diff --git a/frontend/src/views/AppLayout.vue b/frontend/src/views/AppLayout.vue
index 24f0cd6..dd247a7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/AppLayout.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/AppLayout.vue
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
           </router-link>
         </template>
 
-        <div class="nav-section">Displays</div>
-        <a :href="withBase('/shopfloor')" target="_blank" class="external-link">Shopfloor Dashboard</a>
-        <a :href="withBase('/tv')" target="_blank" class="external-link">TV Slideshow</a>
-        <a v-if="isPluginEnabled('printedparts')" :href="withBase('/parts-kiosk')"
+        <div v-if="showDisplays" class="nav-section">Displays</div>
+        <a v-if="hasRoute('/shopfloor')" :href="withBase('/shopfloor')" target="_blank" class="external-link">Shopfloor Dashboard</a>
+        <a v-if="hasRoute('/tv')" :href="withBase('/tv')" target="_blank" class="external-link">TV Slideshow</a>
+        <a v-if="hasRoute('/parts-kiosk')" :href="withBase('/parts-kiosk')"
            target="_blank" class="external-link">Parts Kiosk</a>
 
         <router-link v-if="authStore.isAdmin" to="/settings">Settings</router-link>
@@ -111,11 +111,20 @@ import { currentTheme, toggleTheme } from '../stores/theme'
 import { dashboardApi, notificationsApi } from '../api'
 import { getFacilityName, getSiteLogo, getServicenowUrls } from '../utils/siteSettings'
 import { withBase } from '../utils/basePath'
-import { isPluginEnabled } from '../composables/enabledPlugins'
 
 const router = useRouter()
 const route = useRoute()
 const authStore = useAuthStore()
+
+// The Displays links are hardcoded (not plugin-driven nav), so gate each by
+// whether its route was actually staged into THIS build. A lean site without
+// slides / printedparts must not show a TV Slideshow / Parts Kiosk link that
+// dead-ends on a blank page. Route existence is the true "is it in this build"
+// test - more reliable than plugin-enabled state, which a copied registry can
+// report for a plugin that was never staged.
+const stagedRoutePaths = new Set(router.getRoutes().map(r => r.path))
+const hasRoute = (path) => stagedRoutePaths.has(path)
+const showDisplays = ['/shopfloor', '/tv', '/parts-kiosk'].some(hasRoute)
 const routeViewKey = computed(() =>
   route.path.startsWith('/settings') ? '/settings' : route.path
 )