diff --git a/test/integration/mesh.test.ts b/test/integration/mesh.test.ts
index eab9188..166ab6b 100644
--- a/test/integration/mesh.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/mesh.test.ts
@@ -1342,6 +1342,11 @@ test("every name under a machine resolves to that machine", {
   // It follows the machines. A node leaving the private network must stop being answered for,
   // because a wildcard pointing at nothing resolves and then hangs — where an unresolvable name
   // fails at once and says which name it was.
+  //
+  // Both, and that is not tidiness: `mesh-resolver` requires name resolution, which requires the
+  // network, so unassigning the domain module alone leaves the machine on the network — pulled
+  // back by its own requirement. The mesh was right and this test was wrong the first time.
+  await mesh("unassign laptop mesh-resolver");
   await mesh("unassign laptop networking");
   await mesh("push anchor");
   await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 15_000));
@@ -1354,7 +1359,6 @@ test("every name under a machine resolves to that machine", {
 
   await mesh("assign laptop networking");
   await mesh("unassign anchor mesh-resolver");
-  await mesh("unassign laptop mesh-resolver");
   await mesh("push");
   await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 15_000));
 });