diff --git a/internal/rosa/etc.go b/internal/rosa/etc.go
index 4ffebdba..ce43bf07 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/etc.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/etc.go
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ import (
 // [Toolchain]. This silences test suites expecting certain standard files to be
 // available in /etc.
 type cureEtc struct {
-	// Optional via newIANAEtc.
-	iana pkg.Artifact
+	// Whether to exclude ianaEtc.
+	minimal bool
+}
+
+// NewEtc returns a [pkg.Artifact] containing deterministic elements of /etc.
+func NewEtc(minimal bool) pkg.Artifact {
+	return cureEtc{minimal}
 }
 
 // Cure writes hardcoded configuration to files under etc.
@@ -45,8 +50,8 @@ nobody:x:65534:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if a.iana != nil {
-		iana, _ := t.GetArtifact(a.iana)
+	if !a.minimal {
+		iana, _ := t.GetArtifact(ianaEtc)
 
 		buf := make([]byte, syscall.Getpagesize()<<3)
 		for _, name := range []string{
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ func (cureEtc) Kind() pkg.Kind { return kindEtc }
 
 // Params writes whether iana-etc is populated.
 func (a cureEtc) Params(ctx *pkg.IContext) {
-	if a.iana != nil {
+	if !a.minimal {
 		ctx.WriteUint32(1)
 	} else {
 		ctx.WriteUint32(0)
@@ -100,8 +105,8 @@ func (a cureEtc) Params(ctx *pkg.IContext) {
 func init() {
 	pkg.Register(kindEtc, func(r *pkg.IRReader) pkg.Artifact {
 		a := cureEtc{}
-		if r.ReadUint32() != 0 {
-			a.iana = r.Next()
+		if r.ReadUint32() == 0 {
+			a.minimal = true
 		}
 		if _, ok := r.Finalise(); ok {
 			panic(pkg.ErrUnexpectedChecksum)
@@ -115,34 +120,28 @@ func (cureEtc) IsExclusive() bool { return false }
 
 // Dependencies returns a slice containing the backing iana-etc release.
 func (a cureEtc) Dependencies() []pkg.Artifact {
-	if a.iana != nil {
-		return []pkg.Artifact{a.iana}
+	if !a.minimal {
+		return []pkg.Artifact{ianaEtc}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // String returns a hardcoded reporting name.
 func (a cureEtc) String() string {
-	if a.iana == nil {
+	if a.minimal {
 		return "cure-etc-minimal"
 	}
 	return "cure-etc"
 }
 
-// newIANAEtc returns an unpacked iana-etc release.
-func newIANAEtc() pkg.Artifact {
-	const (
-		version  = "20251215"
-		checksum = "kvKz0gW_rGG5QaNK9ZWmWu1IEgYAdmhj_wR7DYrh3axDfIql_clGRHmelP7525NJ"
-	)
-	return newFromGitHubRelease(
-		"Mic92/iana-etc",
-		version,
-		"iana-etc-"+version+".tar.gz",
-		checksum,
-		pkg.Gzip,
-	)
-}
+// ianaEtc is an unpacked iana-etc release.
+var ianaEtc = newFromGitHubRelease(
+	"Mic92/iana-etc",
+	"20251215",
+	"iana-etc-20251215.tar.gz",
+	"kvKz0gW_rGG5QaNK9ZWmWu1IEgYAdmhj_wR7DYrh3axDfIql_clGRHmelP7525NJ",
+	pkg.Gzip,
+)
 
 var (
 	resolvconfPath pkg.ExecPath
diff --git a/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go b/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go
index 48adcf20..40f31903 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/llvm_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestLLVMInputs(t *testing.T) {
-	const wantInputCount = 857
+	const wantInputCount = 553
 
 	_, llvm := rosa.Native().Std().MustLoad(rosa.H("llvm"))
 	var n int
diff --git a/internal/rosa/rosa.go b/internal/rosa/rosa.go
index a5972e35..64f5b7cf 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/rosa.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/rosa.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (t Toolchain) New(
 	case stageGentoo, stageEarly:
 		name += "-boot"
 		support = append(support, extra...)
-		support = append(support, cureEtc{})
+		support = append(support, NewEtc(true))
 		if t.stage == stageEarly {
 			_, a := t.MustLoad(_stage0Dist)
 			support = append(support, a)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ mkdir -vp /work/system/bin
 		}
 
 		support = slices.Concat(extra, t.S.New(t.stage-1).Append([]pkg.Artifact{
-			cureEtc{newIANAEtc()},
+			NewEtc(false),
 		},
 			base,
 			_mksh,