diff --git a/assets/state-container-toolkit/0500_daemonset.yaml b/assets/state-container-toolkit/0500_daemonset.yaml
index 75f802e10..78a775837 100644
--- a/assets/state-container-toolkit/0500_daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/state-container-toolkit/0500_daemonset.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ spec:
           privileged: true
           seLinuxOptions:
             level: "s0"
+        lifecycle:
+          preStop:
+            exec:
+              command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "rm -f /run/nvidia/validations/toolkit-ready"]
         volumeMounts:
           - name: nvidia-container-toolkit-entrypoint
             readOnly: true
diff --git a/assets/state-driver/0500_daemonset.yaml b/assets/state-driver/0500_daemonset.yaml
index 853cf6fc9..59043811a 100644
--- a/assets/state-driver/0500_daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/state-driver/0500_daemonset.yaml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ spec:
         lifecycle:
           preStop:
             exec:
-              command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "rm -f /run/nvidia/validations/.driver-ctr-ready"]
+              command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "rm -f /run/nvidia/validations/.driver-ctr-ready /run/nvidia/validations/driver-ready"]
       - image: "FILLED BY THE OPERATOR"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: nvidia-peermem-ctr