diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 90d77ccf2..d1e6637fa 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -755,7 +755,6 @@
     "heroGreetingMorning": "Guten Morgen",
     "heroGreetingAfternoon": "Guten Tag",
     "heroGreetingEvening": "Guten Abend",
-    "heroGreetingNight": "Guten Abend",
     "heroComingSoonTooltip": "Kommt bald",
     "heroActionWeeklyReport": "Wochenbericht erstellen",
     "heroActionAskCoach": "Coach fragen",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 255c7a6cb..5b5ea3a6e 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -755,7 +755,6 @@
     "heroGreetingMorning": "Good morning",
     "heroGreetingAfternoon": "Good afternoon",
     "heroGreetingEvening": "Good evening",
-    "heroGreetingNight": "Good evening",
     "heroComingSoonTooltip": "Coming soon",
     "heroActionWeeklyReport": "Generate weekly report",
     "heroActionAskCoach": "Ask the coach",
diff --git a/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx b/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
index b5fccd6d8..072a13b5b 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@ function resolveGreetingKey(now: Date): string {
   const hour = now.getHours();
   if (hour >= 5 && hour < 12) return "insights.heroGreetingMorning";
   if (hour >= 12 && hour < 18) return "insights.heroGreetingAfternoon";
-  if (hour >= 18 && hour < 23) return "insights.heroGreetingEvening";
-  return "insights.heroGreetingNight";
+  // 18:00-22:59 maps to "Good evening"; 23:00-04:59 also maps to
+  // "Good evening" — reading "Good morning" pre-5am felt off, and
+  // German has the same fall-through. Drop the duplicate Night key.
+  return "insights.heroGreetingEvening";
 }
 
 export function HeroStrip({