diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/README.md b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/README.md
index 4d4e14eb5af8..1a88761c4d51 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/README.md
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/README.md
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ package set by [cuda-packages.nix](../../top-level/cuda-packages.nix).
       short, the Multiplex builder adds multiple versions of a single package to
       single instance of the CUDA Packages package set. It is used primarily for
       packages like `cudnn` and `cutensor`.
-- `lib`: A library of functions and data used by and for the CUDA package set.
-    This library is exposed at the top-level as `pkgs.cudaLib`.
 - `modules`: Nixpkgs modules to check the shape and content of CUDA
     redistributable and feature manifests. These modules additionally use shims
     provided by some CUDA packages to allow them to re-use the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/_cuda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/_cuda/default.nix
index 4d0c3c4b5d6a..0f6f80506616 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/_cuda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/_cuda/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # The _cuda attribute set is a fixed-point which contains the static functionality required to construct CUDA package
-# sets. For example, `_cuda.cudaData` includes information about NVIDIA's redistributables (such as the names NVIDIA
-# uses for different systems), `_cuda.cudaLib` contains utility functions like `formatCapabilities` (which generate
-# common arguments passed to NVCC and `cmakeFlags`), and `_cuda.cudaFixups` contains `callPackage`-able functions
-# which are provided to the corresponding package's `overrideAttrs` attribute to provide package-specific fixups
+# sets. For example, `_cuda.bootstrapData` includes information about NVIDIA's redistributables (such as the names
+# NVIDIA uses for different systems), `_cuda.lib` contains utility functions like `formatCapabilities` (which generate
+# common arguments passed to NVCC and `cmakeFlags`), and `_cuda.fixups` contains `callPackage`-able functions which
+# are provided to the corresponding package's `overrideAttrs` attribute to provide package-specific fixups
 # out of scope of the generic redistributable builder.
 #
 # Since this attribute set is used to construct the CUDA package sets, it must exist outside the fixed point of the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/tests/flags.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/tests/flags.nix
index 314f69d1b90a..926a9be5220f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/tests/flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/tests/flags.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {
-  cudaData,
-  cudaLib,
+  _cuda,
   cudaNamePrefix,
   lib,
   runCommand,
 }:
 let
   inherit (builtins) deepSeq toJSON tryEval;
-  inherit (cudaData) cudaCapabilityToInfo;
-  inherit (cudaLib) formatCapabilities;
+  inherit (_cuda.bootstrapData) cudaCapabilityToInfo;
+  inherit (_cuda.lib) formatCapabilities;
   inherit (lib.asserts) assertMsg;
 in
 # When changing names or formats: pause, validate, and update the assert
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ assert
         "7.5"
         "8.6"
       ];
+      cudaForwardCompat = true;
     };
     actualWrapped = (tryEval (deepSeq actual actual)).value;
   in
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cuda.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cuda.nix
index 6e6e4811604a..e9d64e74cd70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cuda.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cuda.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 let
   lib = import ../../lib;
-  inherit (import ../development/cuda-modules/_cuda) cudaLib;
+  cudaLib = (import ../development/cuda-modules/_cuda).lib;
 in
 
 {