diff --git a/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php b/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php
index 2b0ffc2b..339020f0 100644
--- a/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php
+++ b/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php
@@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ if (!function_exists('aksrt_header_slide_is_show')) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if ((int) $wp_query->get('paged') > 1 || (int) $wp_query->get('page') > 1) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
+		// legacy (Zibll) renders the slider on paged archive pages too; no
+		// pagination exclusion here.
 		$settings = class_exists('\\AKSRT\\Settings\\Settings')
 			? \AKSRT\Settings\Settings::get_header_slider_settings()
 			: [];