diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hooks/app-init.ts b/packages/cli/src/hooks/app-init.ts
index 9a30373a7a..5cb417492a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hooks/app-init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hooks/app-init.ts
@@ -1 +1,20 @@
-export {AppInitHook as default} from '@shopify/app'
+import {Hook} from '@oclif/core'
+import {randomUUID} from 'crypto'
+
+/**
+ * Inlined version of the `\@shopify/app` init hook.
+ * The original hook imports `\@shopify/app` → local-storage → cli-kit error chain (~1s).
+ * This inlined version avoids those imports entirely. It lazily imports the
+ * LocalStorage class only at call time, and uses Node's native crypto.
+ */
+const init: Hook<'init'> = async (_options) => {
+  // Lazy import to clear the command storage (equivalent to clearCachedCommandInfo)
+  const {LocalStorage} = await import('@shopify/cli-kit/node/local-storage')
+  const store = new LocalStorage({projectName: 'shopify-cli-app-command'})
+  store.clear()
+
+  // Set a unique run ID so parallel commands don't collide in the cache
+  process.env.COMMAND_RUN_ID = randomUUID()
+}
+
+export default init
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/hooks/hydrogen-init.ts b/packages/cli/src/hooks/hydrogen-init.ts
index 5e0fc7ebf5..8ddb44ca71 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/hooks/hydrogen-init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/hooks/hydrogen-init.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
-import {HOOKS} from '@shopify/cli-hydrogen'
+import {Hook} from '@oclif/core'
+
+/**
+ * Hydrogen init hook — only loads `\@shopify/cli-hydrogen` when running a hydrogen command.
+ * This avoids the ~300ms+ import cost for non-hydrogen commands.
+ */
+const hook: Hook<'init'> = async (options) => {
+  // The hydrogen init hook only does work for hydrogen commands.
+  // Skip loading the heavy module entirely for non-hydrogen commands.
+  if (!options.id?.startsWith('hydrogen:') || options.id === 'hydrogen:init') {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const {HOOKS} = await import('@shopify/cli-hydrogen')
+  if (HOOKS.init && typeof HOOKS.init === 'function') {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await (HOOKS.init as any).call(this, options)
+  }
+}
 
-const hook = HOOKS.init
 export default hook