diff --git a/settings/hyprland.nix b/settings/hyprland.nix
index 0413f6d..f7e3556 100644
--- a/settings/hyprland.nix
+++ b/settings/hyprland.nix
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@
         enable = true;
         systemd.variables = [ "--all" ];
 
-        # HM's `plugins` option loads via `exec-once = hyprctl plugin load`,
-        # which races IPC startup and sometimes silently fails. Inject the
-        # native `plugin = /path` directive instead so loading happens
-        # synchronously during config parse.
-        extraConfig = ''
-          plugin = ${pkgs.hyprlandPlugins.hyprspace}/lib/libhyprspace.so
-        '';
+        # Native `plugin = ...` directive crashes Hyprland on the current
+        # nixpkgs combo (compositor 0.52.1 vs plugin built for 0.52.0).
+        # HM's plugins list routes through `hyprctl plugin load` at runtime,
+        # which tolerates the patch-level skew.
+        plugins = [ pkgs.hyprlandPlugins.hyprspace ];
 
         settings = {
           # Pin the OC'd 190 Hz mode so we don't fall back to 60.