diff --git a/apps/amm/tests/remove-liquidity.mjs b/apps/amm/tests/remove-liquidity.mjs
index 3c118ab..af04c21 100644
--- a/apps/amm/tests/remove-liquidity.mjs
+++ b/apps/amm/tests/remove-liquidity.mjs
@@ -231,20 +231,20 @@ test("amm liquidity: remove from the A/B pool", async (app) => {
 
   // The dropdown entry's synthetic click may not take; fall back to the page's
   // openRemoveDialog(), the exact handler the entry's onActivated invokes.
+  const dialogId = await idByObjectName(app, "removeLiquidityDialog");
   try {
     await app.waitFor(
-      async () => { if (!(await maybeIdByObjectName(app, "removeLiquidityDialog"))) throw new Error("no dialog"); },
-      { timeout: 4000, interval: 300, description: "remove dialog present" },
+      async () => { if ((await prop(app, dialogId, "visible")) !== true) throw new Error("dialog not visible"); },
+      { timeout: 4000, interval: 300, description: "remove dialog open" },
     );
   } catch {
     console.log("    remove-entry click didn't take — opening the dialog via evaluate");
     await ignore(() => evaluate(app, detailId, "openRemoveDialog()"));
+    await app.waitFor(
+      async () => { if ((await prop(app, dialogId, "visible")) !== true) throw new Error("dialog not visible"); },
+      { timeout: 8000, interval: 300, description: "remove dialog open (after evaluate)" },
+    );
   }
-  const dialogId = await idByObjectName(app, "removeLiquidityDialog");
-  await app.waitFor(
-    async () => { if ((await prop(app, dialogId, "visible")) !== true) throw new Error("dialog not visible"); },
-    { timeout: 8000, interval: 300, description: "remove dialog open" },
-  );
 
   // 5. The dialog opens at 50% by default. Click the 50% preset to make the choice
   //    explicit (a no-op on the default) and confirm it registers. Then wait for the