diff --git a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg
index c64734b0ff..a34ac4841a 100644
--- a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg
+++ b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 DISPLAY=':0.0'
 XORG_NVIDIA_CONF="/etc/X11/xorg-nvidia.conf"
 XORG_ARGS="-s 0 -nr -noreset -allowMouseOpenFail -nocursor -nolisten tcp"
-XORG_NVIDIA_MODULE="nvidia"
 
 export DISPLAY
 
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@ export DISPLAY
       XORG_ARGS="$XORG_ARGS -ignoreABI"
       [ -f $XORG_NVIDIA_CONF ] && XORG_ARGS="$XORG_ARGS -config $XORG_NVIDIA_CONF"
 
-      progress "Found nVidia card, loading kernel driver"
-        modprobe $XORG_NVIDIA_MODULE >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-
       progress "Found nVidia card, enabling binary driver as requested"
         mkdir -p /var/lib
           ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL_nvidia.so.1 /var/lib/libGL.so