diff --git a/studio/backend/requirements/no-torch-runtime.txt b/studio/backend/requirements/no-torch-runtime.txt
index 5cf65c7eea..b43d11cf36 100644
--- a/studio/backend/requirements/no-torch-runtime.txt
+++ b/studio/backend/requirements/no-torch-runtime.txt
@@ -43,16 +43,23 @@ safetensors>=0.4.3
 datasets>=3.4.1,!=4.0.*,!=4.1.0,<4.4.0
 accelerate>=0.34.1
 peft>=0.18.0,!=0.11.0
-# Round 33 P1: reverted the round-26 hub>=1.3.0 floor. Studio's
-# install_python_stack later forces hub==0.36.2 via studio.txt
-# (constraint by transformers==4.57.6 pinned in extras-no-deps.txt),
-# so the 1.3.0 floor was internally inconsistent with the steady
-# install state. extras-no-deps holds transformers at 4.x, so the
-# transformers-5.x is_offline_mode concern that motivated the
-# original bump never actually triggers on the supported install
-# path. Verified live on B200: hub 0.36.2 + transformers 4.57.6 +
+# Round 33 P1: reverted the round-26 hub>=1.3.0 floor to the
+# pre-PR >=0.34.0 floor. Studio's install_python_stack later
+# forces hub==0.36.2 via studio.txt (constrained by
+# transformers==4.57.6 in extras-no-deps.txt), so the 1.3.0
+# floor was internally inconsistent. extras-no-deps holds
+# transformers at 4.x, so the transformers-5.x is_offline_mode
+# concern that motivated the original bump never actually
+# triggers on the supported install path.
+# Round 34 P1: the line itself must stay because install.sh
+# --no-torch installs THIS file with --no-deps and does not run
+# studio.txt afterward; without the package line a no-torch
+# install ends with no huggingface_hub at all and the new
+# diffusion / chat GGUF paths fail with ModuleNotFoundError.
+# Verified live on B200: hub 0.36.2 + transformers 4.57.6 +
 # diffusers 0.37.1 imports Flux2KleinPipeline cleanly and runs
 # end-to-end image generation.
+huggingface_hub>=0.34.0
 hf_transfer
 # Floor 0.37.0 introduces Flux2KleinPipeline + Flux2Pipeline which the
 # Studio Images page imports for the default curated picker.