diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 7415ae2..4fbd077 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -1468,13 +1468,22 @@ EOF
 	# Put it on $PATH via a symlink (replaces any older real file at this path).
 	sudo ln -sfn "$command_script" "$command_symlink"
 
-	# Install the uninstaller at the fixed footprint + put it on $PATH as
-	# `libreportal-uninstall` — a location-agnostic command (it resolves the real
-	# data roots from the systemd unit at run time), so users never type a data path.
-	if [[ -f "$script_dir/uninstall.sh" ]]; then
-		sudo install -m 0755 -o root -g root "$script_dir/uninstall.sh" "$lp_lib_dir/uninstall.sh"
-		sudo ln -sfn "$lp_lib_dir/uninstall.sh" /usr/local/bin/libreportal-uninstall
-	fi
+	# Generate the uninstall command at the fixed footprint + put it on $PATH as
+	# `libreportal-uninstall` (same idea as the CLI wrapper above — generated by
+	# init.sh, not a separate repo file). It just runs the engine's uninstall, so
+	# users never type a data path. $script_dir is baked in; /root/init.sh is a
+	# fallback if the install tree is already gone.
+	sudo tee "$lp_lib_dir/uninstall.sh" >/dev/null <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# LibrePortal uninstall command — generated by init.sh. Runs the engine's uninstall.
+[[ \$EUID -eq 0 ]] || { echo "libreportal-uninstall must run as root (try: sudo)"; exit 1; }
+_init="$script_dir/init.sh"; [[ -f "\$_init" ]] || _init="/root/init.sh"
+[[ -f "\$_init" ]] || { echo "Cannot find init.sh to run the uninstall."; exit 1; }
+exec bash "\$_init" "\$@" uninstall
+EOF
+	sudo chmod 0755 "$lp_lib_dir/uninstall.sh"
+	sudo chown root:root "$lp_lib_dir/uninstall.sh"
+	sudo ln -sfn "$lp_lib_dir/uninstall.sh" /usr/local/bin/libreportal-uninstall
 	source $sudo_bashrc
 }
 
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 59bc1de..0000000
--- a/uninstall.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# LibrePortal uninstaller — convenience launcher.
-#
-#   sudo ./uninstall.sh                     # remove everything
-#   sudo ./uninstall.sh --skip-docker-images  # keep the rootless docker layer
-#
-# The real teardown lives in init.sh (runFullUninstall), which self-resolves the
-# install's actual roots/manager from the baked systemd unit — so this just finds
-# the installed init.sh and runs it. Works regardless of where LibrePortal was
-# installed (custom --system-dir, etc.).
-set -euo pipefail
-
-[[ $EUID -eq 0 ]] || { echo "uninstall.sh must run as root (try: sudo)" >&2; exit 1; }
-
-# Prefer the system root baked into the systemd unit; then common defaults; then
-# the bootstrap copy in /root; then a sibling init.sh next to this script.
-unit=/etc/systemd/system/libreportal.service
-sysdir=""
-[[ -f "$unit" ]] && sysdir=$(grep -oE 'LP_SYSTEM_DIR=\S+' "$unit" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2)
-
-init=""
-for cand in \
-    ${sysdir:+"$sysdir/install/init.sh"} \
-    /libreportal-system/install/init.sh \
-    /docker/install/init.sh \
-    /root/init.sh \
-    "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/init.sh"; do
-    [[ -n "$cand" && -f "$cand" ]] && { init="$cand"; break; }
-done
-
-[[ -n "$init" ]] || { echo "uninstall.sh: could not find init.sh to run the uninstall." >&2; exit 1; }
-
-echo "Running uninstall via $init ..."
-exec bash "$init" "$@" uninstall