diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/MprisController.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/MprisController.qml
index 02151f1c1..7faed2274 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/MprisController.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/MprisController.qml
@@ -25,22 +25,16 @@ Singleton {
 
 	property var activeTrack;
 
-	property bool hasPlasmaIntegration: false
-    Process {
-        id: plasmaIntegrationAvailabilityCheckProc
-        running: true
-        command: ["bash", "-c", "command -v plasma-browser-integration-host"]
-        onExited: (exitCode, exitStatus) => {
-            root.hasPlasmaIntegration = (exitCode === 0);
-        }
-    }
+	readonly property bool hasActivePlasmaIntegration: Mpris.players.values.some(
+		p => p.dbusName?.startsWith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.plasma-browser-integration')
+	)
 	function isRealPlayer(player) {
         if (!Config.options.media.filterDuplicatePlayers) {
             return true;
         }
         return (
-            // Remove unecessary native buses from browsers if there's plasma integration
-            !(hasPlasmaIntegration && player.dbusName.startsWith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.firefox')) && !(hasPlasmaIntegration && player.dbusName.startsWith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium')) &&
+            // Remove native browser buses only if plasma-browser-integration is actually active on D-Bus
+            !(hasActivePlasmaIntegration && player.dbusName.startsWith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.firefox')) && !(hasActivePlasmaIntegration && player.dbusName.startsWith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium')) &&
             // playerctld just copies other buses and we don't need duplicates
             !player.dbusName?.startsWith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.playerctld') &&
             // Non-instance mpd bus