diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
index 8514217..9947e89 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
@@ -439,15 +439,6 @@ EOF
     install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform"
   fi
-  # 00-omarchy-hooks.conf places a Mac through this detector copy; without it
-  # an Aurora Mac gets the busybox line and its initramfs cannot unlock root.
-  # x86_64 keeps the busybox line either way.
-  if [[ $CARCH == aarch64 ]] &&
-    grep -qs omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/00-omarchy-hooks.conf" &&
-    [[ ! -x $pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform ]]; then
-    echo "etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/00-omarchy-hooks.conf needs the omarchy-hw-platform copy the source does not ship" >&2
-    return 1
-  fi
 
   # Branding assets (logos, icons).
   install -Dm644 logo.txt "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/logo.txt"
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
index 990627e..9f13a4a 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
@@ -447,15 +447,6 @@ EOF
     install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform"
   fi
-  # 00-omarchy-hooks.conf places a Mac through this detector copy; without it
-  # an Aurora Mac gets the busybox line and its initramfs cannot unlock root.
-  # x86_64 keeps the busybox line either way.
-  if [[ $CARCH == aarch64 ]] &&
-    grep -qs omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/00-omarchy-hooks.conf" &&
-    [[ ! -x $pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform ]]; then
-    echo "etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/00-omarchy-hooks.conf needs the omarchy-hw-platform copy the source does not ship" >&2
-    return 1
-  fi
 
   # Branding assets (logos, icons).
   install -Dm644 logo.txt "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/logo.txt"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/settings-boot/omarchy-13362/00-omarchy-hooks.conf b/tests/fixtures/settings-boot/omarchy-13362/00-omarchy-hooks.conf
index 8789786..f48e2da 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/settings-boot/omarchy-13362/00-omarchy-hooks.conf
+++ b/tests/fixtures/settings-boot/omarchy-13362/00-omarchy-hooks.conf
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 # after it add their hooks to it instead of being overwritten by it.
 #
 # Apple Silicon boots a systemd initramfs, and its platform package adds the
-# firmware and encryption hooks. Every other machine keeps the busybox line. The
-# runtime's detector answers, or else the copy omarchy-settings ships for its
-# platform guard, so a settings package newer than the runtime still places a
-# Mac. Without either, the busybox line stays. A detector that cannot place the
+# firmware and encryption hooks. Every other machine keeps the busybox line, as
+# does one without the runtime's detector. A detector that cannot place the
 # machine stops the build rather than let it produce an image for the wrong
 # platform.
 _omarchy_platform=""
-_omarchy_detector=$(command -v omarchy-hw-platform) || _omarchy_detector=/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform
-if [[ -x $_omarchy_detector ]]; then
+if _omarchy_detector=$(command -v omarchy-hw-platform); then
   _omarchy_platform=$("$_omarchy_detector") || return 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/settings-boot-config.sh b/tests/settings-boot-config.sh
index 5528925..8c003a3 100755
--- a/tests/settings-boot-config.sh
+++ b/tests/settings-boot-config.sh
@@ -217,19 +217,15 @@ split=$scratch/split/omarchy
 mkdir -p "$scratch/split"
 cp -a "$fixture" "$split"
 cp "$fixtures"/omarchy-13362/*.conf "$split/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/"
-# Its 00-omarchy-hooks.conf asks the detector copy the platform guard ships.
-for path in default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook \
-  default/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-platform-guard bin/omarchy-hw-platform; do
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$split/$path")"
-  printf 'fixture for %s\n' "$path" > "$split/$path"
-done
+# Its 00-omarchy-hooks.conf asks the runtime's own detector (omarchy-hw-platform
+# on PATH), so the package builds without a copy of it and ships none.
 for recipe in omarchy-settings omarchy-settings-dev; do
   package_aarch64 "$recipe" "$split" "$scratch/split-$recipe" >/dev/null
   for conf in 00-omarchy-hooks.conf omarchy_hooks.conf; do
     cmp "$fixtures/omarchy-13362/$conf" "$scratch/split-$recipe/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/$conf"
   done
   grep -Fxq etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/00-omarchy-hooks.conf "$scratch/split-$recipe.backup"
-  [[ -x $scratch/split-$recipe/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform ]]
+  [[ ! -e $scratch/split-$recipe/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform ]]
 done
 layout="omacom/omarchy#13362 (00-omarchy-hooks.conf)"
 packaged=$scratch/split-omarchy-settings/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d
@@ -275,8 +271,6 @@ refuse "a hooks file that sets no HOOKS" "$unsafe" omarchy_hooks.conf 'FILES+=(/
 refuse "a HOOKS line with a trailing comment" "$unguardable" omarchy_hooks.conf "HOOKS=($omarchy_hooks) # local"
 refuse "a HOOKS line split over lines" "$unguardable" omarchy_hooks.conf "HOOKS=(base udev"$'\n'"  block encrypt filesystems)"
 refuse "an indented HOOKS that ignores asahi" "$unsafe" 00-omarchy-hooks.conf "if true; then"$'\n'"  HOOKS=($omarchy_hooks)"$'\n'"fi"
-refuse "#13362's hooks without the platform detector" "needs the omarchy-hw-platform copy" \
-  00-omarchy-hooks.conf "$(cat "$fixtures/omarchy-13362/00-omarchy-hooks.conf")"
 
 # Upgrades: pacman replaces an unmodified hooks file, keeps a modified one and
 # leaves the guarded version as .pacnew, and installs it where it was absent.