diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/experimental.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/experimental.go
index 9693d05b..399f9534 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/experimental.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/experimental.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package modifier
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/config"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover"
@@ -69,9 +68,9 @@ func newExperimentalModifierFromDiscoverer(logger *logrus.Logger, d discover.Dis
 // Modify applies the required modifications to the incomming OCI spec. These modifications
 // are applied in-place.
 func (m experimental) Modify(spec *specs.Spec) error {
-	err := m.assertSpecIsCompatible(spec)
+	err := nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookRemover{m.logger}.Modify(spec)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("OCI specification cannot be modified: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove existing hooks: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	specEdits, err := edits.NewSpecEdits(m.logger, m.discoverer)
@@ -81,38 +80,3 @@ func (m experimental) Modify(spec *specs.Spec) error {
 
 	return specEdits.Modify(spec)
 }
-
-func (m experimental) assertSpecIsCompatible(spec *specs.Spec) error {
-	if spec == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if spec.Hooks == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if hookPath := findStableHook(spec.Hooks.Prestart); hookPath != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("spec already contains required 'prestart' hook: %v", hookPath)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// findStableHook checks the list of OCI hooks for the nvidia-container-runtime-hook
-// or nvidia-container-toolkit hook. These are included, for example, by the non-experimental
-// nvidia-container-runtime or docker when specifying the --gpus flag.
-func findStableHook(hooks []specs.Hook) string {
-	lookFor := map[string]bool{
-		nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookExecuable: true,
-		nvidiaContainerToolkitExecutable:    true,
-	}
-
-	for _, h := range hooks {
-		base := filepath.Base(h.Path)
-		if lookFor[base] {
-			return h.Path
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ""
-}
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/hook_remover.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/hook_remover.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac3354d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime/modifier/hook_remover.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package modifier
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/oci"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookRemover is a spec modifer that detects and removes inserted nvidia-container-runtime hooks
+type nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookRemover struct {
+	logger *logrus.Logger
+}
+
+var _ oci.SpecModifier = (*nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookRemover)(nil)
+
+// Modify removes any NVIDIA Container Runtime hooks from the provided spec
+func (m nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookRemover) Modify(spec *specs.Spec) error {
+	if spec == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if spec.Hooks == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var updateRequired bool
+	newPrestart := make([]specs.Hook, 0, len(spec.Hooks.Prestart))
+
+	for _, hook := range spec.Hooks.Prestart {
+		if isNVIDIAContainerRuntimeHook(&hook) {
+			m.logger.Infof("Removing hook %v", hook)
+			updateRequired = true
+			continue
+		}
+		newPrestart = append(newPrestart, hook)
+	}
+
+	if updateRequired {
+		// TODO: Once we have updated the hook implementation to give an error if invoked incorrectly, we will update the spec hooks here instead of just logging.
+		// We can then also use a boolean to track whether this is required instead of storing the removed hooks
+		// spec.Hooks.Prestart = newPrestart
+		m.logger.Debugf("Updating 'prestart' hooks to %v", newPrestart)
+		return fmt.Errorf("spec already contains required 'prestart' hook")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// isNVIDIAContainerRuntimeHook checks if the provided hook is an nvidia-container-runtime-hook
+// or nvidia-container-toolkit hook. These are included, for example, by the non-experimental
+// nvidia-container-runtime or docker when specifying the --gpus flag.
+func isNVIDIAContainerRuntimeHook(hook *specs.Hook) bool {
+	lookFor := map[string]bool{
+		nvidiaContainerRuntimeHookExecuable: true,
+		nvidiaContainerToolkitExecutable:    true,
+	}
+	base := filepath.Base(hook.Path)
+
+	return lookFor[base]
+}