diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0022-ciss-overlay-tmpfs b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0022-ciss-overlay-tmpfs
index 92276b9..2909344 100644
--- a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0022-ciss-overlay-tmpfs
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0022-ciss-overlay-tmpfs
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-### Phase gate: run only in the intended live-boot phase -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-PHASE="${1:-}"
-
-case "${PHASE}" in
-
-  premount)
-    exit 0
-    ;;      ### Continue.
-  *)
-    exit 0  ### Do nothing in other phases.
-    ;;
-
-esac
-
 printf "\e[95m[INFO] Starting: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0022-ciss-overlay-tmpfs.sh] ... \n\e[0m"
 
 ### Declare variables ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -56,6 +42,4 @@ mkdir -p -m 0700 "${UPPER}" "${WORK}"
 
 printf "\e[92m[INFO] Successfully applied: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0022-ciss-overlay-tmpfs.sh] \n\e[0m"
 
-exit 0
-
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=sh
diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0024-ciss-crypt-squash b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0024-ciss-crypt-squash
index b21997f..0e55591 100644
--- a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0024-ciss-crypt-squash
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0024-ciss-crypt-squash
@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-### Phase gate: run only in the intended live-boot phase -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-PHASE="${1:-}"
-
-case "${PHASE}" in
-
-  premount)
-    ;;      ### Continue.
-  *)
-    exit 0  ### Do nothing in other phases.
-    ;;
-
-esac
-
 printf "\e[95m[INFO] Starting: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0024-ciss-crypt-squash] ... \n\e[0m"
 
 #######################################
@@ -165,6 +152,4 @@ log "Encrypted squashfs is mounted at: [${MNT_ROOTFS}] (device=/dev/mapper/crypt
 
 printf "\e[92m[INFO] Successfully applied: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0024-ciss-crypt-squash] \n\e[0m"
 
-exit 0
-
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=sh
diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0026-ciss-early-sysctl b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0026-ciss-early-sysctl
index 1d115c6..51f0841 100644
--- a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0026-ciss-early-sysctl
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0026-ciss-early-sysctl
@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-### Phase gate: run only in the intended live-boot phase -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-PHASE="${1:-}"
-
-case "${PHASE}" in
-
-  premount)
-    ;;      ### Continue.
-  *)
-    exit 0  ### Do nothing in other phases.
-    ;;
-
-esac
-
 printf "\e[95m[INFO] Starting: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0026-ciss-early-sysctl.sh] ... \n\e[0m"
 
 echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -45,6 +32,4 @@ echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict 2>/dev/null || true
 
 printf "\e[92m[INFO] Successfully applied: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0026-ciss-early-sysctl.sh] \n\e[0m"
 
-exit 0
-
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=sh
diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0042-ciss-post-decrypt-attest b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0042-ciss-post-decrypt-attest
index c13e930..6765ed0 100644
--- a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0042-ciss-post-decrypt-attest
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0042-ciss-post-decrypt-attest
@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-### Phase gate: run only in the intended live-boot phase -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-PHASE="${1:-}"
-
-case "${PHASE}" in
-
-  bottom)
-    ;;      ### Continue.
-  *)
-    exit 0  ### Do nothing in other phases.
-    ;;
-
-esac
-
 printf "\e[95m[INFO] Starting: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0042-ciss-post-decrypt-attest] ... \n\e[0m"
 
 ### Declare variables ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -189,6 +176,4 @@ fi
 
 printf "\e[92m[INFO] Successfully applied: [/usr/lib/live/boot/0042-ciss-post-decrypt-attest]\n\e[0m"
 
-exit 0
-
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=sh