diff --git a/pkg/arvo/gen/hood/install.hoon b/pkg/arvo/gen/hood/install.hoon
index 723d02a6d2..c243cf90a8 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/gen/hood/install.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/gen/hood/install.hoon
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ::
 :-  %say
 |=  $:  [now=@da eny=@uvJ bec=beak]
-        [[her=@p rem=desk ~] local=@tas once=_|]
+        [[her=@p rem=desk ~] local=@tas]
     ==
 =/  loc=desk  ?:(=(%$ local) rem local)
-[%kiln-install loc her rem once]
+[%kiln-install loc her rem]
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon b/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
index 705f961a91..80c5db06c9 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
   abet:(emit:(spam leaf+mez ~) %pass /kiln %arvo %c [%info u.tor])
 ::
 ++  poke-install
-  |=  [loc=desk her=ship rem=desk once=?]
+  |=  [loc=desk her=ship rem=desk]
   =+  .^(=rock:tire %cx /(scot %p our)//(scot %da now)/tire)
   =/  =zest
     ?~  got=(~(get by rock) loc)
@@ -703,8 +703,6 @@
     abet:(spam (render "already syncing" loc her rem ~) ~)
   ?:  =([our loc] [her rem])
     abet
-  ?:  once
-    abet:abet:(merge:(work loc) her rem da+now %only-that)
   =/  sun  (sync loc her rem)
   ~>  %slog.(fmt "beginning install into {here:sun}")
   =<  abet:abet:init