diff --git a/agent/BACKLOG.md b/agent/BACKLOG.md
index bb8c97c..f2a46b3 100644
--- a/agent/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/agent/BACKLOG.md
@@ -109,7 +109,16 @@ review:
     placeholder dim (#2d353b99) renders. Note: summer-night's cream
     bar/menu on dark backdrop is the authored inverted design (fg as
     surface), not a rendering bug.
-  - An identity theme (lumon/retro-82) vibe capture still pending;
+  - ✓ Identity-theme capture + stub purge (iteration #45): the lumon
+    capture exposed that catppuccin/lumon/nord/retro-82 shipped stub
+    waybar.css files (2–14 lines, from the f211ef0 rewrite import) —
+    and a theme waybar.css whole-swaps the ENTIRE generated
+    stylesheet, so those four ran an unstyled default bar. Stubs
+    deleted; re-capture confirms lumon falls back to the generated
+    styled bar (workspace pill, padded right cluster). Their full
+    ~110-line rofi.rasi designs kept. Real whole-swaps remain only
+    summer-day/night (+ nord/retro-82 lost nothing: the stubs had no
+    design).
 (d) the whole-swap themes brought to the same bar (module parity
 verified textually 2026-07-05: whole-swaps carry every functional
 module; omitting cpu/memory is identity). Visual work is
diff --git a/agent/JOURNAL.md b/agent/JOURNAL.md
index b3be43e..109d09e 100644
--- a/agent/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/agent/JOURNAL.md
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ Template:
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-07-05 — purge stub waybar.css whole-swaps (iteration #45, item 28c/d)
+- **Task:** item 28 — lumon vibe capture exposed four themes shipping
+  an unstyled default bar.
+- **Did:** deleted the stub waybar.css in catppuccin/lumon/nord/
+  retro-82 (2–14 lines of color defines from the f211ef0 rewrite
+  import; a theme waybar.css replaces the WHOLE generated stylesheet,
+  so the stubs nuked all bar styling). The four themes now get the
+  generated bar in their own palette; their full rofi.rasi designs
+  kept. Whole-swap bars are now only summer-day/night, both authored.
+- **Verified:** V2 — lumon re-capture shows the generated styling
+  (workspace pill, padded right cluster, no edge clipping); V1 flake
+  check green. catppuccin/nord/retro-82 share the mechanism, not
+  individually captured.
+- **Pending:** HARDWARE-QUEUE eyeballs; the `[human]` icon-weight call.
+- **Next suggestion:** item 28 is agent-side done pending Bernardo's
+  taste calls — park it; take the next actionable BACKLOG item.
+
 ## 2026-07-05 — capture harness paints wallpapers (iteration #44, item 28c)
 - **Task:** item 28c harness gap — captures rendered a bare base-color
   backdrop because the guest had no `~/.nomarchy` runtime state.
diff --git a/themes/catppuccin/waybar.css b/themes/catppuccin/waybar.css
deleted file mode 100644
index bf35a40..0000000
--- a/themes/catppuccin/waybar.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@define-color foreground #cdd6f4;
-@define-color background #181824;
diff --git a/themes/lumon/waybar.css b/themes/lumon/waybar.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 11f4905..0000000
--- a/themes/lumon/waybar.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@define-color foreground #d6e2ee;
-@define-color background #213442;
diff --git a/themes/nord/waybar.css b/themes/nord/waybar.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 5238598..0000000
--- a/themes/nord/waybar.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-@define-color background #2e3440;
-@define-color foreground #d8dee9;
-@define-color accent #88c0d0;
-
-/* Base style for Nord */
-* {
-  font-family: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font, FontAwesome;
-  font-size: 13px;
-}
-
-window#waybar {
-  background-color: @background;
-  color: @foreground;
-}
diff --git a/themes/retro-82/waybar.css b/themes/retro-82/waybar.css
deleted file mode 100644
index f5944b1..0000000
--- a/themes/retro-82/waybar.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@define-color bg #00172e;
-@define-color foreground #f6dcac;
-@define-color background alpha(@bg, 0.8);