diff --git a/omarchy-mac-boot/bin/omarchy-mac-boot-update b/omarchy-mac-boot/bin/omarchy-mac-boot-update
index d844794..bd96d95 100755
--- a/omarchy-mac-boot/bin/omarchy-mac-boot-update
+++ b/omarchy-mac-boot/bin/omarchy-mac-boot-update
@@ -12,17 +12,22 @@
 
 set -uo pipefail
 
+# Installed next to /usr/lib/omarchy-mac/boot; in the source tree, in ../lib.
+grub_keep=$(dirname -- "$(realpath -- "$0")")/../lib/omarchy-mac/boot/grub-keep.sh
+[[ -r $grub_keep ]] || grub_keep=$(dirname -- "$(realpath -- "$0")")/../lib/grub-keep.sh
+# shellcheck source=../lib/grub-keep.sh
+source "$grub_keep" || { echo "omarchy-mac-boot-update: cannot load $grub_keep" >&2; exit 1; }
+
 if ! omarchy-mac-limine-active; then
   update-grub || { echo "omarchy-mac-boot-update: update-grub failed" >&2; exit 1; }
   exit 0
 fi
 # A Limine Mac that still carries GRUB keeps its (unused) image current, so a
 # rollback to GRUB has something to boot; an image without GRUB has none.
-# update-grub ships with asahi-scripts even where GRUB itself does not, and
-# fails without grub-probe, so GRUB's own tools are the test. A fresh image's
-# first boot (OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_UPDATE_GRUB=0) never booted GRUB and skips it.
-if [[ ${OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_UPDATE_GRUB:-1} != 0 ]] &&
-  omarchy-cmd-present grub-probe && omarchy-cmd-present grub-mkconfig; then
+# grub_tools_present is that one test, shared with lib/provision.sh. A fresh
+# image's first boot (OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_UPDATE_GRUB=0) never booted GRUB and
+# skips it.
+if [[ ${OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_UPDATE_GRUB:-1} != 0 ]] && grub_tools_present; then
   update-grub >/dev/null || echo "omarchy-mac-boot-update: update-grub failed; Limine is unaffected" >&2
 fi
 omarchy-mac-limine-cmdline || { echo "omarchy-mac-boot-update: could not derive the Limine command line" >&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/grub-keep.sh b/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/grub-keep.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..276d501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/grub-keep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Whether GRUB is kept: omarchy-mac-boot-update regenerates GRUB's image only
+# where GRUB's own tools exist, because update-grub fails without grub-probe.
+# omarchy-mac-boot-update and provision.sh decide this one thing here, and
+# nowhere else. OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_UPDATE_GRUB is not part of it: it suppresses
+# a rebuild, it does not stop GRUB from booting the image already there.
+grub_tools_present() {
+  omarchy-cmd-present grub-probe && omarchy-cmd-present grub-mkconfig
+}
diff --git a/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/provision.sh b/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/provision.sh
index b47bd1b..b7e757b 100644
--- a/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/provision.sh
+++ b/omarchy-mac-boot/lib/provision.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ BOOT_UUID=4f4d5801-424f-4f54-8000-000000000001
 
 # shellcheck source=boot-image-layout.sh
 source "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT/usr/lib/omarchy-mac/boot/boot-image-layout.sh"
+# shellcheck source=grub-keep.sh
+source "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT/usr/lib/omarchy-mac/boot/grub-keep.sh"
 
 log_step() { printf '%s\n' "$*" >&2; }
 
@@ -90,10 +92,16 @@ apple_rekey_boot() {
   if grep -q 'rd.luks.key=' "$GRUB_DEFAULT"; then
     grub_drop_rd_luks_key "$GRUB_DEFAULT" || return 1
   fi
-  if ! mkinitcpio -P </dev/null >&2 || ! omarchy-mac-boot-update >&2; then
-    log_step "mkinitcpio or omarchy-mac-boot-update failed while dropping the staged key"
-    return 1
+  # A Limine Mac without GRUB boots only the UKI, and omarchy-mac-boot-update
+  # builds it: that is the one initramfs build the re-key needs, as in
+  # omarchy-mac-encrypt. /boot's image is rebuilt only where GRUB can boot it.
+  if limine_mac && ! grub_tools_present; then
+    omarchy-mac-boot-update >&2 && return
+  elif "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT/usr/bin/mkinitcpio" -P </dev/null >&2 && omarchy-mac-boot-update >&2; then
+    return
   fi
+  log_step "mkinitcpio or omarchy-mac-boot-update failed while dropping the staged key"
+  return 1
 }
 
 state_get() {
@@ -112,16 +120,47 @@ limine_mac() {
 # The initramfs that asks for the owner's password must load the vendor
 # firmware first, or an M2 or later laptop's keyboard cannot type it.
 initramfs_orders_firmware() {
-  local kernel listing
+  local kernel
+  kernel=$(omarchy-mac-kernel) || return 1
+  image_orders_firmware "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img" "/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img"
+}
+
+# The images this Mac boots: on a Limine Mac the initramfs inside its UKI,
+# and /boot's image besides wherever GRUB is kept, because GRUB's retained
+# entries boot it -- also where OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_UPDATE_GRUB only suppressed
+# the rebuild. Elsewhere GRUB boots /boot's image.
+boot_image_orders_firmware() {
+  local kernel uki image status=0
+  limine_mac || {
+    initramfs_orders_firmware
+    return
+  }
   kernel=$(omarchy-mac-kernel) || return 1
-  if ! listing=$(lsinitcpio -l "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img" 2>/dev/null); then
-    log_step "cannot list /boot/initramfs-$kernel.img"
+  uki=$(limine_esp_path)/EFI/Linux/omarchy_$kernel.efi
+  image=$(mktemp) || return 1
+  if objcopy -O binary --only-section=.initrd "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT$uki" "$image" 2>/dev/null && [[ -s $image ]]; then
+    image_orders_firmware "$image" "the initramfs inside $uki" || status=1
+  else
+    log_step "cannot read the initramfs inside $uki"
+    status=1
+  fi
+  rm -f "$image"
+  if grub_tools_present; then
+    image_orders_firmware "$MAC_BOOT_ROOT/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img" "/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img" || status=1
+  fi
+  return "$status"
+}
+
+image_orders_firmware() {
+  local listing
+  if ! listing=$(lsinitcpio -l "$1" 2>/dev/null); then
+    log_step "cannot list $2"
     return 1
   fi
   grep -Eq '(^|/)usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator$' <<<"$listing" &&
     grep -Eq '(^|/)usr/lib/systemd/system/omarchy-vendorfw-initrd\.service$' <<<"$listing" &&
     grep -Eq '(^|/)usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-cryptsetup@\.service\.d/omarchy-vendorfw-initrd\.conf$' <<<"$listing" || {
-    log_step "/boot/initramfs-$kernel.img does not load the vendor firmware before the disk password prompt"
+    log_step "$2 does not load the vendor firmware before the disk password prompt"
     return 1
   }
 }
@@ -297,7 +336,7 @@ provision_prepare() {
 
   luks_device_found ||
     refuse "Could not find the encrypted disk that /etc/crypttab names."
-  initramfs_orders_firmware ||
+  boot_image_orders_firmware ||
     refuse "The boot image would ask for the disk password before the keyboard firmware loads."
   esp_selected ||
     refuse "The EFI partition this Mac boots from is not where its boot files are written."
@@ -317,7 +356,7 @@ provision_commit() {
   # The boot-partition key goes last: until then the initramfs still unlocks
   # with it, so a failure only has to put rd.luks.key= back, whichever attempt
   # dropped it.
-  if ! apple_rekey_boot || ! initramfs_orders_firmware || ! boot_image_types_layout; then
+  if ! apple_rekey_boot || ! boot_image_orders_firmware || ! boot_image_types_layout; then
     if [[ -f $BOOT_LUKS_KEY ]] && ! grep -q 'rd.luks.key=' "$GRUB_DEFAULT" 2>/dev/null; then
       log_step "restoring rd.luks.key= for the retry"
       grub_restore_rd_luks_key && omarchy-mac-boot-update >&2 || true
diff --git a/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-boot-update-test.sh b/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-boot-update-test.sh
index 2923166..cdf423c 100644
--- a/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-boot-update-test.sh
+++ b/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-boot-update-test.sh
@@ -86,3 +86,16 @@ pass "a Mac with no GRUB needs none"
 FAIL_limine_update=1 run && fail "a failed limine-update fails the boot update"
 ! grep -q omarchy-mac-limine-deploy "$calls" || fail "Limine is not deployed after a failed limine-update"
 pass "a failed limine-update stops the boot update"
+
+# A missing GRUB helper stops the update: the script has no set -e, so an
+# unloaded helper would make grub_tools_present return 127 and the update
+# would carry on as if GRUB were absent.
+helper_less=$test_tmp/helper-less
+mkdir -p "$helper_less"
+cp "$update" "$helper_less/omarchy-mac-boot-update"
+: >"$calls"
+if PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" bash "$helper_less/omarchy-mac-boot-update" 2>"$test_tmp/err"; then
+  fail "a missing GRUB helper fails the boot update"
+fi
+[[ ! -s $calls ]] || fail "a missing GRUB helper changes no boot files" "$(cat "$calls")"
+pass "a missing GRUB helper stops the boot update"
diff --git a/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-provision-test.sh b/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-provision-test.sh
index cf2b2b4..088b7ed 100644
--- a/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-provision-test.sh
+++ b/omarchy-mac-boot/test/mac-provision-test.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SH
 # initramfs it carries.
 cat >"$stub_bin/lsinitcpio" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
-[[ $1 == -l && -f $2 ]] && exec cat "$2"
+[[ $1 == -l && -f $2 ]] && exec cat "$(f=$(head -n 1 "$2"); [[ $f == /* && -f $f ]] && echo "$f" || echo "$2")"
 [[ $1 == -x && -f $2 ]] || exit 1
 tree=$2.tree
 [[ -d $tree ]] || tree=$(head -n 1 "$2").tree
@@ -63,13 +63,17 @@ done
 for layout in ${layouts//,/ }; do [[ -f $include/symbols/$layout ]] || exit 1; done
 SH
 # mkinitcpio builds from /etc/vconsole.conf as sd-vconsole and the plymouth
-# hook do; keep-layout leaves the previous build's layout in the image.
-cat >"$stub_bin/mkinitcpio" <<SH
+# hook do; keep-layout leaves the previous build's layout in the image. A UKI
+# build (omarchy-mac-boot-update on a Limine Mac) runs the same build into its
+# own image; uki-without-firmware leaves the firmware out of that one only.
+cat >"$stub_bin/build-image" <<SH
 #!/bin/bash
-echo "mkinitcpio \$*" >>"$calls"
-[[ ! -e $test_tmp/fail-mkinitcpio ]] || exit 1
-image=$root/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img
-if [[ -e $test_tmp/build-without-firmware ]]; then
+image=\$1
+# grub-without-firmware leaves the firmware out of /boot's GRUB image only,
+# the way a build can leave one image behind.
+if [[ -e $test_tmp/build-without-firmware ]] \\
+  || { [[ \${2:-} == uki && -e $test_tmp/uki-without-firmware ]]; } \\
+  || { [[ \${2:-} != uki && -e $test_tmp/grub-without-firmware ]]; }; then
   echo ./usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator >"\$image"
 else
   printf '%s\n' "$firmware_listing" >"\$image"
@@ -88,6 +92,16 @@ layout=\$(. "$root/etc/vconsole.conf"; echo "\$XKBLAYOUT")
 [[ -z \$keymap || -e $test_tmp/build-without-keymap ]] || : >"\$tree/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/\$keymap.map.gz"
 [[ -z \$layout ]] || : >"\$tree/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/\$layout"
 SH
+# The re-key builds with the image root's own mkinitcpio; the stub sits where
+# the fixed path below MAC_BOOT_ROOT resolves in tests.
+mkdir -p "$root/usr/bin"
+cat >"$root/usr/bin/mkinitcpio" <<SH
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "mkinitcpio \$*" >>"$calls"
+[[ ! -e $test_tmp/fail-mkinitcpio ]] || exit 1
+exec "$stub_bin/build-image" "$root/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img"
+SH
+chmod +x "$root/usr/bin/mkinitcpio"
 cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-mac-boot-update" <<SH
 #!/bin/bash
 cmdline=\$(sed -n 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\(.*\)"/\1/p' "$root/etc/default/grub")
@@ -96,10 +110,12 @@ echo "omarchy-mac-boot-update \$cmdline" >>"$calls"
 if [[ -e $root/var/lib/omarchy/limine.enabled ]]; then
   printf 'ESP_PATH="/boot/efi"\nKERNEL_CMDLINE[default]="%s"\n' "\$cmdline" >"$root/etc/default/limine"
   mkdir -p "$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux"
-  echo "$root/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img" >"$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi"
+  "$stub_bin/build-image" "$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi.img" uki
+  echo "$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi.img" >"$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi"
 else
   printf 'linux /vmlinuz-linux-aurora %s\n' "\$cmdline" >"$root/boot/grub/grub.cfg"
 fi
+[[ ! -e $test_tmp/fail-boot-update-after-write ]] || exit 1
 SH
 cat >"$stub_bin/findmnt" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
@@ -115,6 +131,12 @@ cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-mac-esp" <<'SH'
 [[ -n ${TEST_ESP-/boot/efi} ]] || exit 1
 echo "${TEST_ESP-/boot/efi}"
 SH
+# omarchy-cmd-present, as the entrypoints' PATH sees it on a live system: the
+# command is the fixture root's /usr/bin.
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-cmd-present" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+[[ -x $OMARCHY_MAC_BOOT_ROOT/usr/bin/$1 ]]
+SH
 # The root's LUKS header: keyslots, then tokens, which luksDump lists alike.
 cat >"$stub_bin/cryptsetup" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
@@ -149,7 +171,9 @@ fixture() {
   printf 'format=1\nencrypt=1\n' >"$root/var/lib/omarchy/mac-first-boot/install.conf"
   printf 'staged_slot=0\nowner_slot=2\nrecovery_slot=3\nrecovery_shown=1\nphase=owner\n' >"$root/var/lib/omarchy/provisioning/luks-rekey.state"
   printf '%s\n' "$firmware_listing" >"$root/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img"
-  rm -f "$test_tmp"/fail-* "$test_tmp/build-without-firmware" "$test_tmp/build-without-keymap" "$test_tmp/keep-layout"
+  rm -f "$test_tmp"/fail-* "$test_tmp/build-without-firmware" "$test_tmp/uki-without-firmware" "$test_tmp/grub-without-firmware" \
+    "$test_tmp/build-without-keymap" "$test_tmp/keep-layout"
+  rm -rf "$root/usr/bin/grub-probe" "$root/usr/bin/grub-mkconfig"
   : >"$calls"
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +182,10 @@ limine_fixture() {
   : >"$root/var/lib/omarchy/limine.enabled"
   printf 'ESP_PATH="/boot/efi"\nKERNEL_CMDLINE[default]="root=UUID=x rw quiet rd.luks.name=%s=root %s"\n' "$luks_uuid" "$key_line" \
     >"$root/etc/default/limine"
+  # The UKI limine-update last built, which this Mac boots.
+  mkdir -p "$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux"
+  "$stub_bin/build-image" "$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi.img" uki
+  echo "$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi.img" >"$root/boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi"
 }
 
 run() {
@@ -316,7 +344,53 @@ limine_fixture
 run provision-commit || fail "commit succeeds on a Limine Mac" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
 ! grep -q 'rd.luks.key=' "$root/etc/default/limine" || fail "the Limine command line drops rd.luks.key="
 run provision-verify || fail "a Limine Mac verifies after commit" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
-pass "provision-commit rebuilds a Limine Mac's command line without the staged key"
+[[ $(cat "$calls") == "omarchy-mac-boot-update quiet rd.luks.name=$luks_uuid=root" ]] ||
+  fail "a Limine Mac without GRUB builds only the UKI, not /boot's GRUB image" "$(cat "$calls")"
+pass "provision-commit rebuilds a Limine Mac's command line without the staged key, with one initramfs build"
+
+limine_fixture
+install -Dm755 /dev/null "$root/usr/bin/grub-probe"
+install -Dm755 /dev/null "$root/usr/bin/grub-mkconfig"
+run provision-commit || fail "commit succeeds on a Limine Mac that keeps GRUB" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
+[[ $(cat "$calls") == $'mkinitcpio -P\n'"omarchy-mac-boot-update quiet rd.luks.name=$luks_uuid=root" ]] ||
+  fail "a Limine Mac that keeps GRUB also rebuilds GRUB's image" "$(cat "$calls")"
+pass "a Limine Mac that keeps GRUB keeps its GRUB image current"
+
+# The firmware ordering is proven in the image the Mac boots, not in /boot's.
+limine_fixture
+key_before=$(sha256sum <"$root/boot/omarchy/luks-key")
+touch "$test_tmp/uki-without-firmware"
+if run provision-commit; then fail "a UKI without the firmware ordering fails commit"; fi
+error_says "the initramfs inside /boot/efi/EFI/Linux/omarchy_linux-aurora.efi does not load the vendor firmware"
+[[ $(sha256sum <"$root/boot/omarchy/luks-key") == "$key_before" ]] || fail "the key stays for the retry"
+rm "$test_tmp/uki-without-firmware"
+run provision-commit || fail "the retry with a good UKI commits" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
+pass "on a Limine Mac the firmware ordering is proven in the UKI that boots"
+
+# A Limine Mac that keeps GRUB boots /boot's image through GRUB's retained
+# entries, so a good UKI does not save a /boot image without the firmware.
+limine_fixture
+install -Dm755 /dev/null "$root/usr/bin/grub-probe"
+install -Dm755 /dev/null "$root/usr/bin/grub-mkconfig"
+touch "$test_tmp/grub-without-firmware"
+key_before=$(sha256sum <"$root/boot/omarchy/luks-key")
+if run provision-commit; then fail "a good UKI does not save a GRUB image without the firmware ordering"; fi
+error_says "/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img does not load the vendor firmware"
+[[ $(sha256sum <"$root/boot/omarchy/luks-key") == "$key_before" ]] || fail "the key stays for the retry"
+rm "$test_tmp/grub-without-firmware"
+run provision-commit || fail "the retry with both images good commits" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
+pass "on a Limine Mac that keeps GRUB, the firmware ordering is proven in /boot's image too"
+
+# Prepare applies the same rule: a stale /boot image nothing boots does not
+# refuse a UKI-only Mac, and a Limine Mac that keeps GRUB is held to both.
+limine_fixture
+echo ./usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator >"$root/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img"
+run provision-prepare || fail "a UKI-only Mac is ready however stale its unbooted GRUB image is" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
+install -Dm755 /dev/null "$root/usr/bin/grub-probe"
+install -Dm755 /dev/null "$root/usr/bin/grub-mkconfig"
+if run provision-prepare; then fail "a Limine Mac that keeps GRUB is held to its GRUB image too"; fi
+error_says "before the keyboard firmware loads"
+pass "provision-prepare proves the firmware ordering in the images that boot"
 
 fixture
 sed -i '/^recovery_shown=/d' "$root/var/lib/omarchy/provisioning/luks-rekey.state"
@@ -349,6 +423,24 @@ for failure in fail-mkinitcpio fail-boot-update build-without-firmware; do
 done
 pass "a failed rebuild, or one without the firmware ordering, keeps the unattended unlock for the retry"
 
+# An updater that fails after rewriting the command line, and whose restore
+# fails too: the key stays and the boot files carry the restored command line
+# for the retry.
+limine_fixture
+key_before=$(sha256sum <"$root/boot/omarchy/luks-key")
+touch "$test_tmp/fail-boot-update-after-write"
+if run provision-commit; then fail "commit fails when the updater fails after its rewrite"; fi
+[[ $(sha256sum <"$root/boot/omarchy/luks-key") == "$key_before" ]] || fail "the boot-partition key stays"
+grep -Fq 'rd.luks.key=' "$root/etc/default/limine" || fail "the restore names the key again" "$(cat "$root/etc/default/limine")"
+grep -Fxq 'phase=configured' "$root/boot/omarchy/encrypt.state" || fail "encrypt.state stays configured"
+[[ $(tail -n 1 "$calls") == "omarchy-mac-boot-update quiet rd.luks.name=$luks_uuid=root $key_line" ]] ||
+  fail "the restore rewrites the boot files with the key" "$(cat "$calls")"
+if run provision-verify; then fail "the staged unlock remains"; fi
+rm -f "$test_tmp/fail-boot-update-after-write"
+run provision-commit || fail "the retry commits" "$(cat "$test_tmp/err")"
+run provision-verify || fail "the retry leaves nothing behind"
+pass "an updater that fails after its rewrite still leaves the restored command line"
+
 # An attempt killed after it rewrote GRUB's defaults, then a retry whose
 # rebuild fails: the key is still on the boot partition, so the command line
 # names it again.
diff --git a/test/integration/provision-owner-luks-test.sh b/test/integration/provision-owner-luks-test.sh
index 16d7de6..5578afa 100644
--- a/test/integration/provision-owner-luks-test.sh
+++ b/test/integration/provision-owner-luks-test.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ done
 chmod 755 "$lifecycle/usr/lib/omarchy/mac-boot"/*
 chmod -R go-w "$lifecycle"
 
-cat >"$stub_bin/mkinitcpio" <<SH
+# The re-key builds with the image root's own mkinitcpio; the stub sits where
+# the fixed path below MAC_BOOT_ROOT resolves in tests.
+mkdir -p "$root/usr/bin"
+cat >"$root/usr/bin/mkinitcpio" <<SH
 #!/bin/bash
 echo "mkinitcpio \$*" >>"$calls"
 [[ ! -e $tmp/fail-mkinitcpio ]] || exit 1
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ printf '%s\n' ./usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator \
   ./usr/lib/systemd/system/omarchy-vendorfw-initrd.service \\
   ./usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-cryptsetup@.service.d/omarchy-vendorfw-initrd.conf >"$root/boot/initramfs-linux-aurora.img"
 SH
+chmod +x "$root/usr/bin/mkinitcpio"
 # The image holds no vconsole.conf, like one built for a Mac left on the US map.
 cat >"$stub_bin/lsinitcpio" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
@@ -255,7 +259,7 @@ fixture() {
   printf 'root UUID=%s none luks\n' "$luks_uuid" >"$root/etc/crypttab"
   : >"$root/dev/disk/by-uuid/$luks_uuid"
   printf 'format=1\nencrypt=1\n' >"$root/var/lib/omarchy/mac-first-boot/install.conf"
-  "$stub_bin/mkinitcpio" && : >"$calls"
+  "$root/usr/bin/mkinitcpio" && : >"$calls"
   printf '0 throwaway-install-key\n' >"$slots"
   rm -f "$tmp"/fail-* "$tmp/token-slot" "$tmp/token-id" "$screen" "$tmp/gum-stdin"
   rm -rf "$units"