diff --git a/script/install.d/30-mise.sh b/script/install.d/30-mise.sh
index 7cc59f5..3ac5121 100755
--- a/script/install.d/30-mise.sh
+++ b/script/install.d/30-mise.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ for tool in "${MISE_RUNTIMES[@]}"; do
     mise use -g "$tool"
 done
 
+# Activate mise shims so runtimes (e.g. python3) are available for app installers
+eval "$(mise activate bash)"
+export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/mise/shims:$PATH"
+
 typeset -a MISE_APPS=(
     "poetry@2.3.2"
     "gh@2.86.0"
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ typeset -a MISE_APPS=(
     "fzf@latest"
     "zoxide@latest"
     "ripgrep@latest"
+    "fastfetch@latest"
 )
 
 log_info "Installing apps..."
@@ -67,10 +72,6 @@ for tool in "${MISE_APPS[@]}"; do
     mise use -g "$tool"
 done
 
-# Activate mise environment for current session
-eval "$(mise activate bash)"
-export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/mise/shims:$PATH"
-
 # Setup Poetry ZSH completions (XDG compliant)
 COMPLETIONS_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/zsh/completions"
 mkdir -p "$COMPLETIONS_DIR"
@@ -87,3 +88,4 @@ echo "npm $(mise exec -- npm --version)"
 mise exec -- gh --version
 mise exec -- terraform --version
 echo "firebase: $(mise exec -- firebase --version)"
+echo "fastfetch: $(mise exec -- fastfetch --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
diff --git a/script/install.d/80-fastfetch.sh b/script/install.d/80-fastfetch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c4542dd..0000000
--- a/script/install.d/80-fastfetch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Description:
-#   Install fastfetch (fast system information tool).
-#
-
-# Skip in Codespaces (cosmetic tool)
-[[ "$DOTS_ENV" == "codespaces" ]] && { log_pass "Skipping in Codespaces"; return 0; }
-
-if ! command -v fastfetch &>/dev/null; then
-    case "$DOTS_PKG" in
-        apt)
-            sudo apt-get install -qq fastfetch &>/dev/null
-            ;;
-        pacman)
-            yay -S --noconfirm fastfetch &>/dev/null
-            ;;
-        brew)
-            brew install fastfetch
-            ;;
-        *)
-            log_warn "Skipping fastfetch install: no supported package manager found"
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-echo "fastfetch: $(fastfetch --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
diff --git a/tests/test_binaries.py b/tests/test_binaries.py
index b74736a..10fb60a 100644
--- a/tests/test_binaries.py
+++ b/tests/test_binaries.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ binaries: List[Text] = [
     "terraform",
     "docker" if not os.environ.get("SKIP_DOCKER_CONFIG") else None,
     "mise",
-    "neofetch",
+    "fastfetch",
     "cmatrix",
     "az",
     "firebase",