diff --git a/src/asset-inliner.mjs b/src/asset-inliner.mjs
index 15fa2d9..c8e31f3 100644
--- a/src/asset-inliner.mjs
+++ b/src/asset-inliner.mjs
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ export class AssetInliner {
   async rewriteMediaAttributes(tag, baseUrl) {
     let output = tag;
     const tagName = getTagName(output);
+    const hadSrc = !!getAttribute(output, "src");
     for (const attr of ["src", "poster", "data"]) {
       const value = getAttribute(output, attr);
       if (!value) {
@@ -274,6 +275,12 @@ export class AssetInliner {
     }
     const srcset = getAttribute(output, "srcset");
     if (srcset) {
+      if (tagName === "source") {
+        return removeAttribute(output, "srcset");
+      }
+      if (tagName === "img" && hadSrc) {
+        return removeAttribute(output, "srcset");
+      }
       const rewritten = await this.inlineSrcset(srcset, baseUrl);
       output = setAttribute(output, "srcset", rewritten);
     }
diff --git a/test/asset-inliner.test.mjs b/test/asset-inliner.test.mjs
index 2237c4c..841db32 100644
--- a/test/asset-inliner.test.mjs
+++ b/test/asset-inliner.test.mjs
@@ -103,6 +103,29 @@ test("removes image preload srcsets when the link has no href", async () => {
   assert.deepEqual(findExternalAssetRefs(output), []);
 });
 
+test("drops responsive image candidates after snapshot src is available", async () => {
+  const fetched = [];
+  const inliner = new AssetInliner();
+  inliner.fetchAsset = async (rawUrl) => {
+    fetched.push(rawUrl);
+    return {
+      bytes: Buffer.from("asset"),
+      contentType: "image/jpeg"
+    };
+  };
+
+  const output = await inliner.inlineHtml(`
+    <picture>
+      <source srcset="/small.webp 640w, /large.webp 1280w" type="image/webp">
+      <img src="/selected.jpg" srcset="/small.jpg 640w, /large.jpg 1280w">
+    </picture>
+  `, "https://example.com/article");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(fetched, ["https://example.com/selected.jpg"]);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(output, /srcset=/);
+  assert.deepEqual(findExternalAssetRefs(output), []);
+});
+
 test("asset inliner skips URLs blocked by the filter hook", async () => {
   const blocked = [];
   const inliner = new AssetInliner({