diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed7c5099..095cd76f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## v1.13.0-rc.3
 
+* Generate a simplified CDI specification by default. This means that entities in the common edits in a spec are not included in device definitions.
 * Add transformers to deduplicate and simplify CDI specifications.
 * Fix the generation of CDI specifications for management containers when the driver libraries are not in the LDCache.
 * Prefer /run over /var/run when locating nvidia-persistenced and nvidia-fabricmanager sockets.
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/spec/builder.go b/pkg/nvcdi/spec/builder.go
index bdf68fe2..78df7c17 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/spec/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/spec/builder.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package spec
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/pkg/nvcdi/transform"
 	"github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi"
 	"github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/specs-go"
 )
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type builder struct {
 	deviceSpecs []specs.Device
 	edits       specs.ContainerEdits
 	format      string
+	noSimplify  bool
 }
 
 // newBuilder creates a new spec builder with the supplied options
@@ -76,6 +78,13 @@ func (o *builder) Build() (*spec, error) {
 		raw.Version = minVersion
 	}
 
+	if !o.noSimplify {
+		err := transform.NewSimplifier().Transform(raw)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to simplify spec: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	s := spec{
 		Spec:   raw,
 		format: o.format,
@@ -128,3 +137,10 @@ func WithFormat(format string) Option {
 		o.format = format
 	}
 }
+
+// WithNoSimplify sets whether the spec must be simplified
+func WithNoSimplify(noSimplify bool) Option {
+	return func(o *builder) {
+		o.noSimplify = noSimplify
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nvcdi/transform/simplify.go b/pkg/nvcdi/transform/simplify.go
index 8bdac371..a2162ad6 100644
--- a/pkg/nvcdi/transform/simplify.go
+++ b/pkg/nvcdi/transform/simplify.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ var _ Transformer = (*simplify)(nil)
 
 // NewSimplifier creates a simplifier transformer.
 // This transoformer ensures that entities in the spec are deduplicated and that common edits are removed from device-specific edits.
-func NewSimplifier() (Transformer, error) {
-	return &simplify{}, nil
+func NewSimplifier() Transformer {
+	return &simplify{}
 }
 
 // Transform simplifies the supplied spec.