diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/opengl.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/opengl.nix
index 6b7b8069fd44..f068201cfce0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/opengl.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/opengl.nix
@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ in
           set. This can be used to add OpenCL drivers, VA-API/VDPAU drivers etc.
         '';
       };
+
+      setLdLibraryPath = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        internal = true;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether the <literal>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</literal> environment variable
+          should be set to the locations of driver libraries. Drivers which
+          rely on overriding libraries should set this to true. Drivers which
+          support <literal>libglvnd</literal> and other dispatch libraries
+          instead of overriding libraries should not set this.
+        '';
+      };
     };
 
   };
@@ -145,8 +158,8 @@ in
       )
     ];
 
-    environment.sessionVariables.LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
-      [ "/run/opengl-driver/lib" ] ++ optional cfg.driSupport32Bit "/run/opengl-driver-32/lib";
+    environment.sessionVariables.LD_LIBRARY_PATH = mkIf cfg.setLdLibraryPath
+      ([ "/run/opengl-driver/lib" ] ++ optional cfg.driSupport32Bit "/run/opengl-driver-32/lib");
 
     environment.variables.XDG_DATA_DIRS =
       [ "/run/opengl-driver/share" ] ++ optional cfg.driSupport32Bit "/run/opengl-driver-32/share";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/amdgpu-pro.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/amdgpu-pro.nix
index ab9e0c92020e..8e91e9d2baa9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/amdgpu-pro.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/amdgpu-pro.nix
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ in
     nixpkgs.config.xorg.abiCompat = "1.19";
 
     services.xserver.drivers = singleton
-      { name = "amdgpu"; modules = [ package ]; libPath = [ package ]; };
+      { name = "amdgpu"; modules = [ package ]; };
 
     hardware.opengl.package = package;
     hardware.opengl.package32 = package32;
+    hardware.opengl.setLdLibraryPath = true;
 
     boot.extraModulePackages = [ package ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/ati.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/ati.nix
index 6102919f0155..f867bba80630 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/ati.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/ati.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ in
     nixpkgs.config.xorg.abiCompat = "1.17";
 
     services.xserver.drivers = singleton
-      { name = "fglrx"; modules = [ ati_x11 ]; libPath = [ "${ati_x11}/lib" ]; };
+      { name = "fglrx"; modules = [ ati_x11 ]; };
 
     hardware.opengl.package = ati_x11;
     hardware.opengl.package32 = pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.linuxPackages.ati_drivers_x11.override { libsOnly = true; kernel = null; };
+    hardware.opengl.setLdLibraryPath = true;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ ati_x11 ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
index 9f2360f41c6e..ecfb97f5769b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ in
     services.xserver.drivers = singleton {
       name = "nvidia";
       modules = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
-      libPath = [ nvidia_x11 ];
       deviceSection = optionalString optimusCfg.enable
         ''
           BusID "${optimusCfg.nvidiaBusId}"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index e767b0eda312..9c46eed81925 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -663,10 +663,9 @@ in
         restartIfChanged = false;
 
         environment =
-          {
-            LD_LIBRARY_PATH = concatStringsSep ":" ([ "/run/opengl-driver/lib" ]
-              ++ concatLists (catAttrs "libPath" cfg.drivers));
-          } // cfg.displayManager.job.environment;
+          optionalAttrs config.hardware.opengl.setLdLibraryPath
+            { LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.addOpenGLRunpath.driverLink; }
+          // cfg.displayManager.job.environment;
 
         preStart =
           ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
index 4e0f2cae299e..828419fb4b9d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/parallels-guest.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ in
   config = mkIf config.hardware.parallels.enable {
     services.xserver = {
       drivers = singleton
-        { name = "prlvideo"; modules = [ prl-tools ]; libPath = [ prl-tools ]; };
+        { name = "prlvideo"; modules = [ prl-tools ]; };
 
       screenSection = ''
         Option "NoMTRR"
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ in
 
     hardware.opengl.package = prl-tools;
     hardware.opengl.package32 = pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.linuxPackages.prl-tools.override { libsOnly = true; kernel = null; };
+    hardware.opengl.setLdLibraryPath = true;
 
     services.udev.packages = [ prl-tools ];