diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 58239fa1..1147f32b 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ option('use_system_spdlog', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled', description: '
 option('vulkan_datadir', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Path to the system vulkan headers data directory if different from MangoHud\'s datadir')
 option('append_libdir_mangohud', type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Append "mangohud" to libdir path or not.')
 option('ld_libdir_abs', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Use absolute path in LD_PRELOAD')
-option('prepend_libdir_vk', type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Prepend libdir to library path in vulkan manifest')
 option('include_doc', type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Include the example config, man pages, appstream files etc.')
 option('with_nvml', type : 'combo', value : 'enabled', choices: ['enabled', 'system', 'disabled'], description: 'Enable NVML support')
 option('with_xnvctrl', type : 'feature', value : 'enabled', description: 'Enable XNVCtrl support')
diff --git a/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD
index c68dcf5b..d9bc0208 100644
--- a/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuild/PKGBUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP'
             '3c38f275d5792b1286391102594329e98b17737924b344f98312ab09929b74be'
             'b94997df68856753b72f0d7a3703b7d484d4745c567f3584ef97c96c25a5798e')
 
-_build_args="-Dappend_libdir_mangohud=false -Dwith_xnvctrl=disabled -Duse_system_vulkan=enabled -Dmangoapp_layer=true -Dprepend_libdir_vk=false"
+_build_args="-Dappend_libdir_mangohud=false -Dwith_xnvctrl=disabled -Duse_system_vulkan=enabled -Dmangoapp_layer=true"
 
 pkgver() {
   cd "$srcdir/mangohud"
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 7c0d6835..8fae2a85 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ else
   conf_data.set('ld_libdir_mangohud', ld_libdir_mangohud)
 endif
 
-ld_libdir_mangohud_vk = ''
-if get_option('prepend_libdir_vk')
-  ld_libdir_mangohud_vk = ld_libdir_mangohud
-endif
-
 overlay_shaders = [
   'overlay.frag',
   'overlay.vert',
@@ -289,7 +284,7 @@ endif
 
 configure_file(input : 'mangohud.json.in',
   output : '@0@.@1@.json'.format(meson.project_name(), host_machine.cpu_family()),
-  configuration : {'ld_libdir_mangohud' : ld_libdir_mangohud_vk.replace('\$', '$')},
+  configuration : {'ld_libdir_mangohud' : ld_libdir_mangohud.replace('\$', '$')},
   install : true,
   install_dir : join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'vulkan', 'implicit_layer.d'),
   install_tag : 'runtime',
@@ -305,7 +300,7 @@ configure_file(input : '../bin/mangohud.in',
 if get_option('mangoapp_layer')
   configure_file(input : 'app/layer.json.in',
     output : 'libMangoApp.@0@.json'.format(host_machine.cpu_family()),
-    configuration : {'ld_libdir_mangohud' : ld_libdir_mangohud_vk.replace('\$', '$')},
+    configuration : {'ld_libdir_mangohud' : ld_libdir_mangohud.replace('\$', '$')},
     install : true,
     install_dir : join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'vulkan', 'implicit_layer.d'),
     install_tag : 'mangoapp',