diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 7c435e2..c70ea7d 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Detect platform
         id: platform
         run: |
-          # Parse .manifest.xml via manifest_read.php
-          php /tmp/mokostandards-api/cli/manifest_read.php --path . --github-output 2>/dev/null || true
-          PLATFORM=$(php /tmp/mokostandards-api/cli/manifest_read.php --path . --field platform 2>/dev/null)
-          [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM=$(cat ".mokogitea/.manifest.xml" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '[:space:]')
+          # Read platform from XML manifest (<platform> tag) or plain text fallback
+          PLATFORM=$(sed -n 's/.*<platform>\([^<]*\)<\/platform>.*/\1/p' .mokogitea/manifest.xml 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM=$(cat .mokogitea/manifest.xml 2>/dev/null | tr -d '[:space:]')
           [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM="generic"
           echo "platform=$PLATFORM" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)