Just install iwd along with everything else so it is always there

install/config/hardware/network.sh

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Install iwd explicitly if it wasn't included in archinstall
-# This can happen if archinstall used ethernet
-if ! command -v iwctl &>/dev/null; then
-  sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed iwd
-  sudo systemctl enable iwd.service
-fi
+# Ensure iwd service will be started
+sudo systemctl enable iwd.service
 
 # Prevent systemd-networkd-wait-online timeout on boot
 sudo systemctl disable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service