diff --git a/TalerCommon/HelperViews/LaunchAnimationView.swift b/TalerCommon/HelperViews/LaunchAnimationView.swift
index cd79b87d..f35a7fc0 100644
--- a/TalerCommon/HelperViews/LaunchAnimationView.swift
+++ b/TalerCommon/HelperViews/LaunchAnimationView.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ struct RotatingTaler: View {
 
     @Binding var rotationEnabled: Bool
     @State private var rotationDirection = false
+    /// Someone who has asked the system for less motion gets a still logo.
+    ///
+    /// This also has a consequence beyond accessibility: the `once: false`
+    /// form restarts a 1.5s animation every 1.5s for as long as it is on
+    /// screen, so Core Animation always has an animation in flight.  XCUITest
+    /// will not synthesize a tap or a swipe until the app reports itself idle,
+    /// and an app that always has a running animation never does -- every
+    /// event then fails after about two minutes, which makes the app
+    /// undrivable by UI automation while any progress indicator is visible.
+    @Environment(\.accessibilityReduceMotion) private var reduceMotion
 
     private let animationTimer = Timer
         .publish(every: 1.5, on: .current, in: .common)
@@ -46,7 +56,7 @@ struct RotatingTaler: View {
             .rotationEffect(rotationDirection ? Angle(degrees: 0) : Angle(degrees: once ? 900 : 720))
             .onReceive(animationTimer) { timerValue in
 //                print("Timer: \(timerValue), rotationDirection: \(rotationDirection)")
-                if rotationEnabled {
+                if rotationEnabled && !reduceMotion {
                     if !once {
                         withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 1.5)) {
                             rotationDirection.toggle()
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ struct RotatingTaler: View {
                 }
             }
             .task {
-                if once {
+                if once && !reduceMotion {
                     withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 2.0)) {
                         rotationDirection.toggle()
                     }