diff --git a/nix/host-modules/swarm-grafana.nix b/nix/host-modules/swarm-grafana.nix
index 93c8ff93..5de45e0f 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/swarm-grafana.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/swarm-grafana.nix
@@ -261,21 +261,14 @@ in
       type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
       default = [
         pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-metricsdrilldown-app
-        # Reading the swarm's logs needs both halves: the datasource that can
-        # speak LogsQL, and the browser that makes an unfamiliar log stream
-        # explorable without writing a query first.
-        #
-        # ⚠️ The app's plugin id is `grafana-lokiexplore-app` and its name is
-        # "Grafana Logs Drilldown" — Grafana renamed the product and kept the
-        # id. Searching nixpkgs for "logsdrilldown" finds nothing.
+        # Reading the swarm's logs needs the datasource that speaks LogsQL.
+        # Nothing is paired with it to browse them: Explore is that browser.
         pkgs.grafanaPlugins.victoriametrics-logs-datasource
-        pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-lokiexplore-app
       ];
       defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''
         [
           pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-metricsdrilldown-app
           pkgs.grafanaPlugins.victoriametrics-logs-datasource
-          pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-lokiexplore-app
         ]'';
       example = lib.literalExpression "[ pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-piechart-panel ]";
       description = ''
@@ -300,10 +293,17 @@ in
 
         Metrics Drilldown is on by default because this swarm's Grafana
         exists to read VictoriaMetrics, and the queryless metrics browser
-        is the part of that people actually reach for. Its Logs / Traces /
-        Profiles siblings are deliberately NOT here: they front Loki,
-        Tempo and Pyroscope, none of which this swarm runs, so they would
-        install a UI for a backend that does not answer.
+        is the part of that people actually reach for.
+
+        Its Logs / Traces / Profiles siblings are deliberately NOT here,
+        and for two different reasons. Traces and Profiles front Tempo
+        and Pyroscope, which this swarm does not run — a UI for a backend
+        that does not answer. Logs Drilldown is the subtler one: this
+        swarm *does* run a log store, so that argument no longer applies
+        to it, but the app is Loki-only and no configuration here changes
+        that. Its volume views call `/loki/api/v1/index/volume`, which
+        VictoriaLogs does not implement and answers "unsupported path
+        requested". Logs are browsed through Explore instead.
       '';
     };
   };