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diff --git a/modules/system-lib.el b/modules/system-lib.el
index bde53d82..c6021c9c 100644
--- a/modules/system-lib.el
+++ b/modules/system-lib.el
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
;; Eager reason: low-level helpers (executable lookup, process output, silent
;; logging) used by many eager modules during startup.
;; Top-level side effects: none.
-;; Runtime requires: none (auth-source loaded on demand inside the helper).
+;; Runtime requires: none at load (auth-source is required on demand inside
+;; `cj/auth-source-secret-value', so the cost lands only on callers that use it).
;; Direct test load: yes (pure helpers; batch-safe).
;;
;; This module provides low-level system utility functions for checking
@@ -125,6 +126,19 @@ This does so without echoing in the minibuffer."
With USER, also match on the login. Resolves a function-valued secret
\(the netrc backend returns the secret as a function\) by calling it.
Callers that must have a secret layer their own error on top."
+ ;; Loaded here rather than at the top of the file, so a module that merely
+ ;; requires system-lib does not pay for auth-source. It has to be loaded
+ ;; *somewhere*, though: `declare-function' only quiets the byte-compiler.
+ ;; An interactive Emacs always has auth-source in by the time anyone calls
+ ;; here, which hid the omission until a batch `-Q' sync tried to resolve a
+ ;; `:secret-host' feed and died on a void `auth-source-search'.
+ ;;
+ ;; Guarded on `fboundp' rather than calling `require' unconditionally: a
+ ;; bare require re-loads auth-source.el over whatever is already in place,
+ ;; which replaces a caller's stubbed `auth-source-search' mid-call and sends
+ ;; a test that meant to fake the lookup out to the real authinfo instead.
+ (unless (fboundp 'auth-source-search)
+ (require 'auth-source))
(let* ((spec (append (list :host host :require '(:secret) :max 1)
(when user (list :user user))))
(secret (plist-get (car (apply #'auth-source-search spec)) :secret)))