diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD
index ce16459..58630ed 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-dev/PKGBUILD
@@ -110,15 +110,14 @@ package() {
 
   # Runtime binaries — ship everything in bin/ except the debug helpers
   # that ship from omarchy-settings (needed before omarchy is installed,
-  # e.g. on the ISO live env), and the platform detector, which the settings
-  # package's pacman platform guard runs before omarchy is installed.
+  # e.g. on the ISO live env).
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin" "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
   for bin in bin/*; do
     [[ -f $bin ]] || continue
     local base
     base=$(basename "$bin")
     case "$base" in
-      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log|omarchy-hw-platform)
+      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log)
         continue
         ;;
     esac
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
index d5bd59f..6eb62e1 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings-dev/PKGBUILD
@@ -367,20 +367,16 @@ EOF
   # Pacman platform guard: refuses packages tagged for another hardware
   # platform. It ships here, not in omarchy, so it is resident before the
   # runtime and any hardware package install; the hook, the script it runs and
-  # the platform detector that script asks all travel together. omarchy leaves
-  # the detector out of its bin/ loop; the share/bin link keeps the Apple
-  # predicate's "detector beside me" lookup and the CLI router working.
-  # Conditional until the pinned source carries them.
-  if [[ -f bin/omarchy-hw-platform ]]; then
-    install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
-    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
-    ln -s /usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
-  fi
+  # the script's own copy of the platform detector travel together (omarchy
+  # keeps /usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform). Conditional until the pinned source
+  # carries them.
   if [[ -f default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook ]]; then
     install -Dm644 default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook"
     install -Dm755 default/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-platform-guard \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-platform-guard"
+    install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform \
+      "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform"
   fi
 
   # Branding assets (logos, icons).
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
index d44015a..3299e6c 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy-settings/PKGBUILD
@@ -365,20 +365,16 @@ EOF
   # Pacman platform guard: refuses packages tagged for another hardware
   # platform. It ships here, not in omarchy, so it is resident before the
   # runtime and any hardware package install; the hook, the script it runs and
-  # the platform detector that script asks all travel together. omarchy leaves
-  # the detector out of its bin/ loop; the share/bin link keeps the Apple
-  # predicate's "detector beside me" lookup and the CLI router working.
-  # Conditional until the pinned source carries them.
-  if [[ -f bin/omarchy-hw-platform ]]; then
-    install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
-    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
-    ln -s /usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-hw-platform"
-  fi
+  # the script's own copy of the platform detector travel together (omarchy
+  # keeps /usr/bin/omarchy-hw-platform). Conditional until the pinned source
+  # carries them.
   if [[ -f default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook ]]; then
     install -Dm644 default/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/00-omarchy-platform-guard.hook"
     install -Dm755 default/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-platform-guard \
       "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-platform-guard"
+    install -Dm755 bin/omarchy-hw-platform \
+      "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/omarchy-hw-platform"
   fi
 
   # Branding assets (logos, icons).
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
index 1ac7d53..41314ea 100644
--- a/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuilds/omarchy/PKGBUILD
@@ -110,15 +110,14 @@ package() {
 
   # Runtime binaries — ship everything in bin/ except the debug helpers
   # that ship from omarchy-settings (needed before omarchy is installed,
-  # e.g. on the ISO live env), and the platform detector, which the settings
-  # package's pacman platform guard runs before omarchy is installed.
+  # e.g. on the ISO live env).
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin" "$pkgdir/usr/share/omarchy/bin"
   for bin in bin/*; do
     [[ -f $bin ]] || continue
     local base
     base=$(basename "$bin")
     case "$base" in
-      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log|omarchy-hw-platform)
+      omarchy-debug|omarchy-debug-idle|omarchy-upload-log)
         continue
         ;;
     esac