diff --git a/build.ts b/build.ts
index 3277c70..43a72db 100644
--- a/build.ts
+++ b/build.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export {};
 console.time('build');
 
 // Minified browser bundle which includes "regular mode" functions, utils, and store.
-const out = await Bun.build({
+const out1 = await Bun.build({
   entrypoints: ['src/browser.ts'],
   outdir: 'dist',
   target: 'browser',
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ const out5 = await Bun.build({
 });
 
 console.timeEnd('build');
-console.log(out, out2, out3, out4, out5);
+console.log(out1, out2, out3, out4, out5);
diff --git a/src/runtime/macro.ts b/src/runtime/macro.ts
index 4e7abdd..a73d946 100644
--- a/src/runtime/macro.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/macro.ts
@@ -26,105 +26,151 @@ export interface CompileOptions {
  * @param template - HTML template string.
  * @param options - Compile options.
  */
-export async function compile(
+export function compile(
   template: string,
   { keepComments, keepSpaces }: CompileOptions = {},
-  // @ts-expect-error - Bun macros always result in synchronous inlined data.
 ): { html: string; k: readonly string[]; d: readonly number[] } {
-  const rewriter = new HTMLRewriter();
   const k: string[] = [];
   const d: number[] = [];
   let distance = 0;
   let whitespaceSensitiveBlock = false;
   let root: boolean | undefined;
 
-  rewriter.on('*', {
-    element(node) {
-      if (!root) {
-        if (root === undefined) {
-          root = true;
-          node.onEndTag(() => {
-            root = false;
-          });
-        } else {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          console.error(
-            'Expected template to have a single root element:',
-            template,
-          );
+  const html = new HTMLRewriter()
+    .on('*', {
+      element(node) {
+        if (!root) {
+          if (root === undefined) {
+            root = true;
+            node.onEndTag(() => {
+              root = false;
+            });
+          } else {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+            console.error(
+              'Expected template to have a single root element:',
+              template,
+            );
+          }
         }
-      }
 
-      if (node.tagName === 'pre' || node.tagName === 'code') {
-        whitespaceSensitiveBlock = true;
-        node.onEndTag(() => {
-          whitespaceSensitiveBlock = false;
-        });
-      }
-      for (const [name] of node.attributes) {
-        if (name[0] === '@') {
-          k.push(name.slice(1));
-          d.push(distance);
-          distance = 0;
-          node.removeAttribute(name);
-          break;
+        if (node.tagName === 'pre' || node.tagName === 'code') {
+          whitespaceSensitiveBlock = true;
+          node.onEndTag(() => {
+            whitespaceSensitiveBlock = false;
+          });
         }
-      }
-      distance++;
-    },
-    // This text handler is invoked twice for each Text node: first with the
-    // actual text, then with an empty last chunk. This behaviour stems from
-    // the fact that the Response provided to HTMLRewriter.transform() is not
-    // streamed; otherwise, there could be multiple chunks before the last one.
-    text(chunk) {
-      if (!chunk.lastInTextNode) {
-        const text = chunk.text.trim();
-        if (!text) {
-          if (!whitespaceSensitiveBlock) {
-            chunk.remove();
+        for (const [name] of node.attributes) {
+          if (name[0] === '@') {
+            k.push(name.slice(1));
+            d.push(distance);
+            distance = 0;
+            node.removeAttribute(name);
+            break;
           }
-          return;
-        }
-        if (text[0] === '@') {
-          k.push(text.slice(1));
-          d.push(distance);
-          distance = 0;
-          // replace with single space which renders a Text node at runtime
-          chunk.replace(' ', { html: true });
-        } else if (!whitespaceSensitiveBlock) {
-          // reduce any whitespace to a single space
-          chunk.replace((keepSpaces ? chunk.text : text).replace(/\s+/g, ' '), {
-            html: true,
-          });
         }
         distance++;
-      }
-    },
-    comments(node) {
-      if (keepComments) {
-        // TODO: Add documentation that the build/runtime mode also supports
-        // using comments as refs. Requires the keepComments option to be true.
-        const text = node.text.trim();
-        if (text[0] === '@') {
-          k.push(text.slice(1));
-          d.push(distance);
-          distance = 0;
-          // TODO: Use empty comment once lol-html supports it (less alloc than node.replace)
-          // node.text = '';
-          // TODO: use node.replace() once lol-html fixes it for comments
-          // node.replace('<!---->', { html: true });
+      },
+      // This text handler is invoked twice for each Text node: first with the
+      // actual text, then with an empty last chunk. This behaviour stems from
+      // the fact that the data provided to HTMLRewriter.transform() can be
+      // streamed; where the last empty chunk signals the end of the text.
+      text(chunk) {
+        if (!chunk.lastInTextNode) {
+          const text = chunk.text.trim();
+          if (!text) {
+            if (!whitespaceSensitiveBlock) {
+              chunk.remove();
+            }
+            return;
+          }
+          if (text[0] === '@') {
+            k.push(text.slice(1));
+            d.push(distance);
+            distance = 0;
+            // replace with single space which renders a Text node at runtime
+            chunk.replace(' ', { html: true });
+          } else if (!whitespaceSensitiveBlock) {
+            // reduce any whitespace to a single space
+            chunk.replace(
+              (keepSpaces ? chunk.text : text).replace(/\s+/g, ' '),
+              {
+                html: true,
+              },
+            );
+          }
+          distance++;
+        }
+      },
+      comments(node) {
+        if (keepComments) {
+          // TODO: Add documentation that the build/runtime mode also supports
+          // using comments as refs. Requires the keepComments option to be true.
+          const text = node.text.trim();
+          if (text[0] === '@') {
+            k.push(text.slice(1));
+            d.push(distance);
+            distance = 0;
+            // TODO: Use empty comment once lol-html supports it (less alloc than node.replace)
+            // node.text = '';
+            // TODO: use node.replace() once lol-html fixes it for comments
+            // node.replace('<!---->', { html: true });
+            node.remove();
+            node.after('<!---->', { html: true });
+          }
+          distance++;
+        } else {
           node.remove();
-          node.after('<!---->', { html: true });
         }
-        distance++;
-      } else {
-        node.remove();
-      }
-    },
-  });
-
-  const res = rewriter.transform(new Response(template.trim()));
-  const html = await res.text();
+      },
+    })
+    .transform(template.trim());
 
   return { html, k, d };
 }
+
+// FIXME: Decide whether to keep the minifyHTML macro or not.
+
+// /**
+//  * Bun macro which minifies whitespace in a HTML string at build-time.
+//  * @param html - Static HTML code string.
+//  * @param options - Compile options.
+//  */
+// export function minifyHTML(
+//   html: string,
+//   { keepComments, keepSpaces }: CompileOptions = {},
+// ): string {
+//   let whitespaceSensitiveBlock = false;
+//
+//   return new HTMLRewriter()
+//     .on('*', {
+//       element(node) {
+//         if (node.tagName === 'pre' || node.tagName === 'code') {
+//           whitespaceSensitiveBlock = true;
+//           node.onEndTag(() => {
+//             whitespaceSensitiveBlock = false;
+//           });
+//         }
+//       },
+//       text(chunk) {
+//         // see above explanation
+//         if (!chunk.lastInTextNode) {
+//           const text = chunk.text.trim();
+//           if (!text && !whitespaceSensitiveBlock) {
+//             chunk.remove();
+//           } else if (!whitespaceSensitiveBlock) {
+//             // reduce any whitespace to a single space
+//             chunk.replace(
+//               (keepSpaces ? chunk.text : text).replace(/\s+/g, ' '),
+//             );
+//           }
+//         }
+//       },
+//       comments(node) {
+//         if (!keepComments) {
+//           node.remove();
+//         }
+//       },
+//     })
+//     .transform(html.trim());
+// }