diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 3d13ac886..00a77d805 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@ runner = 'wasmtime -W unknown-imports-trap=y'
 
 [target.wasm32-unknown-unknown]
 rustflags = ['--cfg', 'getrandom_backend="wasm_js"']
-
-# This section needs to be last.
-# GitHub Actions modifies this section.
-[unstable]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/size-cmp.yml b/.github/workflows/size-cmp.yml
index 4cfdd9b50..1f9cc10fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/size-cmp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/size-cmp.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Write Optimisation Flags
         run: |
-          echo 'build-std = ["std", "panic_abort"]' >> .cargo/config.toml
-          echo 'build-std-features = ["panic_immediate_abort"]' >> .cargo/config.toml
-          echo '[build]' >> .cargo/config.toml
-          echo 'rustflags = ["-Cpanic=abort"]' >> .cargo/config.toml
+          if [ -x ci/write-min-size-flags.sh ] ; then
+            ci/write-min-size-flags.sh
+          else
+            # this branch is a fallback used only for compatibility with earlier commits
+            # in the repository and other branches and can be removed in the future.
+            echo 'build-std = ["std", "panic_abort"]' >> .cargo/config.toml
+            echo '[build]' >> .cargo/config.toml
+            echo 'rustflags = ["-Cpanic=abort"]' >> .cargo/config.toml
+          fi
 
       - name: Setup toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 28d75d73b..78f436f7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ members = [
     "tools/*",
     "examples/*",
 ]
+exclude = ["examples/.cargo"]
 default-members = [
     "packages/*",
 ]
diff --git a/ci/write-min-size-flags.sh b/ci/write-min-size-flags.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..30dde0dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/write-min-size-flags.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+cat examples/.cargo/min-size-config.toml >> examples/.cargo/dummy-min-size-config.toml
diff --git a/examples/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e5172afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# this include is a bit of a hack: due to the unstable nature of the feature,
+# this file only gets included on nightly, hence it can specify "nightly only"
+# rustflags and options
+include = ["unstable.toml", "dummy-min-size-config.toml"]
+
+[unstable]
+config-include = true
diff --git a/examples/.cargo/dummy-min-size-config.toml b/examples/.cargo/dummy-min-size-config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e04e63ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.cargo/dummy-min-size-config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file is intentionally left empty.
+# It gets filled by `min-size-config.toml` in some cases by CI
diff --git a/examples/.cargo/min-size-config.toml b/examples/.cargo/min-size-config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aefd82e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.cargo/min-size-config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[unstable]
+build-std = ["core", "std", "panic_abort"]
+build-std-features = ["optimize_for_size"]
+
+[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")']
+rustflags = ["-Zunstable-options", "-Cpanic=immediate-abort", "--cfg", "nightly_yew"]
diff --git a/examples/.cargo/unstable.toml b/examples/.cargo/unstable.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a9f16521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.cargo/unstable.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[target.wasm32-unknown-unknown]
+rustflags = ["--cfg", "nightly_yew"]
diff --git a/packages/yew/src/lib.rs b/packages/yew/src/lib.rs
index e53544b0a..e6aff0a95 100644
--- a/packages/yew/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/yew/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::needless_doctest_main)]
 #![doc(html_logo_url = "https://yew.rs/img/logo.png")]
 #![cfg_attr(documenting, feature(doc_cfg))]
-#![cfg_attr(documenting, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![cfg_attr(nightly_yew, feature(fn_traits, unboxed_closures))]
 
 //! # Yew Framework - API Documentation
diff --git a/tools/build-examples/src/main.rs b/tools/build-examples/src/main.rs
index e25817c29..02dbe231b 100644
--- a/tools/build-examples/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/build-examples/src/main.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         let path = entry.path();
 
         // Skip if not a directory
-        if !path.is_dir() {
+        if should_skip_path(&path) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -81,27 +81,19 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
     }
 }
 
+fn should_skip_path(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    !path.is_dir() || !path.join("Cargo.toml").exists()
+}
+
 fn build_example(path: &Path, output_dir: &Path, example: &str) -> bool {
     let public_url_prefix = env::var("PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX").unwrap_or_default();
 
     let dist_dir = output_dir.join(example);
 
-    let uses_rand = has_rand_dependency(path);
-
-    let rustflags = format!(
-        "--cfg nightly_yew{}",
-        if uses_rand {
-            " --cfg getrandom_backend=\"wasm_js\""
-        } else {
-            ""
-        }
-    );
-
     // Run trunk build command
     let status = Command::new("trunk")
         .current_dir(path)
         .arg("build")
-        .env("RUSTFLAGS", rustflags)
         .arg("--release")
         .arg("--dist")
         .arg(&dist_dir)
@@ -137,17 +129,3 @@ fn build_example(path: &Path, output_dir: &Path, example: &str) -> bool {
         _ => false,
     }
 }
-
-// Function to check if the crate has a rand dependency
-fn has_rand_dependency(path: &Path) -> bool {
-    let cargo_toml_path = path.join("Cargo.toml");
-
-    if !cargo_toml_path.exists() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    match fs::read_to_string(&cargo_toml_path) {
-        Ok(content) => content.contains("rand = ") || content.contains("rand =\n"),
-        Err(_) => false,
-    }
-}