diff --git a/samples/bookshop/.cdsrc.json b/samples/bookshop/.cdsrc.json
index f419d38..1cb5db6 100644
--- a/samples/bookshop/.cdsrc.json
+++ b/samples/bookshop/.cdsrc.json
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 {
   "requires": {
     "db": "hana",
-    "AICore": {
-      "model": "@cap-js/ai/srv/AICoreService"
-    },
     "[production]": {
       "auth": "xsuaa"
     }
-  },
-  "cdsc": {
-    "moduleLookupDirectories": ["node_modules/"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/samples/bookshop/package-lock.json b/samples/bookshop/package-lock.json
index 07631da..f14a7fe 100644
--- a/samples/bookshop/package-lock.json
+++ b/samples/bookshop/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@cap-js/ai": "^1",
         "@sap/cds": "^9",
         "@sap/cds-common-content": "^1.4.0"
       },
@@ -17,21 +16,6 @@
         "@sap/cds-dk": "^9.3.2"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@cap-js/ai": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cap-js/ai/-/ai-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QE5JZTvbptGpcpSy+KgSn6IwQuB7ugmNWQ0dpX7OwXjB5MIn2utKKjrkWy0Gs1O0mEJEARl6w519UtZiY30ufQ==",
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "workspaces": [
-        "tests/*"
-      ],
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@sap/cds": ">=9"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@eslint/js": {
       "version": "10.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@eslint/js/-/js-10.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/samples/bookshop/package.json b/samples/bookshop/package.json
index 60dd5df..f31a742 100644
--- a/samples/bookshop/package.json
+++ b/samples/bookshop/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "@sap/cds-dk": "^9.3.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cap-js/ai": "^1",
     "@sap/cds": "^9",
     "@sap/cds-common-content": "^1.4.0"
   }
diff --git a/samples/bookshop/pom.xml b/samples/bookshop/pom.xml
index 426758b..75d16f7 100644
--- a/samples/bookshop/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/bookshop/pom.xml
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
         <version>${cds-starter-ai.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cds-feature-recommendations</artifactId>
-        <version>${cds-starter-ai.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/samples/bookshop/srv/ai-core-service.cds b/samples/bookshop/srv/ai-core-service.cds
index 1fc24c8..7124cc4 100644
--- a/samples/bookshop/srv/ai-core-service.cds
+++ b/samples/bookshop/srv/ai-core-service.cds
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using { AICore } from '@cap-js/ai/srv/AICoreService';
+using { AICore } from 'com.sap.cds/ai';
 
 service AICoreShowcaseService @(requires: 'any') {
 
diff --git a/samples/bookshop/srv/pom.xml b/samples/bookshop/srv/pom.xml
index 599800e..fad1426 100644
--- a/samples/bookshop/srv/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/bookshop/srv/pom.xml
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@
       <artifactId>cds-starter-ai</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
-      <artifactId>cds-feature-recommendations</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/bookshop/srv/recommendations.cds b/samples/bookshop/srv/recommendations.cds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6efc077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/bookshop/srv/recommendations.cds
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Manual SAP_Recommendations model definition.
+// This replaces the compile-time enhancement that @cap-js/ai's cds-plugin.js
+// would normally generate automatically for all draft-enabled entities with
+// value-list fields.
+
+using { AdminService } from './admin-service';
+
+// Virtual entity holding recommendation results for Books.
+// The structure mirrors what the node plugin generates: one arrayed element per
+// value-list field, each containing the standard recommendation sub-elements.
+@cds.persistence.skip
+entity AdminService.Books_Recommendations {
+  key technicalRecommendationsIdentifier : UUID;
+  virtual genre_ID : many {
+    RecommendedFieldValue      : Integer;
+    RecommendedFieldDescription : String;
+    RecommendedFieldScoreValue  : Decimal;
+    RecommendedFieldIsSuggestion : Boolean;
+  };
+  virtual currency_code : many {
+    RecommendedFieldValue      : String(3);
+    RecommendedFieldDescription : String;
+    RecommendedFieldScoreValue  : Decimal;
+    RecommendedFieldIsSuggestion : Boolean;
+  };
+}
+
+// Add SAP_Recommendations navigation property to Books.
+// The on-condition is trivial (entity is @cds.persistence.skip, never queried from DB).
+// Use 'extend ... with columns' because AdminService.Books is a projection.
+extend AdminService.Books with columns {
+  SAP_Recommendations : Association to one AdminService.Books_Recommendations
+    on 1 = 1
+}
+
+// Tells Fiori Elements to auto-expand SAP_Recommendations on draft reads.
+annotate AdminService.Books with @UI.Recommendations: SAP_Recommendations;