diff --git a/build/panel.js b/build/panel.js
index e10d0bbca..03610964f 100644
--- a/build/panel.js
+++ b/build/panel.js
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export function panelBuildConfig(config) {
       cssCodeSplit: false,
       rollupOptions: {
         ...config.build?.rollupOptions,
+        // The panel inlines every dynamic import into its one script, the
+        // experimental Navara mode included, so the guard that keeps Navara
+        // out of the app's initial chunks does not apply here.
+        plugins: (config.build?.rollupOptions?.plugins ?? []).filter(
+          (plugin) => plugin?.name !== 'gev-initial-chunk-guard',
+        ),
         output: { inlineDynamicImports: true },
       },
     },
diff --git a/src/tooling/panelBuild.test.mjs b/src/tooling/panelBuild.test.mjs
index 0b130167e..0a7e1f364 100644
--- a/src/tooling/panelBuild.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tooling/panelBuild.test.mjs
@@ -114,3 +114,15 @@ test("Cesium's workers get embedded files from memory and other requests from th
     globalThis.ProgressEvent = saved.ProgressEvent;
   }
 });
+
+test('the panel build leaves out the initial-chunk guard (it inlines Navara)', () => {
+  const kept = { name: 'kept' };
+  const config = panelBuildConfig({
+    build: {
+      rollupOptions: {
+        plugins: [kept, { name: 'gev-initial-chunk-guard' }],
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(config.build.rollupOptions.plugins, [kept]);
+});