diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/structured.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/structured.py
index bb01a8d7c5..724db1e7e1 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/structured.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/tools/structured.py
@@ -46,25 +46,10 @@ def _serialize_as_str(value: Any) -> str:
     return str(value)
 
 
-def _serialize_args_schema(args_schema: ArgsSchema) -> Any:
-    """Represent a schema class as a string when dumping to JSON.
-
-    A Pydantic model class has no JSON form, so leaving it to the default
-    serializer raises `PydanticSerializationError`. A dict schema is already
-    JSON-compatible and is returned unchanged.
-    """
-    if isinstance(args_schema, dict):
-        return args_schema
-    return str(args_schema)
-
-
 # Attached to the fields via `Annotated` rather than declared with
 # `@field_serializer`, which would take the field's one serializer slot and make
 # any subclass that declares its own serializer for the same field fail at class
 # creation with `PydanticUserError: Multiple field serializer functions ...`.
-_JsonSchemaFallback = PlainSerializer(
-    _serialize_args_schema, when_used="json-unless-none"
-)
 _JsonCallableFallback = PlainSerializer(_serialize_as_str, when_used="json-unless-none")
 
 
@@ -73,8 +58,13 @@ class StructuredTool(BaseTool):
 
     description: str = ""
 
-    args_schema: Annotated[ArgsSchema, SkipValidation(), _JsonSchemaFallback] = Field(
-        ..., description="The tool schema."
+    # Of the accepted schema forms -- a v1 or v2 model class, or a JSON schema
+    # dict -- only the dict has a JSON form, so dumping the field raises
+    # `PydanticSerializationError` unless it is left out. `exclude` applies to
+    # every mode at once (pydantic has no per-mode variant), so the dict form is
+    # dropped alongside the classes.
+    args_schema: Annotated[ArgsSchema, SkipValidation()] = Field(
+        ..., description="The tool schema.", exclude=True
     )
     """The input arguments' schema."""
 
diff --git a/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/test_tools.py b/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/test_tools.py
index 07869ccb3b..bd38bd0263 100644
--- a/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/test_tools.py
+++ b/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/test_tools.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from pydantic import (
     ConfigDict,
     Field,
     RootModel,
+    SkipValidation,
     ValidationError,
     field_serializer,
 )
@@ -4381,14 +4382,16 @@ def test_structured_tool_json_dump() -> None:
     dumped = write_file.model_dump(mode="json")
     # Round-trips through the stdlib encoder, i.e. it really is JSON-native.
     json.dumps(dumped)
-    assert dumped["args_schema"].startswith("<class ")
+    assert "args_schema" not in dumped
     assert "write_file" in dumped["func"]
     json.loads(write_file.model_dump_json())
 
-    # Python-mode dumps still hand out the live objects.
+    # Python-mode dumps still hand out the live callable, and excluding
+    # `args_schema` from dumps must not affect the tool itself.
     native = write_file.model_dump()
     assert callable(native["func"])
-    assert isinstance(native["args_schema"], type)
+    assert "args_schema" not in native
+    assert set(write_file.args) == {"file_path", "content"}
 
 
 def test_structured_tool_json_dump_respects_options() -> None:
@@ -4410,8 +4413,8 @@ def test_structured_tool_json_dump_respects_options() -> None:
     assert "coroutine" not in write_file.model_dump(mode="json", exclude_none=True)
 
 
-def test_structured_tool_json_dump_keeps_dict_args_schema() -> None:
-    """A dict schema is already JSON-native and must be passed through as-is."""
+def test_structured_tool_json_dump_drops_dict_args_schema() -> None:
+    """A dict schema is JSON-native, but `exclude` has no per-mode variant."""
     schema = {"type": "object", "properties": {"a": {"type": "string"}}}
     dict_tool = StructuredTool(
         name="d",
@@ -4419,7 +4422,8 @@ def test_structured_tool_json_dump_keeps_dict_args_schema() -> None:
         func=lambda **kwargs: "x",
         args_schema=schema,
     )
-    assert dict_tool.model_dump(mode="json")["args_schema"] == schema
+    assert "args_schema" not in dict_tool.model_dump(mode="json")
+    assert dict_tool.args_schema == schema
 
 
 def test_structured_tool_subclass_can_override_json_serializers() -> None:
@@ -4427,10 +4431,13 @@ def test_structured_tool_subclass_can_override_json_serializers() -> None:
 
     A subclass declaring its own `@field_serializer` for the same fields used to
     fail at class creation with `PydanticUserError: Multiple field serializer
-    functions were defined`.
+    functions were defined`. `args_schema` has to be re-declared to undo its
+    exclusion before a serializer for it can have any effect.
     """
 
     class MyTool(StructuredTool):
+        args_schema: Annotated[ArgsSchema, SkipValidation()] = Field(...)
+
         @field_serializer("func", when_used="json-unless-none")
         def _my_func_repr(self, func: Any) -> str:
             return "custom-func"