diff --git a/pkg/lookup/dlopen.go b/pkg/lookup/dlopen.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e3a96326..000000000
--- a/pkg/lookup/dlopen.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/**
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-**/
-
-package lookup
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	"github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml/pkg/dl"
-
-	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/logger"
-)
-
-// dlopenLocator can be used to locate libraries given a system's dynamic
-// linker.
-type dlopenLocator struct {
-	logger logger.Interface
-}
-
-// newDlopenLocator creates a locator that can be used for locating libraries
-// through the dlopen mechanism.
-func (f *Factory) newDlopenLocator() Locator {
-	d := &dlopenLocator{
-		logger: f.logger,
-	}
-
-	return d
-}
-
-// Locate finds the specified pattern if the systems' dynamic linker can find
-// it via dlopen. Note that patterns with wildcard patterns will likely not be
-// found as it is uncommon for libraries to have wildcard patterns in their
-// file name.
-func (d dlopenLocator) Locate(pattern string) ([]string, error) {
-	// Create a new library using the `RTLD_LOCAL` flag since we do not want to
-	// add loaded symbols for resolution here.
-	lib := dl.New(pattern, dl.RTLD_LAZY|dl.RTLD_LOCAL)
-	if err := lib.Open(); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load library %v: %w", pattern, err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		_ = lib.Close()
-	}()
-
-	libPath, err := lib.Path()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get library path: %w", err)
-	}
-	d.logger.Debugf("Found library for %s at %s", pattern, libPath)
-
-	resolvedPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(libPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve library symlink: %w", err)
-	}
-	if libPath != resolvedPath {
-		d.logger.Debugf("Resolved library symlink %v => %v", libPath, resolvedPath)
-	}
-
-	return []string{resolvedPath}, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/lookup/library.go b/pkg/lookup/library.go
index 4deb3ccd7..e57bd0e17 100644
--- a/pkg/lookup/library.go
+++ b/pkg/lookup/library.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ func NewLibraryLocator(opts ...Option) Locator {
 		}...),
 	)
 	l := First(
-		f.newDlopenLocator(),
 		NewSymlinkLocator(opts...),
 		f.newLdcacheLocator(),
 	)