diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts
index 5a04ec213994..0db831be52b2 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/skill/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { RuntimeFlags } from "@/effect/runtime-flags"
 import { Glob } from "@opencode-ai/core/util/glob"
 import { Discovery } from "./discovery"
 import { isRecord } from "@/util/record"
-import { escapeHtml } from "@/util/html"
 
 const CLAUDE_EXTERNAL_DIR = ".claude"
 const AGENTS_EXTERNAL_DIR = ".agents"
@@ -330,7 +329,6 @@ export function fmt(list: Info[], opts: { verbose: boolean }) {
           "  <skill>",
           `    <name>${skill.name}</name>`,
           `    <description>${skill.description}</description>`,
-          `    <location>${escapeHtml(skill.location)}</location>`,
           "  </skill>",
         ]),
       "</available_skills>",
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts
index f365b63f0d72..ae6f8e4ea2e7 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/skill/skill.test.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const withHome = <A, E, R>(home: string, self: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) =>
   )
 
 describe("skill", () => {
-  it.effect("formats verbose locations as XML-safe filesystem paths", () =>
+  it.effect("verbose format omits location tags", () =>
     Effect.sync(() => {
       const output = Skill.fmt(
         [
@@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ describe("skill", () => {
         { verbose: true },
       )
 
-      expect(output).toContain("<location>/tmp/plugin.git#v1.3.0/SKILL.md</location>")
-      expect(output).toContain("<location>&lt;built-in&gt;</location>")
-      expect(output).not.toContain("file://")
-      expect(output).not.toContain("%23")
+      expect(output).not.toContain("<location>")
+      expect(output).toContain("<name>tagged-skill</name>")
+      expect(output).toContain("<description>A tagged skill.</description>")
     }),
   )