diff --git a/settings/desktop.nix b/settings/desktop.nix
index 0007c01..023021b 100644
--- a/settings/desktop.nix
+++ b/settings/desktop.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
     # greetd freezes the last splash frame (--retain-splash) right before it
     # spawns Hyprland, which then flips straight to the lockscreen.
     systemd.services.plymouth-quit.wantedBy = lib.mkForce [ ];
+    # ...and plymouth-quit-wait must go too: greetd is Type=idle, so it defers
+    # its ExecStart while any job is pending — and the only pending job is
+    # plymouth-quit-wait, which waits for the plymouth *greetd itself* quits.
+    # That circle only broke on systemd's 5s idle timeout, costing 6s of boot.
+    systemd.services.plymouth-quit-wait.wantedBy = lib.mkForce [ ];
     systemd.services.greetd = {
       after = [ "plymouth-start.service" ];
       serviceConfig.ExecStartPre = "-${pkgs.plymouth}/bin/plymouth quit --retain-splash";