diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 669e23d..a5ee460 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -2052,9 +2052,6 @@ in
                 // ears / border-gaps / melt geometry lives in the math now.
                 ShaderEffect {
                     id: chromeSdf
-                    // DIAGNOSTIC ONLY — revert. Measuring how much of the
-                    // shell's idle GPU cost is this full-screen SDF pass.
-                    visible: false
                     anchors.fill: parent
                     // Panels grow rightward out of the bar column, so the
                     // cross-axis is now vertical: the 8px inset that used to