diff --git a/pressure-vessel/runtime.c b/pressure-vessel/runtime.c
index 59910dfa9bfa6d8dba40fc93173e146412a4bf9b..78f9e2f98a5e792c91b91f600f0a5713ea283702 100644
--- a/pressure-vessel/runtime.c
+++ b/pressure-vessel/runtime.c
@@ -2466,6 +2466,8 @@ bind_runtime_base (PvRuntime *self,
   static const char * const dont_bind[] =
   {
     "/etc/asound.conf",
+    "/etc/ld.so.cache",
+    "/etc/ld.so.conf",
     "/etc/localtime",
     "/etc/machine-id",
     "/var/cache/ldconfig",
@@ -2602,16 +2604,6 @@ bind_runtime_base (PvRuntime *self,
           if (self->provider != NULL && g_strv_contains (from_provider, dest))
             continue;
 
-          if (self->mutable_sysroot != NULL)
-            {
-              /* If we have a mutable sysroot, we handle ld.so.cache
-               * separately later, because we want to set it up to be
-               * possible for the -adverb to overwrite it. */
-              if (strcmp (dest, "/etc/ld.so.cache") == 0
-                  || strcmp (dest, "/etc/ld.so.conf") == 0)
-                continue;
-            }
-
           full = g_build_filename (self->runtime_files,
                                    bind_mutable[i],
                                    member,