diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/bibata.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/bibata.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fe87f51..0000000
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/bibata.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and publish bibata-cursor-theme
-
-# Bibata is AUR-only (not in Arch's official repos), so BOS maintains an
-# in-house PKGBUILD and publishes the built package to the [breadway] repo.
-# It's the prebuilt -bin variant, so no build deps beyond base-devel.
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - 'packaging/bibata/**'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  bibata:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
-    container:
-      image: archlinux:latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Build and publish
-        env:
-          PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          pacman -Syu --noconfirm base-devel git
-          useradd -m builder
-          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-          # Clone the branch that triggered this run (not the default branch),
-          # so the package can be built/published from a feature branch.
-          git clone --depth 1 --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
-            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" /home/builder/src
-          chown -R builder:builder /home/builder/src
-          su builder -c "cd /home/builder/src/packaging/bibata && makepkg -f --noconfirm --nocheck"
-          PKG=$(find /home/builder/src/packaging/bibata -name '*.pkg.tar.zst' | head -1)
-          curl -fsS -X PUT \
-            -H "Authorization: token ${PUBLISH_TOKEN}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-            --data-binary "@${PKG}" \
-            "https://git.breadway.dev/api/packages/Breadway/arch/os"
diff --git a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
index 0902c5e..b0bff85 100644
--- a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
+++ b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
 gtk-theme-name=Adwaita-dark
 gtk-icon-theme-name=Papirus-Dark
+gtk-cursor-theme-name=Bibata-Modern-Ice
 gtk-cursor-theme-size=24
 gtk-font-name=Noto Sans 11
diff --git a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini
index 0902c5e..b0bff85 100644
--- a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini
+++ b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
 gtk-theme-name=Adwaita-dark
 gtk-icon-theme-name=Papirus-Dark
+gtk-cursor-theme-name=Bibata-Modern-Ice
 gtk-cursor-theme-size=24
 gtk-font-name=Noto Sans 11
diff --git a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua
index e5cd27c..c1833aa 100644
--- a/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua
+++ b/iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ hl.config({
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 hl.env("XCURSOR_SIZE", "24")
 hl.env("HYPRCURSOR_SIZE", "24")
+hl.env("XCURSOR_THEME", "Bibata-Modern-Ice")
 hl.env("MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND", "1")
 hl.env("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "wayland;xcb")
 hl.env("QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME", "qt5ct")
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ hl.on("hyprland.start", function()
         "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-dark",
         "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme Adwaita-dark",
         "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme Papirus-Dark",
+        "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme Bibata-Modern-Ice",
         "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size 24",
         -- Clipboard history daemon (feeds SUPER+V history picker via wl-paste).
         "wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store",
diff --git a/iso/packages.x86_64 b/iso/packages.x86_64
index ec32e2b..20aa6a0 100644
--- a/iso/packages.x86_64
+++ b/iso/packages.x86_64
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ reflector
 # Papirus-Dark: cohesive icon set used as the BOS default (set via gsettings in
 # hyprland.lua autostart and in skel gtk-3.0/settings.ini).
 papirus-icon-theme
+# Bibata-Modern-Ice: clean dark cursor theme set via XCURSOR_THEME env in
+# hyprland.lua and in skel gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
+bibata-cursor-theme
 
 # Qt dark theme — makes Qt5/Qt6 apps (VLC, pavucontrol, etc.) respect the dark
 # palette. qt5ct/qt6ct are configured via skel to use Fusion style in dark mode;
diff --git a/packaging/bibata/PKGBUILD b/packaging/bibata/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index b49e382..0000000
--- a/packaging/bibata/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# BOS in-house rebuild of bibata-cursor-theme-bin (AUR-only upstream).
-# Bibata is the BOS default cursor theme; the AUR package is republished to the
-# [breadway] repo so the ISO build can pull it via pacman (same pattern as
-# zen-browser-bin and calamares). Prebuilt release tarball — no build step.
-# Upstream maintainer: Mark Wagie <mark dot wagie at proton dot me>
-pkgname=bibata-cursor-theme-bin
-pkgver=2.0.7
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="Material Based Cursor Theme"
-arch=('any')
-url="https://github.com/ful1e5/Bibata_Cursor"
-license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
-provides=("${pkgname%-bin}")
-conflicts=("${pkgname%-bin}")
-options=('!strip')
-source=("${pkgname%-bin}-$pkgver.tar.xz::$url/releases/download/v$pkgver/Bibata.tar.xz")
-sha256sums=('172e33c4ae415278384dcecc7d1a9b7a024266bc944bc751fd86532be1cc6251')
-
-package() {
-  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons"
-  cp -r Bibata* "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons"
-}