diff --git a/install/config/hardware/network.sh b/install/config/hardware/network.sh
index ff2e03e..04f2f35 100755
--- a/install/config/hardware/network.sh
+++ b/install/config/hardware/network.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Install iwd explicitly if it wasn't included in archinstall
-# This can happen if archinstall used ethernet
-if ! command -v iwctl &>/dev/null; then
-  sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed iwd
-  sudo systemctl enable iwd.service
-fi
+# Ensure iwd service will be started
+sudo systemctl enable iwd.service
 
 # Prevent systemd-networkd-wait-online timeout on boot
 sudo systemctl disable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
diff --git a/install/packages.sh b/install/packages.sh
index f317821..4a2b014 100644
--- a/install/packages.sh
+++ b/install/packages.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed \
   impala \
   imv \
   inetutils \
+  iwd \
   jq \
   kdenlive \
   kvantum-qt5 \