diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/cufile_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/cufile_linux.pyx
index a49ba1890f..b32fb24208 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/cufile_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/cufile_linux.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import threading
 
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 
 import cython
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ cdef void* __cuFileGetParameterPosixPoolSlabArray = NULL
 
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("cufile")._handle_uint
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = CDLL("@libcufile@/lib/libcufile.so")._handle
     return <void*>handle
 
 
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvfatbin_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvfatbin_linux.pyx
index 448e51240e..6de894800b 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvfatbin_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvfatbin_linux.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from libc.stdint cimport intptr_t, uintptr_t
 import threading
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cdef void* __nvFatbinAddTileIR = NULL
 
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvfatbin")._handle_uint
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = CDLL("@libnvfatbin@/lib/libnvfatbin.so")._handle
     return <void*>handle
 
 
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvjitlink_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvjitlink_linux.pyx
index 34ad6b5f0c..dc20de43a7 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvjitlink_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvjitlink_linux.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from libc.stdint cimport intptr_t, uintptr_t
 import threading
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ cdef void* __nvJitLinkGetLinkedLTOIR = NULL
 
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvJitLink")._handle_uint
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = CDLL("@libnvjitlink@/lib/libnvJitLink.so")._handle
     return <void*>handle
 
 
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx
index 825931d756..77004f360c 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import threading
 
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ cdef void* __nvmlGpuInstanceSetVgpuSchedulerState_v2 = NULL
 
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvml")._handle_uint
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = CDLL("@libnvml@/lib/libnvidia-ml.so")._handle
     return <void*>handle
 
 
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvrtc_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvrtc_linux.pyx
index ac9cbca550..68644df6be 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvrtc_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvrtc_linux.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from libc.stdint cimport intptr_t, uintptr_t
 import threading
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Extern
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ cdef void* __nvrtcGetBundledHeadersInfo = NULL
 cdef void* __nvrtcRemoveBundledHeaders = NULL
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvrtc")._handle_uint
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = CDLL("@libnvrtc@/lib/libnvrtc.so")._handle
     return <void*>handle
 
 cdef int _init_nvrtc() except -1 nogil:
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvvm_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvvm_linux.pyx
index 2a1d155862..94aa05421a 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvvm_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvvm_linux.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from libc.stdint cimport intptr_t, uintptr_t
 import threading
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cdef void* __nvvmLLVMVersion = NULL
 
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvvm")._handle_uint
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = CDLL("@libnvvm@/lib/libnvvm.so")._handle
     return <void*>handle
 
 
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cyruntime.pyx.in b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cyruntime.pyx.in
index 230b5d8f84..c88872e5f1 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cyruntime.pyx.in
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cyruntime.pyx.in
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ cdef cudaError_t cudaGraphicsVDPAURegisterOutputSurface(cudaGraphicsResource** r
 {{if True}}
 
 from libc.stdint cimport uintptr_t
-from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+from ctypes import CDLL
 {{if 'Windows' == platform.system()}}
 cimport cuda.bindings._lib.windll as windll
 {{else}}
@@ -2058,11 +2058,11 @@ cimport cuda.bindings._lib.dlfcn as dlfcn
 cdef cudaError_t getLocalRuntimeVersion(int* runtimeVersion) except ?cudaErrorCallRequiresNewerDriver nogil:
     # Load
     with gil:
-        loaded_dl = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("cudart")
+        loaded_dl = CDLL("@libcudart@/lib/libcudart.so")
         {{if 'Windows' == platform.system()}}
-        handle = <uintptr_t>loaded_dl._handle_uint
+        handle = <uintptr_t>loaded_dl._handle
         {{else}}
-        handle = <void *><uintptr_t>loaded_dl._handle_uint
+        handle = <void *><uintptr_t>loaded_dl._handle
         {{endif}}
 
     {{if 'Windows' == platform.system()}}
