diff --git a/src/Core/ResourceMetaBox.php b/src/Core/ResourceMetaBox.php
index 50a03f62..eb582308 100644
--- a/src/Core/ResourceMetaBox.php
+++ b/src/Core/ResourceMetaBox.php
@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@ class ResourceMetaBox {
 
 		wp_enqueue_media();
 		if (function_exists('aksrt_icon_picker_assets')) {
+			// Declares aksrt-icon-picker -> aksrt-pay-meta-box; the reverse edge
+			// must not be added here or WP's resolver recurses until OOM.
 			aksrt_icon_picker_assets(['aksrt-pay-meta-box']);
 		}
 		$css = AKSRT_DIR . '/assets/css/admin/pay-meta-box.css';
 		$js  = AKSRT_DIR . '/assets/js/admin-pay-meta-box.js';
 		if (is_file($css)) {
-			wp_enqueue_style('aksrt-pay-meta-box', AKSRT_URI . '/assets/css/admin/pay-meta-box.css', ['aksrt-icon-picker'], (string) filemtime($css));
+			wp_enqueue_style('aksrt-pay-meta-box', AKSRT_URI . '/assets/css/admin/pay-meta-box.css', ['aksrt-font-awesome'], (string) filemtime($css));
 		}
 		if (is_file($js)) {
-			wp_enqueue_script('aksrt-pay-meta-box', AKSRT_URI . '/assets/js/admin-pay-meta-box.js', ['aksrt-icon-picker'], (string) filemtime($js), true);
+			wp_enqueue_script('aksrt-pay-meta-box', AKSRT_URI . '/assets/js/admin-pay-meta-box.js', [], (string) filemtime($js), true);
 		}
 		wp_localize_script('aksrt-pay-meta-box', 'aksrtPayMetaBox', [
 			'buttonClasses' => DomainModel::DOWNLOAD_BUTTON_CLASSES,
diff --git a/tests/widget-system/post-editor-reference-contract.test.cjs b/tests/widget-system/post-editor-reference-contract.test.cjs
index e9a88295..fb70dbd8 100644
--- a/tests/widget-system/post-editor-reference-contract.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/widget-system/post-editor-reference-contract.test.cjs
@@ -148,6 +148,15 @@ test('the post editor resource row mirrors the reference seven fields with icon
   assert.equal(reindex('downloads', 'aksrt_pay[video_episode][1][title]', 9), 'aksrt_pay[video_episode][1][title]');
 
   assert.match(setup, /'icon' => \['type' => 'string'\]/);
+
+  // The icon picker registers itself as depending on the caller's handle, so the
+  // pay-meta script must NOT declare the icon-picker handle back: that cycle makes
+  // WP_Dependencies recurse until memory is exhausted on every post editor load.
+  const picker = read('inc/helpers/aksrt-icon-picker.php');
+  assert.match(picker, /array_merge\(\['jquery', 'aksrt-svg-sprite'\], \$deps\)/);
+  assert.match(meta, /aksrt_icon_picker_assets\(\['aksrt-pay-meta-box'\]\)/);
+  const payScript = meta.match(/wp_enqueue_script\('aksrt-pay-meta-box',[^\n]*\)/)[0];
+  assert.doesNotMatch(payScript, /aksrt-icon-picker/);
 });
 
 test('front submit paid-content prices and switch use the reference alignment rules', () => {