diff --git a/settings/theming.nix b/settings/theming.nix
index e138033..42c7d9c 100644
--- a/settings/theming.nix
+++ b/settings/theming.nix
@@ -553,6 +553,16 @@ in
     # to go or the terminal never changes colour.
     stylix.targets.fish.enable = false;
 
+    # Same story one layer up, for helium: stylix's chromium target is not a
+    # theme but a MANAGED POLICY — {"BrowserThemeColor":"#<base00>"} written to
+    # /etc/{chromium,brave,opt/chrome}/policies/managed/extra.json, pinned to
+    # the build-time wallpaper. helium reads /etc/chromium/policies, so it came
+    # up wearing one frozen colour, labelled "controlled by your administrator",
+    # with the whole appearance section greyed out — which also locks the GTK
+    # theme mode and the frame toggle that apps/helium.nix sets. Off, so those
+    # prefs are ours and the colours follow the live wallpaper theme.
+    stylix.targets.chromium.enable = false;
+
     home-manager.users.fred = { config, lib, pkgs, osConfig, ... }: {
       # These four targets write build-time files that theme-apply replaces
       # at runtime; leaving them on means stylix and the switcher fight over