diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/bin.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/bin.nix
index 1ffda5c86b0..0571269fa8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytorch/bin.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , isPy38
 , isPy39
 , python
-, nvidia_x11
 , addOpenGLRunpath
 , future
 , numpy
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage {
   '';
 
   postFixup = let
-    rpath = lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc.lib nvidia_x11 ];
+    rpath = lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc.lib ];
   in ''
     find $out/${python.sitePackages}/torch/lib -type f \( -name '*.so' -or -name '*.so.*' \) | while read lib; do
       echo "setting rpath for $lib..."
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 276dc923acc..bdbd920387f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6497,9 +6497,7 @@ in {
 
   pytorch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytorch { cudaSupport = pkgs.config.cudaSupport or false; };
 
-  pytorch-bin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytorch/bin.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs.linuxPackages) nvidia_x11;
-  };
+  pytorch-bin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytorch/bin.nix { };
 
   pytorch-lightning = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytorch-lightning { };