diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go
index d4ce7182..0a650bcd 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ type config struct {
 	mode           string
 	hookFilePath   string
 
-	runtimeConfigOverrideJSON string
-
 	nvidiaRuntime struct {
 		name         string
 		path         string
@@ -219,11 +217,6 @@ func (m command) validateFlags(c *cli.Context, config *config) error {
 		config.executablePath = ""
 	}
 
-	if config.runtimeConfigOverrideJSON != "" && config.runtime != "containerd" {
-		m.logger.Warningf("Ignoring runtime-config-override flag for %v", config.runtime)
-		config.runtimeConfigOverrideJSON = ""
-	}
-
 	switch config.configSource {
 	case configSourceCommand:
 		if config.runtime == "docker" {