diff --git a/apps/base/puppet/deployment_puppetserver-compiler.yaml b/apps/base/puppet/deployment_puppetserver-compiler.yaml
index 4c2616d..af67c89 100644
--- a/apps/base/puppet/deployment_puppetserver-compiler.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/puppet/deployment_puppetserver-compiler.yaml
@@ -187,28 +187,28 @@ spec:
         - -c
         args:
         - |
+          set -e
           echo "Setting up shared binaries..."
           mkdir -p /opt/bin
-          mkdir -p /opt/bin/.cache/uv
 
-          # Copy encapi ENC script to shared bin volume
-          cp /configmaps/encapi-enc /opt/bin/encapi-enc
-          chmod +x /opt/bin/encapi-enc
-
-          # Install uv to shared bin volume
+          # Install the encapic ENC client (stdlib-only Go binary) to the shared
+          # bin volume. It replaces the uv/python ENC script, whose
+          # first-invocation dependency resolution failed on fresh compiler pods.
+          ENCAPIC_VERSION=v0.1.0
+          BASE=https://git.unkin.net/unkin/encapic/releases/download/$ENCAPIC_VERSION
           cd /tmp
-          wget -O uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/api/v1/remote/github/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/0.9.20/uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-          tar xf uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-          cp uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/uv /opt/bin/uv
-          chmod +x /opt/bin/uv
+          curl -fsSL -o encapic "$BASE/encapic_linux_amd64"
+          curl -fsSL -o encapic.sha256 "$BASE/encapic_linux_amd64.sha256"
+          # The published checksum names the release asset; verify against the
+          # file we downloaded regardless of the recorded filename.
+          EXPECTED=$(awk '{print $1}' encapic.sha256)
+          echo "$EXPECTED  encapic" | sha256sum -c -
+          install -m 0755 encapic /opt/bin/encapic
 
           echo "Shared binaries setup completed"
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /opt/bin/
           name: puppet-shared-bins
-        - mountPath: /configmaps/encapi-enc
-          name: puppet-encapi-enc
-          subPath: encapi-enc
       securityContext:
         fsGroup: 999
       volumes:
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ spec:
       - name: compiler-autosign-conf
         configMap:
           name: compiler-autosign.conf
-      - name: puppet-encapi-enc
-        configMap:
-          name: puppet-encapi-enc
       - name: puppet-shared-bins
         persistentVolumeClaim:
           claimName: puppet-shared-bins
diff --git a/apps/base/puppet/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/puppet/kustomization.yaml
index 86fc9e7..fc370c7 100644
--- a/apps/base/puppet/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/puppet/kustomization.yaml
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ configMapGenerator:
       - resources/compiler/puppetdb.conf
     options:
       disableNameSuffixHash: true
-  - name: puppet-encapi-enc
-    files:
-      - resources/encapi-enc
-    options:
-      disableNameSuffixHash: true
   - name: additional-ruby-gems
     files:
       - resources/additional-ruby-gems.sh
diff --git a/apps/base/puppet/resources/compiler/puppet.conf b/apps/base/puppet/resources/compiler/puppet.conf
index 6e9b76c..e706b12 100644
--- a/apps/base/puppet/resources/compiler/puppet.conf
+++ b/apps/base/puppet/resources/compiler/puppet.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ logdir = /var/log/puppetlabs/puppetserver
 rundir = /var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver
 pidfile = /var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver/puppetserver.pid
 node_terminus = exec
-external_nodes = /opt/bin/encapi-enc
+external_nodes = /opt/bin/encapic
 autosign = /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/autosign.conf
 storeconfigs = true
 storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb
diff --git a/apps/base/puppet/resources/encapi-enc b/apps/base/puppet/resources/encapi-enc
deleted file mode 100755
index 9ed9805..0000000
--- a/apps/base/puppet/resources/encapi-enc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S /opt/bin/uv run --quiet --cache-dir /opt/bin/.cache/uv --script
-# /// script
-# requires-python = ">=3.11"
-# dependencies = ['pyyaml','requests']
-# ///
-"""
-External Node Classifier (ENC) for Puppet.
-
-If the environment specified in the YAML file is 'testing',
-the environment is not included in the output.
-"""
-
-import os
-import sys
-import yaml
-import requests
-
-# In-cluster encapi service (cobbler-wire-compatible endpoint). Plain HTTP,
-# so no CA bundle is needed. Overridable via ENCAPI_URL.
-ENCAPI_URL = os.environ.get("ENCAPI_URL", "http://encapi.encapi.svc.cluster.local")
-
-def fetch_enc_data(base_url: str, hostname: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Fetches and modifies ENC data from a given URL to ensure classes are in list format.
-    """
-    url = f"{base_url}/cblr/svc/op/puppet/hostname/{hostname}"
-    try:
-        response = requests.get(url)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-    except requests.RequestException as e:
-        sys.exit(f"Request failed: {e}")
-
-    data = yaml.safe_load(response.text)
-    data["parameters"] = data.get("parameters", {})
-
-    # Ensure 'classes' is in the desired list format
-    if "classes" in data:
-        if isinstance(data["classes"], dict):
-            data["parameters"]["enc_role"] = list(data["classes"].keys())
-            data["classes"] = list(data["classes"].keys())
-        else:
-            data["parameters"]["enc_role"] = list(data["classes"])
-            data["classes"] = list(data["classes"])
-
-    if "environment" in data:
-        data["parameters"]["enc_env"] = data["environment"]
-        if data["environment"] == "testing":
-            del data["environment"]
-
-    return yaml.dump(data)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-        sys.exit(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <hostname>")
-    print(fetch_enc_data(ENCAPI_URL, sys.argv[1]))