diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a82de75..f94415f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -386,8 +386,10 @@ close · `SUPER+1..9` workspaces · `Print` region screenshot.
   field (`{active, inactive}`) to the theme schema (`theme.nix`), consumed
   solid in `hyprland.nix`, and declared it in every preset so a switch
   always replaces it. All six identity themes now match legacy exactly.
-- **Waybar shows non-existent workspaces:** in summer-night/summer-day the
-  bar renders every workspace icon up-front via `persistent-workspaces` /
-  `all-outputs` in `themes/summer-{day,night}/waybar.jsonc`. Restore the
-  legacy behaviour (only show workspaces that exist) here and across the
-  other themes.
+- ✓ **Waybar shows non-existent workspaces:** the v1 summer port "fixed"
+  legacy's deprecated `persistent_workspaces` (underscore — silently
+  ignored by current Waybar, so legacy only ever showed existing
+  workspaces) into the modern `persistent-workspaces` (hyphen), which
+  Waybar honours → all 10 rendered as phantoms. Dropped the block from
+  `themes/summer-{day,night}/waybar.jsonc`; the other themes use the
+  generated `waybar.nix`, which never had it, so they already match.
diff --git a/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc b/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc
index a45b8f5..8fb252e 100644
--- a/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc
+++ b/themes/summer-day/waybar.jsonc
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
     "all-outputs": true,
     "on-click": "activate",
     "on-scroll-up": "hyprctl dispatch workspace e+1",
-    "on-scroll-down": "hyprctl dispatch workspace e-1",
-    "persistent-workspaces": {
-      "1": [], "2": [], "3": [], "4": [], "5": [],
-      "6": [], "7": [], "8": [], "9": [], "10": []
-    }
+    "on-scroll-down": "hyprctl dispatch workspace e-1"
   },
 
   "custom/launcher": {
diff --git a/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc b/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc
index e5a1430..ffa36e2 100644
--- a/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc
+++ b/themes/summer-night/waybar.jsonc
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
     "all-outputs": true,
     "on-click": "activate",
     "on-scroll-up": "hyprctl dispatch workspace r+1",
-    "on-scroll-down": "hyprctl dispatch workspace r-1",
-    "persistent-workspaces": {
-      "1": [], "2": [], "3": [], "4": [], "5": [],
-      "6": [], "7": [], "8": [], "9": [], "10": []
-    }
+    "on-scroll-down": "hyprctl dispatch workspace r-1"
   },
 
   "custom/nomarchy": {