8363f11..093f5bb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -338,17 +338,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "distributed_cli"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32e606d031b6e0f4e3151212a715835dc1a036954bbfb5cb6e5c079f54389a1f"
-dependencies = [
- "clap",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -637,7 +626,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "colored",
  "dialoguer",
- "distributed_cli",
  "fern",
  "flate2",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa608c9..b11fb8b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ fern = "0.7.1"
 log = "0.4.27"
 colored = "3.0.0"
 clap = { version = "4.5.35", features = ["derive"] }
-distributed_cli = "1.6"
 openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.106", optional = true }
 flate2 = "1.1.0"
 tar = "0.4.44"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22703c9..9106163 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ hops config --help
 hops secrets --help
 hops validate --help
 hops xr --help
-hops service --help
 ```
 
 ## Command Areas
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ hops service --help
 `hops-cli` is organized into a few command groups:
 
 - `local`
-  - Manage a local control plane (colima or kind backend), install providers, and bootstrap AWS or GitHub provider auth.
+  - Manage a local control plane (colima, kind, or dory backend), install providers, and bootstrap AWS or GitHub provider auth.
 - `config`
   - Build, install, reload, and uninstall Crossplane configuration packages against the connected cluster.
 - `secrets`
@@ -96,8 +95,8 @@ hops service --help
   - Generate configuration manifests from Upbound-format XRD projects for validation workflows.
 - `xr`
   - Observe existing XR-backed infrastructure and render adoption, management, or orphaning manifests.
-- `service`
-  - Scaffold Distributed microservice crates, optional GitOps/Knative/GitHub workflow scaffolds, and inspect/render their project manifests.
+
+Microservice scaffolding previously available as `hops service` now lives in the standalone **distributed** CLI (`distributed` / `distributed_cli`).
 
 ## Secrets
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b9fd82a..c152177 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ enum Commands {
     Config(commands::config::ConfigArgs),
     /// Manage Crossplane provider packages in the connected cluster
     Provider(commands::provider::ProviderArgs),
-    /// Create and inspect application services
-    Service(distributed_cli::ServiceArgs),
     /// Manage validation helpers for Crossplane projects
     Validate(commands::validate::ValidateArgs),
     /// Manage live XR observe/manage/adopt workflows
@@ -60,9 +58,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         Some(Commands::Provider(provider_args)) => {
             commands::provider::run(provider_args)?;
         }
-        Some(Commands::Service(service_args)) => {
-            distributed_cli::run(service_args)?;
-        }
         Some(Commands::Validate(validate_args)) => {
             commands::validate::run(validate_args)?;
         }