diff --git a/internal/discover/graphics.go b/internal/discover/graphics.go
index e87f85c3..e80dd0be 100644
--- a/internal/discover/graphics.go
+++ b/internal/discover/graphics.go
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ func (d graphicsDriverLibraries) Hooks() ([]Hook, error) {
 		switch {
 		case d.isDriverLibrary(filename, "libnvidia-allocator.so"):
 			// gbm/nvidia-drm_gbm.so is a symlink to ../libnvidia-allocator.so.1 which
-			// in turn symlinks to libnvidia-allocator.so.RM_VERSION and is created
-			// when ldconfig is run in the container.
-			// create libnvidia-allocate.so.1 -> libnvidia-allocate.so.RM_VERSION symlink
-			links = append(links, fmt.Sprintf("%s::%s", filename, filepath.Join(dir, "libnvidia-allocator.so.1")))
+			// in turn symlinks to libnvidia-allocator.so.RM_VERSION.
+			// The libnvidia-allocator.so.1 -> libnvidia-allocator.so.RM_VERSION symlink
+			// is created when ldconfig is run against the container and there
+			// is no explicit need to create it.
 			// create gbm/nvidia-drm_gbm.so -> ../libnvidia-allocate.so.1 symlink
 			linkPath := filepath.Join(dir, "gbm", "nvidia-drm_gbm.so")
 			links = append(links, fmt.Sprintf("%s::%s", "../libnvidia-allocator.so.1", linkPath))
diff --git a/internal/discover/graphics_test.go b/internal/discover/graphics_test.go
index d484d9ba..a515c939 100644
--- a/internal/discover/graphics_test.go
+++ b/internal/discover/graphics_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ func TestGraphicsLibrariesDiscoverer(t *testing.T) {
 					Lifecycle: "createContainer",
 					Path:      "/usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook",
 					Args: []string{"nvidia-cdi-hook", "create-symlinks",
-						"--link", "libnvidia-allocator.so.123.45.67::/usr/lib64/libnvidia-allocator.so.1",
 						"--link", "../libnvidia-allocator.so.1::/usr/lib64/gbm/nvidia-drm_gbm.so",
 					},
 				},
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ func TestGraphicsLibrariesDiscoverer(t *testing.T) {
 					Lifecycle: "createContainer",
 					Path:      "/usr/bin/nvidia-cdi-hook",
 					Args: []string{"nvidia-cdi-hook", "create-symlinks",
-						"--link", "libnvidia-allocator.so.123.45.67::/usr/lib64/libnvidia-allocator.so.1",
 						"--link", "../libnvidia-allocator.so.1::/usr/lib64/gbm/nvidia-drm_gbm.so",
 						"--link", "libnvidia-vulkan-producer.so.123.45.67::/usr/lib64/libnvidia-vulkan-producer.so",
 					},