diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index d7cca486cb..6d49b8b1d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ jobs:
       script: ci/build_wheel_libcuopt_client.sh
       package-name: libcuopt_client
       package-type: cpp
-      matrix_filter: group_by([.ARCH, (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0])]) | map(max_by(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)))
+      # The wheel name carries no CUDA suffix, so neither should the artifact.
+      append-cuda-suffix: false
+      # One build per arch: the client has no CUDA dimension.
+      matrix_filter: group_by(.ARCH) | map(max_by([(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
   wheel-publish-libcuopt-client:
     needs: wheel-build-libcuopt-client
     permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 5c59bf466c..ce7783e025 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       libcuopt_filter: ${{ steps.set-filters.outputs.libcuopt_filter }}
+      libcuopt_client_filter: ${{ steps.set-filters.outputs.libcuopt_client_filter }}
       cuopt_filter: ${{ steps.set-filters.outputs.cuopt_filter }}
       cuopt_server_filter: ${{ steps.set-filters.outputs.cuopt_server_filter }}
       cuopt_server_test_filter: ${{ steps.set-filters.outputs.cuopt_server_test_filter }}
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
         id: set-filters
         run: |
           echo "libcuopt_filter=group_by([.ARCH, (.CUDA_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber)|.[0])]) | map(max_by(.PY_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber)))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # One build per arch: the client has no CUDA dimension.
+          echo "libcuopt_client_filter=group_by(.ARCH) | map(max_by([(.CUDA_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber)), (.PY_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber))]))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "cuopt_filter=group_by({CUDA_VER, ARCH}) | map(min_by(.PY_VER | split(\".\") | map(tonumber)))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "cuopt_server_filter=map(select(.ARCH == \"amd64\")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(\".\")|map(tonumber))]))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "cuopt_server_test_filter=map(select(.ARCH == \"amd64\")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER | split(\".\") | map(tonumber) | .[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER | split(\".\") | map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER | split(\".\") | map(tonumber))]))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -623,10 +626,11 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@release/26.10
     with:
-      # Same filter as libcuopt: every arch and CUDA version, latest Python only.
-      matrix_filter: ${{ needs.compute-matrix-filters.outputs.libcuopt_filter }}
+      matrix_filter: ${{ needs.compute-matrix-filters.outputs.libcuopt_client_filter }}
       package-type: cpp
       package-name: libcuopt_client
+      # The wheel name carries no CUDA suffix, so neither should the artifact.
+      append-cuda-suffix: false
       build_type: pull-request
       build-datetime: ${{ needs.build-details.outputs.build-datetime }}
       script: ci/build_wheel_libcuopt_client.sh
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt_client.sh b/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt_client.sh
index 9e36b553a2..e561fd271b 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt_client.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt_client.sh
@@ -129,5 +129,6 @@ python -m auditwheel repair "${EXCLUDE_ARGS[@]}" -w "${RAPIDS_WHEEL_BLD_OUTPUT_D
 
 ci/validate_wheel.sh ${package_dir} "${RAPIDS_WHEEL_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}"
 
-RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME="$(rapids-artifact-name wheel_cpp libcuopt_client cuopt --cuda "$RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION")"
+# The artifact is cuopt_wheel_cpp_libcuopt_client_{arch}; publish matches on the prefix.
+RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME="$(rapids-artifact-name wheel_cpp libcuopt_client cuopt)"
 export RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
index 4da190c9b7..fd96367039 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ outputs:
         - libabseil
         - re2
       run:
-        - ${{ pin_compatible("cuda-version", upper_bound="x", lower_bound="x") }}
-        - librmm =${{ minor_version }}
+        # Every library libcuopt_client.so links. rmm and the CUDA runtime are host-only:
+        # the client includes their headers but links neither.
+        - rapids-logger =0.3
         - openssl
         - c-ares
         - libuuid
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index fcf8babdc1..a09be27dd3 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ files:
       - build_common
       - depends_on_librmm
       - depends_on_rapids_logger
+  # The client links no CUDA and no rmm, so rapids-logger is its only runtime dependency.
   py_run_libcuopt_client:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/libcuopt_client
     matrix:
       cuda_suffixed: ["false"]
-      use_cuda_wheels: ["true"]
+      use_cuda_wheels: ["false"]
     extras:
       table: project
     includes:
-      - depends_on_librmm
       - depends_on_rapids_logger
   py_build_libcuopt_mathopt:
     output: pyproject
@@ -601,33 +601,17 @@ dependencies:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
           - cuopt-cu13==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+  # One unsuffixed libcuopt-client, for every CUDA version and every output type.
   depends_on_libcuopt_client:
     common:
-      - output_types: conda
+      - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - &libcuopt_client_unsuffixed libcuopt-client==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - libcuopt-client==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
       - output_types: requirements
         packages:
           # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
           - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com
           - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
-    specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
-        matrices:
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "12.*"
-              cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
-              - libcuopt-client-cu12==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "13.*"
-              cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
-              - libcuopt-client-cu13==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix:
-              cuda_suffixed: "false"
-            packages:
-              - *libcuopt_client_unsuffixed
   depends_on_libcuopt_mathopt:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
diff --git a/python/libcuopt_client/pyproject.toml b/python/libcuopt_client/pyproject.toml
index 3766809e38..05803e0e59 100644
--- a/python/libcuopt_client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libcuopt_client/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,14 +23,12 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Database",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
     "Programming Language :: C++",
-    "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "librmm==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "rapids-logger==0.3.*",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
@@ -69,7 +67,9 @@ regex = "(?P<value>.*)"
 [tool.rapids-build-backend]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 dependencies-file = "../../dependencies.yaml"
-matrix-entry = "cuda_suffixed=true;use_cuda_wheels=true"
+# The client links no CUDA and no rmm, so the wheel name carries no CUDA suffix.
+disable-cuda = true
+matrix-entry = "cuda_suffixed=false;use_cuda_wheels=false"
 requires = [
     "cmake>=4.0",
     "librmm==26.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",