diff --git a/nvidia-install.sh b/nvidia-install.sh
index 4e2a916..0530836 100755
--- a/nvidia-install.sh
+++ b/nvidia-install.sh
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ rpm-ostree install \
 sed -i 's@enabled=1@enabled=0@g' /etc/yum.repos.d/{eyecantcu-supergfxctl,negativo17-fedora-nvidia,nvidia-container-toolkit}.repo
 
 # ensure kernel.conf matches NVIDIA_FLAVOR (which must be nvidia or nvidia-open)
-# kmod-nvidia-common defaults the value to 'nvidia-open' but this will match on $NVIDIA_FLAVOR
-KERNEL_MODULE_TYPE="kernel"
-if [[ "${NVIDIA_FLAVOR}" == "nvidia-open" ]]; then
-  KERNEL_MODULE_TYPE="kernel-open"
-fi
+# kmod-nvidia-common defaults to 'nvidia-open' but this will match our akmod image
 sed -i "s/^MODULE_VARIANT=.*/MODULE_VARIANT=$KERNEL_MODULE_TYPE/" /etc/nvidia/kernel.conf
 
 systemctl enable nvidia-persistenced.service