diff --git a/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.changes b/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.changes
index e4aedfb..0d8f90c 100644
--- a/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.changes
+++ b/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 11 11:50:12 UTC 2023 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- disabled build of nvidia-peermem module; it's no longer needed
+  and never worked anyway (it was only a stub)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  2 15:21:44 UTC 2023 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.spec b/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.spec
index 38fe975..91916fc 100644
--- a/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.spec
+++ b/nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed.spec
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ export CFLAGS="-Wall -mno-outline-atomics"
 %endif
 # kernel was compiled using a different compiler
 export CC=gcc
+# no longer needed and never worked anyway (it was only a stub)
+export NV_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_MODULES=nvidia-peermem
 for flavor in %{flavors_to_build}; do
         rm -rf obj/$flavor
         cp -r source obj/$flavor