diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index cab33c9e9d..b9504f576a 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -875,11 +875,11 @@ if (CUOPT_BUILD_CUSTOM_CUDSS_MTLAYER)
             INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN"
     )
     set(CUDSS_MT_LIB_FILE_NAME "libcudss_mtlayer_cuopt.so")
-else ()
-    # Full path, not just the basename, so the runtime dlopen pin (sparse_cholesky.cuh) and
-    # cudssSetThreadingLayer() resolve the exact same file CMake found (#1883).
-    set(CUDSS_MT_LIB_FILE_NAME "${CUDSS_MT_LIB_FILE}")
 endif ()
+# else: keep the basename already computed above (line 740) -- glibc's dlopen matches an
+# already-loaded library by name before searching paths, so the runtime pin (sparse_cholesky.cuh)
+# and cudssSetThreadingLayer()'s own dlopen still resolve to the same mapping. A full,
+# build-time-resolved path isn't needed for that, and can go stale after install.
 
 # cuopt_routing: VRP / routing engine (omitted when SKIP_ROUTING_BUILD=ON)
 #
diff --git a/cpp/src/barrier/sparse_cholesky.cuh b/cpp/src/barrier/sparse_cholesky.cuh
index 71ba3c0e01..d842a778fc 100644
--- a/cpp/src/barrier/sparse_cholesky.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/barrier/sparse_cholesky.cuh
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ class sparse_cholesky_cudss_t : public sparse_cholesky_base_t<i_t, f_t> {
       if (!detail::pin_cudss_threading_layer(cudss_mt_lib_file)) {
         settings.log.printf(
           "cuDSS Threading layer       : could not pin '%s'; falling back to single-threaded "
-          "cuDSS to avoid a possible crash during teardown. Set the CUDSS_THREADING_LIB "
-          "environment variable to an absolute path, or ensure the host provides "
-          "libgomp.so.1, to enable multi-threaded cuDSS.\n",
+          "cuDSS. Set the CUDSS_THREADING_LIB environment variable to an absolute path, or "
+          "ensure the host provides libgomp.so.1, to enable multi-threaded cuDSS.\n",
           cudss_mt_lib_file);
       } else {
         cudssStatus_t threading_status = cudssSetThreadingLayer(handle, cudss_mt_lib_file);