diff --git a/config/redbear-mini.toml b/config/redbear-mini.toml
index 578dd800a1..9fb4c978ee 100644
--- a/config/redbear-mini.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-mini.toml
@@ -509,17 +509,11 @@ args = ["-A", "2", "-K", "us"]
 type = "oneshot_async"
 """
 
-[[files]]
-path = "/etc/init.d/30_cpufreqd.service"
-data = """
-[unit]
-description = "CPU frequency governor (throttles CPU on bare metal to prevent overheating)"
-requires_weak = ["00_base.target"]
-
-[service]
-cmd = "cpufreqd"
-type = "oneshot_async"
-"""
+# NOTE: cpufreqd is already started earlier by 15_cpufreqd.service (from
+# redbear-device-services.toml). A second 30_cpufreqd instance used to live here
+# and (a) ran cpufreqd twice — double MSR probing + a duplicate 16-line P-state
+# dump — and (b) fired at getty time, burying the login banner/prompt under its
+# output. Removed; the 15_ instance covers it with settle time before the prompt.
 
 [[files]]
 path = "/etc/init.d/30_console.service"