diff --git a/internal/agent/agent_test.go b/internal/agent/agent_test.go
index 74c5d69..87a4a2b 100644
--- a/internal/agent/agent_test.go
+++ b/internal/agent/agent_test.go
@@ -1604,8 +1604,20 @@ func TestTheNodesOwnCompositionIsAppliedWhenItDiffersAndARecordMoveWaitsForAYes(
 	}
 	eventually(t, "the wait for the composer was not said", func() bool { return saidCount() == 1 })
 	// Settled again by another want's change, it is neither said nor told again.
-	want("web", fp, "")
-	b.wants.put(gk, graw)
+	other, oraw, _ := unsigned("ghost", fpOf("8"), file("ghost", "x", "1"))
+	settledGhost := func() (n int) {
+		b.mu.Lock()
+		defer b.mu.Unlock()
+		for _, m := range b.settled {
+			if m == "ghost" {
+				n++
+			}
+		}
+		return n
+	}
+	settledBefore := settledGhost()
+	b.comps.put(other, oraw)
+	eventually(t, "ghost was not settled again", func() bool { return settledGhost() > settledBefore })
 	eventually(t, "the composer was not told", func() bool { toldMu.Lock(); defer toldMu.Unlock(); return len(told) == 1 })
 	if _, err := b.ag.Composition(context.Background(), "ghost", "", false); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "waits for the composer: no manifest in the composer's picture") {
 		t.Errorf("the composition read of ghost says %v, want why the composer made none", err)