diff --git a/hosts/idols-aquamarine/ROCM.md b/hosts/idols-aquamarine/ROCM.md
index 1a6ff66b..e9a0d779 100644
--- a/hosts/idols-aquamarine/ROCM.md
+++ b/hosts/idols-aquamarine/ROCM.md
@@ -255,10 +255,9 @@ equivalent-generation consumer cards are "known to work", and never mentions
    `Fail to open libdrm_amdgpu.so` message only appeared while the card was wedged (see "ROCm
    userland in nixpkgs"). Expect `Card Series: N/A` until upstream names the R9700.
 5. `hardware.amdgpu.overdrive` stays off unless undervolting is wanted; if it is turned on, set
-   `ppfeaturemask = "0xfff7ffff"` (nixpkgs#564601). A oneshot unit in `hardware-amd-gpu.nix` caps
-   both cards at 250 W through hwmon `power1_cap` to keep their fans quiet, and exits non-zero when
-   a card does not take the value; the cap needs no overdrive. `amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1` is set,
-   because the driver default is auto/off except SRIOV.
+   `ppfeaturemask = "0xfff7ffff"` (nixpkgs#564601). A udev rule in `hardware-amd-gpu.nix` caps both
+   cards at 250 W through hwmon `power1_cap` to keep their fans quiet; the cap needs no overdrive.
+   `amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1` is set, because the driver default is auto/off except SRIOV.
 6. **Open:** set `HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES` (and `ROCR_VISIBLE_DEVICES` where honoured) so the iGPU is
    never selected; for llama.cpp prefer `--split-mode layer` or an RPC/pipeline split over tensor
    parallelism, and build with `-DGGML_HIP=ON -DGPU_TARGETS=gfx1201`, no `HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION`.
diff --git a/hosts/idols-aquamarine/hardware-amd-gpu.nix b/hosts/idols-aquamarine/hardware-amd-gpu.nix
index ce1ab28a..d5d778b9 100644
--- a/hosts/idols-aquamarine/hardware-amd-gpu.nix
+++ b/hosts/idols-aquamarine/hardware-amd-gpu.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   pkgs,
-  mylib,
   myvars,
   ...
 }:
@@ -61,40 +60,9 @@
   # default. amdgpu exposes the cap in microwatts and accepts anything inside [power1_cap_min,
   # power1_cap_max] — 210-300 W on these cards. The set path (amdgpu_dpm_set_power_limit) has no
   # overdrive gate, so the ppfeaturemask default stands.
-  systemd.services.amdgpu-power-cap = {
-    description = "Cap the power limit of every amdgpu card at 250 W";
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    after = [ "systemd-modules-load.service" ];
-    path = [ pkgs.coreutils ];
-    serviceConfig = mylib.systemdHardening.privilegedOneshot // {
-      Type = "oneshot";
-      RemainAfterExit = true;
-      ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "amdgpu-power-cap" ''
-        cap=250000000 # microwatts
-        want=2 # both R9700s; this host has no other amdgpu device
-        # The cards probe asynchronously, so retry briefly instead of racing the driver.
-        for _ in $(seq 1 60); do
-          capped=0
-          for hwmon in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*; do
-            [ "$(cat "$hwmon/name" 2>/dev/null)" = amdgpu ] || continue
-            # The subshell keeps a rejected write from printing one shell error per retry; the
-            # summary below is the line an operator needs.
-            if (echo "$cap" > "$hwmon/power1_cap") 2>/dev/null &&
-              [ "$(cat "$hwmon/power1_cap" 2>/dev/null)" = "$cap" ]; then
-              capped=$((capped + 1))
-            fi
-          done
-          if [ "$capped" -ge "$want" ]; then
-            echo "capped $capped amdgpu cards at 250 W"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          sleep 1
-        done
-        echo "amdgpu power cap: only $capped of $want cards took the cap" >&2
-        exit 1
-      '';
-    };
-  };
+  services.udev.extraRules = ''
+    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="hwmon", ATTR{name}=="amdgpu", ATTR{power1_cap}="250000000"
+  '';
 
   # GPU panel in btop, and utilization/VRAM in node_exporter for the shared
   # VictoriaMetrics scrape — the same shape as the Radeon iGPU hosts.
diff --git a/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expected.nix b/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expected.nix
index 0f2103d5..c55ec723 100644
--- a/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expected.nix
+++ b/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expected.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ in
     rapl-permissions = privilegedOneshot // {
       CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_CHOWN" ];
     };
-    amdgpu-power-cap = privilegedOneshot;
     hdd-no-spindown = privilegedOneshot // {
       CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_SYS_RAWIO" ];
       DeviceAllow = [ "block-sd rw" ];
diff --git a/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expr.nix b/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expr.nix
index 429011e1..2f1495ba 100644
--- a/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expr.nix
+++ b/outputs/x86_64-linux/tests/security-service-hardening/expr.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ units "youko" [
 // {
   privilegedOneshot = {
     rapl-permissions = privilegedUnit "aquamarine" "rapl-permissions";
-    amdgpu-power-cap = privilegedUnit "aquamarine" "amdgpu-power-cap";
     hdd-no-spindown = privilegedUnit "youko" "hdd-no-spindown";
   };
 }