diff --git a/kicad b/kicad
index ca88773..2759de6 160000
--- a/kicad
+++ b/kicad
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ca8877324ce78d1bc9cb32bf634f091e0e76fb29
+Subproject commit 2759de60c2acc537781aed6edb9b286f4a755201
diff --git a/scripts/kicad/build-kicad-target.sh b/scripts/kicad/build-kicad-target.sh
index b277421..9c1c35e 100755
--- a/scripts/kicad/build-kicad-target.sh
+++ b/scripts/kicad/build-kicad-target.sh
@@ -87,18 +87,27 @@ case "$APP_NAME" in
         ;;
 esac
 
-# Which app's embind bindings to compile + link. Most apps use their own; the
-# sym_convert CLI links the eeschema kiface objects, which reference eeschema's
-# embind symbols (kicadCollabOnSave et al.) — reuse eeschema's embind object.
+# Which app's embind bindings to compile + link. Most apps use their own.
+# NOTE sym_convert deliberately does NOT reuse eeschema's embind object even
+# though it links the eeschema kiface: the kiface references exactly one embind
+# symbol (kicadCollabOnSave), and linking the real bindings TU for it roots the
+# whole editor surface from .init_array (~4x binary size — ysync 0009 size
+# research). Its own wasm/bindings/sym_convert_embind.cpp provides a no-op hook.
 case "$APP_NAME" in
-    sym_convert)      EMBIND_APP="eeschema" ;;
-    # occ_service links the pcbnew kiface objects → pcbnew's embind object, same
-    # reason (its own embind entry points live in occ_service_main.cpp, compiled
-    # inside the CMake target).
+    # occ_service links the pcbnew kiface objects → pcbnew's embind object (its
+    # own embind entry points live in occ_service_main.cpp, compiled inside the
+    # CMake target).
     occ_service)      EMBIND_APP="pcbnew" ;;
     *)                EMBIND_APP="$APP_NAME" ;;
 esac
 
+# Embind linker support (--bind). sym_convert has no bindings at all (see
+# above) — dropping --bind keeps the embind JS/native runtime out entirely.
+case "$APP_NAME" in
+    sym_convert)      EMBIND_LINK_FLAG="" ;;
+    *)                EMBIND_LINK_FLAG="--bind" ;;
+esac
+
 # Which app's WASM stub libraries (scripting/frame placeholders) to link.
 # sym_convert links the eeschema kiface objects, so it needs eeschema's frame
 # stub (eeschema_frame_stub.cpp). kicad_editor links pcbnew's kiface objects, which
@@ -515,7 +524,7 @@ emcmake cmake "${KICAD_DIR}" \
     -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${EXTRA_FLAGS} -Xclang -fno-pch-timestamp -pthread -sUSE_ZLIB=1 -DKICAD_USE_PLATFORM_WASM=1${DIAG_DEFINES} -I${SYSROOT}/include -I${STUBS_DIR} -include ${STUBS_DIR}/char_traits_uint16_workaround.h" \
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="${EXTRA_FLAGS} -pthread -sUSE_ZLIB=1 -I${SYSROOT}/include -I${STUBS_DIR}" \
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="${LINKER_DEBUG_FLAGS} -pthread -sUSE_ZLIB=1 -sASYNCIFY=1 -sDYNCALLS=1 -sASYNCIFY_STACK_SIZE=65536 -sUSE_PTHREADS=1 -sMALLOC=mimalloc -sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE='${PTHREAD_POOL_EXPR}' -sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE_STRICT=0 -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1 -sINITIAL_MEMORY=256MB -sMAXIMUM_MEMORY=4GB -sMAX_WEBGL_VERSION=2 ${GL3D_LINK_FLAGS} ${NANOSLEEP_YIELD_LINK} ${MALLINFO_STUB_LINK} -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=['ccall','cwrap','UTF8ToString','stringToUTF8','lengthBytesUTF8','dynCall'] -sDEFAULT_LIBRARY_FUNCS_TO_INCLUDE=['\$dynCall'] --bind -L${SYSROOT}/lib ${STUBS_BUILD}/libgit2_stub.a ${STUBS_BUILD}/libcurl_stub.a${APP_STUB_LINK} ${STUBS_BUILD}/libnng_stub.a ${EMBIND_OBJ}" \
+    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="${LINKER_DEBUG_FLAGS} -pthread -sUSE_ZLIB=1 -sASYNCIFY=1 -sDYNCALLS=1 -sASYNCIFY_STACK_SIZE=65536 -sUSE_PTHREADS=1 -sMALLOC=mimalloc -sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE='${PTHREAD_POOL_EXPR}' -sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE_STRICT=0 -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1 -sINITIAL_MEMORY=256MB -sMAXIMUM_MEMORY=4GB -sMAX_WEBGL_VERSION=2 ${GL3D_LINK_FLAGS} ${NANOSLEEP_YIELD_LINK} ${MALLINFO_STUB_LINK} -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=['ccall','cwrap','UTF8ToString','stringToUTF8','lengthBytesUTF8','dynCall'] -sDEFAULT_LIBRARY_FUNCS_TO_INCLUDE=['\$dynCall'] ${EMBIND_LINK_FLAG} -L${SYSROOT}/lib ${STUBS_BUILD}/libgit2_stub.a ${STUBS_BUILD}/libcurl_stub.a${APP_STUB_LINK} ${STUBS_BUILD}/libnng_stub.a ${EMBIND_OBJ}" \
     -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${SYSROOT};${WX_BUILD}" \
     -DwxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE="${WX_BUILD}/wx-config" \
     \
diff --git a/wasm/bindings/sym_convert_embind.cpp b/wasm/bindings/sym_convert_embind.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9ddb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasm/bindings/sym_convert_embind.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// sym_convert's "embind" object — deliberately embind-free (ysync 0009 size
+// research, step (a)).
+//
+// The eeschema kiface references exactly ONE symbol from the editor's embind
+// TU: kicadCollabOnSave (files-io.cpp, called from SCH_EDIT_FRAME::SaveEEFile —
+// a path the headless converter never executes). Linking the real
+// eeschema_embind.o for that one symbol roots the ENTIRE editor surface from
+// .init_array (EMSCRIPTEN_BINDINGS takes the address of every bound function:
+// kicadOpenFile → frames/tools/dialogs, collab bridge, presence → GAL), which
+// GC cannot remove. This no-op hook satisfies the reference instead.
+extern "C" void kicadCollabOnSave( const char* /* aPath */ ) {}
diff --git a/wasm/cli/sym_convert_stubs.cpp b/wasm/cli/sym_convert_stubs.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab36272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasm/cli/sym_convert_stubs.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// sym_convert link-time diet stubs (ysync 0009 size research, steps (b)+(c)).
+//
+// This TU is listed in add_executable(sym_convert …) BEFORE the kiface object
+// library and archives, and the target links with --allow-multiple-definition:
+// wasm-ld resolves duplicate strong symbols to the FIRST definition, so these
+// override the real out-of-line definitions without touching KiCad sources.
+// The losing definitions become unreferenced and post-link GC drops them plus
+// everything only they reached.
+//
+// Safety (verified in 0009-kicad-lint-size-research.md §3): ConvertLibrary uses
+// only the symbol-library entry points (EnumerateSymbolLib/SaveLibrary/
+// SaveSymbol); parse never resolves fonts (SetUnresolvedFontName) and the
+// writer prints only already-set font names. Every stub below either throws or
+// aborts LOUDLY — a violated assumption fails the conversion, never corrupts it.
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <ki_exception.h>
+#include <font/font.h>
+#include <sch_field.h>
+#include <sch_io/kicad_legacy/sch_io_kicad_legacy.h>
+#include <sch_io/kicad_sexpr/sch_io_kicad_sexpr.h>
+#include <sch_pin.h>
+#include <sch_text.h>
+#include <sch_textbox.h>
+
+// ── (b) schematic-file entry points ──────────────────────────────────────────
+// Severs the schematic half of both instantiated plugins: ParseSchematic,
+// SCHEMATIC/SCH_SCREEN/sheets, SCH_SYMBOL/SCH_LINE/labels/groups vtables (and
+// their Plot/font/GUI edges), Fontconfig()->ListFonts and Pgm().
+
+SCH_SHEET* SCH_IO_KICAD_SEXPR::LoadSchematicFile( const wxString& aFileName, SCHEMATIC*,
+                                                  SCH_SHEET*,
+                                                  const std::map<std::string, UTF8>* )
+{
+    THROW_IO_ERROR( wxString::Format(
+            wxS( "sym_convert: schematic loading is compiled out (stub); cannot load '%s'" ),
+            aFileName ) );
+}
+
+
+void SCH_IO_KICAD_SEXPR::SaveSchematicFile( const wxString& aFileName, SCH_SHEET*, SCHEMATIC*,
+                                            const std::map<std::string, UTF8>* )
+{
+    THROW_IO_ERROR( wxString::Format(
+            wxS( "sym_convert: schematic saving is compiled out (stub); cannot save '%s'" ),
+            aFileName ) );
+}
+
+
+SCH_SHEET* SCH_IO_KICAD_LEGACY::LoadSchematicFile( const wxString& aFileName, SCHEMATIC*,
+                                                   SCH_SHEET*,
+                                                   const std::map<std::string, UTF8>* )
+{
+    THROW_IO_ERROR( wxString::Format(
+            wxS( "sym_convert: schematic loading is compiled out (stub); cannot load '%s'" ),
+            aFileName ) );
+}
+
+
+void SCH_IO_KICAD_LEGACY::SaveSchematicFile( const wxString& aFileName, SCH_SHEET*, SCHEMATIC*,
+                                             const std::map<std::string, UTF8>* )
+{
+    THROW_IO_ERROR( wxString::Format(
+            wxS( "sym_convert: schematic saving is compiled out (stub); cannot save '%s'" ),
+            aFileName ) );
+}
+
+// ── (e) UI virtuals whose real bodies reference pruned typeinfo/data ─────────
+// The kiface prune (cut e) leaves these vtable-pinned bodies referencing
+// typeinfo for SCH_NAVIGATE_TOOL / SCH_EDIT_FRAME and SCH_NAVIGATE_TOOL::
+// g_BackLink — DATA symbols, which (unlike functions) cannot become JS imports
+// under -sERROR_ON_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=0. Overriding the whole virtual here makes
+// the real body a discarded duplicate, so its relocations are never processed
+// and the KiCad sources stay untouched. All four are user-interaction paths a
+// headless converter cannot reach (hypertext clicks, the message panel).
+
+void SCH_FIELD::DoHypertextAction( EDA_DRAW_FRAME*, const VECTOR2I& ) const
+{
+}
+
+
+void SCH_TEXT::DoHypertextAction( EDA_DRAW_FRAME*, const VECTOR2I& ) const
+{
+}
+
+
+void SCH_TEXTBOX::DoHypertextAction( EDA_DRAW_FRAME*, const VECTOR2I& ) const
+{
+}
+
+
+void SCH_PIN::GetMsgPanelInfo( EDA_DRAW_FRAME*, std::vector<MSG_PANEL_ITEM>& )
+{
+}
+
+// ── (c) font-factory choke point ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+// The single route into the font engine: severs STROKE_FONT::LoadFont (and the
+// 2.7 MB newstroke glyph data), OUTLINE_FONT (freetype + harfbuzz), fontconfig.
+// abort() (not a soft null) so any violated assumption surfaces immediately in
+// the qa corpus instead of producing subtly wrong output.
+
+namespace KIFONT
+{
+
+FONT* FONT::GetFont( const wxString&, bool, bool, const std::vector<wxString>*, bool )
+{
+    std::fprintf( stderr,
+                  "sym_convert: FATAL: KIFONT::FONT::GetFont called — the font engine is "
+                  "compiled out (ysync 0009 diet stub)\n" );
+    std::abort();
+}
+
+} // namespace KIFONT