diff --git a/changelog.d/1421-style-modules-skip-catalogs.md b/changelog.d/1421-style-modules-skip-catalogs.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc79c5cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1421-style-modules-skip-catalogs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- The visual styles and their presets mark their labels with the catalog-free
+  `msg()`, so the share-link codec, and any server that loads it, no longer
+  bundles every translation catalog (about 0.9 MB) (samehkhamis, #1421).
diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index d32997d5c..b42d90fdc 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -463,11 +463,7 @@
       "src/styles/anime.js",
       "src/styles/noir.js",
       "src/styles/snow.js",
-      "src/i18n/index.js",
-      "src/i18n/locale.js",
-      "src/i18n/locales/es.json",
-      "src/i18n/locales/ru.json",
-      "src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json"
+      "src/i18n/marker.js"
     ],
     "external": ["cesium"]
   },
@@ -3330,6 +3326,7 @@
       "src/ui/visualPresets.js",
       "src/ui/visualSettings.js",
       "src/ui/segmentedControl.js",
+      "src/i18n/marker.js",
       "src/i18n/index.js",
       "src/i18n/locale.js",
       "src/i18n/locales/es.json",
@@ -3907,11 +3904,7 @@
       "src/data/idSwitches.js",
       "src/data/detectionPolicy.js",
       "src/scopeMaskPolicy.js",
-      "src/i18n/index.js",
-      "src/i18n/locale.js",
-      "src/i18n/locales/es.json",
-      "src/i18n/locales/ru.json",
-      "src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json"
+      "src/i18n/marker.js"
     ],
     "external": []
   },
diff --git a/src/styles/anime.js b/src/styles/anime.js
index deb79c355..4097ecc48 100644
--- a/src/styles/anime.js
+++ b/src/styles/anime.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /**
  * Anime / Studio Ghibli Style — Cel-shading + Saturation boost
diff --git a/src/styles/noir.js b/src/styles/noir.js
index 5ea458859..472dde990 100644
--- a/src/styles/noir.js
+++ b/src/styles/noir.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /**
  * Noir Style — Desaturation + High Contrast + Vignette
diff --git a/src/styles/retro.js b/src/styles/retro.js
index 396f95853..f4e2d8f62 100644
--- a/src/styles/retro.js
+++ b/src/styles/retro.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /**
  * CRT Terminal — Dynamic CRT Monitor Aesthetic
diff --git a/src/styles/snow.js b/src/styles/snow.js
index 569f6cbbc..a4db0a029 100644
--- a/src/styles/snow.js
+++ b/src/styles/snow.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /**
  * Snow Style — White overlay + Desaturation + Falling particles
diff --git a/src/styles/surveillance.js b/src/styles/surveillance.js
index 810ac7e4f..5eae7fdd3 100644
--- a/src/styles/surveillance.js
+++ b/src/styles/surveillance.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /**
  * Night Vision / NVG — PVS-14 Image Intensifier Emulation
diff --git a/src/styles/thermal.js b/src/styles/thermal.js
index 90aff5312..f62327507 100644
--- a/src/styles/thermal.js
+++ b/src/styles/thermal.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /**
  * FLIR — Forward Looking Infrared
diff --git a/src/ui/visualPresets.js b/src/ui/visualPresets.js
index 48a758a33..e3830601a 100644
--- a/src/ui/visualPresets.js
+++ b/src/ui/visualPresets.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { snowShader } from '../styles/snow.js';
 import { nightVisionShader } from '../styles/surveillance.js';
 import { thermalShader } from '../styles/thermal.js';
 import { BLOOM_INTENSITY_DEFAULT } from '../bloom.js';
-import { msg } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg } from '../i18n/marker.js';
 
 /** Duration (ms) for shader intensity crossfade between style presets. */
 export const TRANSITION_DURATION_MS = 500;