diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/config/51-video-nvidia.conf b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/config/51-video-nvidia.conf
index 49cb189a4a..f590c69852 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/config/51-video-nvidia.conf
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/config/51-video-nvidia.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ Section "Device"
     Option "NoLogo" "True"
     Option "ConnectToAcpid" "False"
 EndSection
+
+Section "ServerFlags"
+    Option "IgnoreABI" "True"
+EndSection
+
diff --git a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg
index 28ad50f844..586253ec1f 100644
--- a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg
+++ b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/conf.d/xorg
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ export DISPLAY
     if lspci -n | grep 0300 | grep -q 10de; then
       progress "Found nVidia card, enabling binary driver as requested"
 
-      XORG_ARGS="$XORG_ARGS -ignoreABI"
-
       mkdir -p /var/lib
         ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL_nvidia.so.1 /var/lib/libGL.so
         ln -sf /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx_nvidia.so /var/lib/libglx.so