diff --git a/config/redbear-device-services.toml b/config/redbear-device-services.toml
index 04d897677c..ec4308c1ab 100644
--- a/config/redbear-device-services.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-device-services.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 redbear-quirks = {}
 pciids = {}
 fatd = {}
-driver-manager = {}
+# driver-manager intentionally not included: it is the intended future
+# replacement for pcid-spawner but is not yet ready (driver config migration
+# pending) and was previously packaged-but-unused — its service launched
+# pcid-spawner instead of driver-manager. Consolidated on pcid-spawner for
+# now; the recipe source is kept for when the migration is completed.
 
 # Firmware fallback chain configs
 [[files]]
@@ -478,8 +482,11 @@ priority = 70
 command = ["/usr/bin/redbear-usbaudiod"]
 """
 
-# Profiles that include this fragment should start `driver-manager` instead of
-# `pcid-spawner`; the manager performs the PCI bind/channel handoff itself.
+# PCI driver spawning is performed by pcid-spawner (the base recipe's
+# 00_pcid-spawner.service, oneshot_async). driver-manager is the intended
+# future replacement but is not yet ready; do NOT create a separate
+# 00_driver-manager.service here — it previously duplicated pcid-spawner
+# (two async instances of the same spawner racing to spawn drivers).
 # Firmware fallback chain configs
 [[files]]
 path = "/etc/firmware-fallbacks.d/00-amdgpu.toml"
@@ -508,19 +515,11 @@ data = """
 pattern = "i915/adlp_dmc_ver2_16.bin"
 chain = ["i915/adlp_dmc_ver2_14.bin", "i915/adlp_dmc_ver2_12.bin"]
 """
-[[files]]
-path = "/etc/init.d/00_driver-manager.service"
-data = """
-[unit]
-description = "PCI driver spawner"
-requires_weak = [
-    "00_base.target",
-]
 
-[service]
-cmd = "pcid-spawner"
-type = "oneshot_async"
-"""
+# There must be exactly one PCI driver spawner service in the image: the
+# base recipe's 00_pcid-spawner.service (oneshot_async). Do not add a
+# second, differently-named service that also launches pcid-spawner — two
+# async instances race to spawn the same drivers.
 
 # Firmware fallback chain configs
 [[files]]
@@ -786,7 +785,7 @@ path = "/etc/init.d/13_driver-params.service"
 data = """
 [unit]
 description = "Driver parameter scheme"
-requires_weak = ["00_driver-manager.service"]
+requires_weak = ["00_pcid-spawner.service"]
 
 [service]
 cmd = "/usr/bin/driver-params"