diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cuda_cudart.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cuda_cudart.nix
index 0143ad4c7123..8ec7c4f8b3c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cuda_cudart.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cuda_cudart.nix
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ buildRedist (finalAttrs: {
       nixLog "creating versioned symlink for libcuda.so stub"
       ln -srv libcuda.so libcuda.so.1
     fi
-    nixLog "creating symlinks for stubs in lib directory"
-    ln -srvt "''${!outputStubs:?}/lib/" *.so *.so.*
     popd >/dev/null
   '';