diff --git a/wfvm/demo-image.nix b/wfvm/demo-image.nix
index 0259c08..183f65c 100644
--- a/wfvm/demo-image.nix
+++ b/wfvm/demo-image.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ wfvm.makeWindowsImage {
     if impureMode
     then []
     else with wfvm.layers; [
-      disable-autosleep disable-autolock disable-firewall
+      (collapseLayers [
+        disable-autosleep
+        disable-autolock
+        disable-firewall
+      ])
       anaconda3 msys2 msvc msvc-ide-unbreak
     ];
 
diff --git a/wfvm/layers/default.nix b/wfvm/layers/default.nix
index 452b737..8fb9958 100644
--- a/wfvm/layers/default.nix
+++ b/wfvm/layers/default.nix
@@ -154,4 +154,15 @@ in
       win-exec "reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization /v NoLockScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 1"
     '';
   };
+
+  # Chain together layers that are quick to run so that the VM does
+  # not have to be started/shutdown for each.
+  collapseLayers = scripts: {
+    name = pkgs.lib.concatMapStringsSep "-" ({ name, ... }: name) scripts;
+    script = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+      map ({ script, ... }: script) scripts
+    );
+    buildInputs =
+      builtins.concatMap ({ buildInputs ? [], ... }: buildInputs) scripts;
+  };
 }