diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
index 66816226..c21dd1b9 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
@@ -25,14 +25,20 @@ open Sx_types
 
 (** Escape a string for embedding in an SX string literal. *)
 let escape_sx_string s =
-  let buf = Buffer.create (String.length s + 16) in
-  String.iter (function
+  let len = String.length s in
+  let buf = Buffer.create (len + 16) in
+  for i = 0 to len - 1 do
+    match s.[i] with
     | '"'  -> Buffer.add_string buf "\\\""
     | '\\' -> Buffer.add_string buf "\\\\"
     | '\n' -> Buffer.add_string buf "\\n"
     | '\r' -> Buffer.add_string buf "\\r"
     | '\t' -> Buffer.add_string buf "\\t"
-    | c    -> Buffer.add_char buf c) s;
+    | '<' when i + 1 < len && s.[i + 1] = '/' ->
+      (* Escape </ as <\\/ to prevent HTML parser matching </script> *)
+      Buffer.add_string buf "<\\\\/"
+    | c    -> Buffer.add_char buf c
+  done;
   Buffer.contents buf
 
 (** Serialize a value to SX text (for io-request args). *)
@@ -1619,14 +1625,10 @@ let http_inject_shell_statics env static_dir sx_sxc =
     | _ -> ()
   ) env.bindings;
   let raw_defs = Buffer.contents buf in
-  (* Don't inline component-defs — serve from /static/sx-components.sx.
-     Inlining breaks because SX source can contain literal </script> which
-     the HTML parser uses to close the tag prematurely. *)
-  let component_defs = "" in
-  (* Cache the raw defs for the /static/sx-components.sx endpoint *)
-  Hashtbl.replace static_cache "/static/sx-components.sx"
-    (Printf.sprintf "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/sx; charset=utf-8\r\nContent-Length: %d\r\nCache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable\r\n\r\n%s"
-      (String.length raw_defs) raw_defs);
+  (* Component-defs are inlined in <script type="text/sx">.
+     The escape_sx_string function handles </ → <\\/ inside string
+     literals, preventing the HTML parser from matching </script>. *)
+  let component_defs = raw_defs in
   let component_hash = Digest.string component_defs |> Digest.to_hex in
   (* Compute file hashes for cache busting *)
   let sx_js_hash = file_hash (static_dir ^ "/scripts/sx-browser.js") in