diff --git a/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md b/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
index 93dc3be79..a35e7ac49 100644
--- a/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
@@ -418,10 +418,7 @@ until the next collection. A drop-in written by an older hive-priv has no
 **Hyperhive's platform containers: warn only.** The forge, the matrix server and
 the swarm services (15 containers, declared by their own modules) run the same
 check as `hive-priv check-rootfs --warn-only <name>`, from `ExecStartPre=` on
-their own `container@<name>` unit, through the symlink `/run/hive-rootfs-check`
-that `hive-priv.nix` points at the current build, so a new hyperhive build does
-not change the unit or restart the container. It evaluates every rule, logs each
-violation
+their own `container@<name>` unit. It evaluates every rule, logs each violation
 as a warning, and exits 0, so the container starts either way. The line reads
 `rootfs check (warn-only): <name>: <message>` with journald's warning priority.
 Strict refusal needs the live roots of all 15 to pass first, and the warnings
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-priv.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-priv.nix
index 2a5261474..3975e9266 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-priv.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-priv.nix
@@ -9,21 +9,8 @@
 }:
 let
   controllerCfg = config.services.hyperhive.deploy.hive-controller;
-  rootfsCheck = import ./lib/container-rootfs-check.nix { inherit config; };
 in
 {
-  # The platform containers run their warn-only root check by this path
-  # (`lib/container-rootfs-check.nix`), so their units carry no store path.
-  # Declared outside the controller toggle below: a host that runs platform
-  # containers but no hive carries the check too.
-  imports = [
-    {
-      systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-        "L+ ${rootfsCheck.hivePriv} - - - - ${controllerCfg.package}/bin/hive-priv"
-      ];
-    }
-  ];
-
   config = lib.mkIf config.services.hyperhive.deploy.hive-controller.enable {
     # The parent of every agent socket dir. hive-priv is its only writer
     # (`EnsureAgentSocketDir`), and its unit lists it in `ReadWritePaths`,
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/lib/container-rootfs-check.nix b/nix/host-modules/lib/container-rootfs-check.nix
index f125b405e..6f9382b43 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/lib/container-rootfs-check.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/lib/container-rootfs-check.nix
@@ -23,19 +23,12 @@
 # `container@<name>` unit (`nixos-containers.nix`, the `mapAttrsToList` that
 # builds `container@${name}`), so a setting on that unit reaches that
 # container only.
-#
-# The binary is run through `hivePriv`, a path that does not change with the hyperhive
-# build. `hive-priv.nix` points the symlink at the current package, so the
-# unit text is the same across builds and a switch does not restart the
-# container for it.
-{ ... }:
-rec {
-  hivePriv = "/run/hive-rootfs-check";
-
+{ config }:
+{
   # Attributes for `systemd.services."container@<name>"`.
   warnOnly = name: {
     serviceConfig.ExecStartPre = [
-      "-${hivePriv} check-rootfs --warn-only ${name}"
+      "-${config.services.hyperhive.deploy.hive-controller.package}/bin/hive-priv check-rootfs --warn-only ${name}"
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix b/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix
index ea25aa283..a9b5a805f 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/core-toggle.nix
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ let
       # their own unit, warn-only. Every container in these fixtures is one of
       # hyperhive's, so the names are read off the fixture: a container added
       # without the check breaks the list, which is the point. The unit's own
-      # pre-start script is not a `check-rootfs` entry, so the count is the check
+      # pre-start script is not a `hive-priv` entry, so the count is the check
       # alone.
       name = "every hyperhive container runs the root check warn-only from its own unit, and no hyperhive container is left out";
       ok =
@@ -1824,13 +1824,13 @@ let
             let
               pre = m.systemd.services."container@${name}".serviceConfig.ExecStartPre or [ ];
             in
-            builtins.filter (lib.hasInfix "check-rootfs") (
+            builtins.filter (lib.hasInfix "hive-priv") (
               map (p: builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (toString p)) pre
             );
           carries =
             m: name:
             checks m name == [
-              "-/run/hive-rootfs-check check-rootfs --warn-only ${name}"
+              (builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext "-${m.services.hyperhive.deploy.hive-controller.package}/bin/hive-priv check-rootfs --warn-only ${name}")
             ];
           names = lib.attrNames allLocal.containers;
         in
@@ -1853,13 +1853,6 @@ let
         && lib.all (carries allLocal) names
         && withCi.containers ? swarm-ci-runner
         && lib.all (carries withCi) (lib.attrNames withCi.containers)
-        # The line holds no store path, so a new hyperhive build leaves the
-        # unit text alone. Presence control: the lookup does find the line,
-        # and a line with a store path is caught by the same test.
-        && lib.all (n: !(lib.hasInfix "/nix/store" (lib.head (checks allLocal n)))) names
-        && lib.hasInfix "/nix/store" "-/nix/store/x-hyperhive/bin/hive-priv check-rootfs --warn-only x"
-        # The stable path is a link to the current package's hive-priv.
-        && lib.elem "L+ /run/hive-rootfs-check - - - - ${allLocal.services.hyperhive.deploy.hive-controller.package}/bin/hive-priv" allLocal.systemd.tmpfiles.rules
         # Control: a name with no unit finds nothing.
         && checks allLocal "swarm-nope" == [ ];
     }
@@ -1875,7 +1868,7 @@ let
         let
           hivePrivLines =
             m: name:
-            builtins.filter (lib.hasInfix "check-rootfs") (
+            builtins.filter (lib.hasInfix "hive-priv") (
               map (p: builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (toString p)) (
                 m.systemd.services."container@${name}".serviceConfig.ExecStartPre or [ ]
               )
@@ -1888,7 +1881,7 @@ let
         && lib.all ignored (allLines allLocal)
         && lib.all ignored (allLines withCi)
         # Control: the test discriminates, a line without the prefix is not ignored.
-        && !(ignored "/run/hive-rootfs-check check-rootfs --warn-only x");
+        && !(ignored "/nix/store/x-hyperhive/bin/hive-priv check-rootfs --warn-only x");
     }
     {
       # The operator's other containers are not hyperhive's to touch: a
@@ -1900,7 +1893,7 @@ let
         let
           checks =
             name:
-            builtins.filter (lib.hasInfix "check-rootfs") (
+            builtins.filter (lib.hasInfix "hive-priv") (
               map (p: builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (toString p)) (
                 withForeignContainer.systemd.services."container@${name}".serviceConfig.ExecStartPre or [ ]
               )
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/swarm-services-switch.nix b/nix/module-eval/swarm-services-switch.nix
index 2f52c9ce4..d372845e8 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/swarm-services-switch.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/swarm-services-switch.nix
@@ -616,16 +616,7 @@ let
         && (s.hive-c0re.wantedBy or [ ]) == [ ]
         && !(swarmServicesOnly.systemd.sockets ? hive-c0re)
         && !(swarmServicesOnly.systemd.sockets ? hive-priv)
-        && !(s ? swarm-bao-queue-agent)
-        # The root check the platform containers carry runs through a link
-        # this host still declares, since no controller module does. Presence
-        # control: the unit and the rule are both found.
-        && lib.any (
-          r: lib.hasPrefix "L+ /run/hive-rootfs-check " r
-        ) swarmServicesOnly.systemd.tmpfiles.rules
-        && lib.any (
-          p: lib.hasPrefix "-/run/hive-rootfs-check check-rootfs --warn-only " (toString p)
-        ) s."container@swarm-bao".serviceConfig.ExecStartPre;
+        && !(s ? swarm-bao-queue-agent);
     }
     {
       # On a controller that runs none of them, so the link cannot come from