diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 65f2bfb..0000000
--- a/context_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestWithCancelPreservesParentDeadline(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	parent, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	child, childCancel := context.WithCancel(parent)
-	defer childCancel()
-
-	got, ok := child.Deadline()
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("child deadline missing")
-	}
-	want, _ := parent.Deadline()
-	if !got.Equal(want) {
-		t.Fatalf("deadline = %v, want %v", got, want)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/jqresult/compile.go b/jqresult/compile.go
index 26ec1a4..728e482 100644
--- a/jqresult/compile.go
+++ b/jqresult/compile.go
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/wader/gojq"
 )
 
-// Compile parses filter and returns executable jq code for the given input mode.
-func Compile(filter string, mode InputMode) (*gojq.Code, error) {
+// Compile parses filter and returns executable jq code.
+// The mode parameter is retained for source compatibility; compilation is mode-independent.
+func Compile(filter string, _ InputMode) (*gojq.Code, error) {
 	q, err := gojq.Parse(filter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/jqresult/normalize.go b/jqresult/normalize.go
index 9ce11aa..29cd72a 100644
--- a/jqresult/normalize.go
+++ b/jqresult/normalize.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package jqresult
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"math/big"
-
 	"github.com/wader/gojq"
 )
 
@@ -42,9 +39,6 @@ func NormalizeForEncode(v any) (any, error) {
 		}
 		return out, nil
 	default:
-		if isEncodeLeaf(v) {
-			return v, nil
-		}
 		return v, nil
 	}
 }
@@ -64,16 +58,3 @@ func normalizeIter(it gojq.Iter) ([]any, error) {
 	}
 	return out, nil
 }
-
-// isEncodeLeaf reports values that cannot contain gojq.Iter and need no further normalization.
-func isEncodeLeaf(v any) bool {
-	switch v.(type) {
-	case nil, bool, int, int8, int16, int32, int64,
-		uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64,
-		float32, float64, string,
-		json.Number, *big.Int:
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 66d352f..cc2209d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ func runJqOutput(
 	jqCode *gojq.Code,
 ) error {
 	useEager := jqMode == jqresult.InputEager
+	// Read-write DML always materializes the full result set before jq runs.
 	if _, ok := mode.(readWrite); ok {
 		useEager = true
 	}
@@ -623,8 +624,6 @@ func runJqOutput(
 	}
 
 	switch mode := mode.(type) {
-	case readWrite:
-		panic("read-write jq uses eager materialization")
 	case single:
 		enc, err := newEncoder(os.Stdout, o.Format, o.CompactOutput, o.JqRawOutput)
 		if err != nil {