diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuopt/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuopt/recipe.yaml
index ada955425..ad3fb8bc9 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuopt/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuopt/recipe.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 schema_version: 1
 
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ requirements:
     - rapids-build-backend >=0.4.0,<0.5.0
     - rmm =${{ minor_version }}
     - scikit-build-core>=0.11.0
-    - cuda-cudart-dev
     - if: cuda_major == "12"
       then: cuda-python >=12.9.2,<13.0
       else: cuda-python >=13.0.1,<14.0
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ requirements:
       else: cuda-python >=13.0.1,<14.0
   ignore_run_exports:
     by_name:
-      - cuda-cudart
       - cuda-version
 
 tests:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
index 5d417aa1f..8e56c6934 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ cache:
       - libcudss-dev >=0.7
       - libcurand-dev
       - libcusparse-dev
-      - cuda-cudart-dev
       - libboost-devel
       - tbb-devel
       - zlib
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ outputs:
         - bzip2
       ignore_run_exports:
         by_name:
-          - cuda-cudart
           - cuda-nvtx
           - cuda-version
           - libcurand
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ outputs:
         - cuda-version =${{ cuda_version }}
         - rapids-logger =0.2
         - librmm =${{ minor_version }}
-        - cuda-cudart-dev
         - libcublas
         - libcudss-dev >=0.7
         - libcusparse-dev
@@ -162,7 +159,6 @@ outputs:
         - libcudss
       ignore_run_exports:
         by_name:
-          - cuda-cudart
           - cuda-nvtx
           - cuda-version
           - libcudss
@@ -199,7 +195,6 @@ outputs:
         - ${{ pin_subpackage("libcuopt", exact=True) }}
         - ${{ pin_subpackage("libmps-parser", exact=True) }}
         - libboost-devel
-        - cuda-cudart-dev
         - libcublas
         - libcudss-dev >=0.7
         - libcusparse-dev
@@ -208,7 +203,6 @@ outputs:
         - ${{ pin_subpackage("libmps-parser", exact=True) }}
       ignore_run_exports:
         by_name:
-          - cuda-cudart
           - cuda-nvtx
           - cuda-version
           - libcurand
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c26451a7..35f7b7e08 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # cmake-format: off
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # cmake-format: on
 
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ rapids_cmake_build_type(Release)
 option(CMAKE_CUDA_LINEINFO "Enable the -lineinfo option for nvcc useful for cuda-memcheck / profiler" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Configure CMake to build tests" ON)
 option(DISABLE_OPENMP "Disable OpenMP" OFF)
-option(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME "Statically link the CUDA toolkit runtime and libraries" OFF)
 option(BUILD_LP_ONLY "Build only linear programming components, exclude routing and MIP-specific files" OFF)
 option(SKIP_C_PYTHON_ADAPTERS "Skip building C and Python adapter files (cython_solve.cu and cuopt_c.cpp)" OFF)
 option(SKIP_ROUTING_BUILD "Skip building routing components" OFF)
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ message(VERBOSE "cuOpt: fatbin: ${WRITE_FATBIN}")
 # - compiler options ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # CUDA runtime
-rapids_cuda_init_runtime(USE_STATIC ${CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME})
+rapids_cuda_init_runtime(USE_STATIC ON)
 
 rapids_find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED
   BUILD_EXPORT_SET cuopt-exports
diff --git a/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
index 04dd413d5..3067b9ef3 100644
--- a/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # cmake-format: off
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # cmake-format: on
 
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ if(NOT mps_parser_FOUND)
 
   set(_exclude_from_all "")
   if(CUOPT_BUILD_WHEELS)
-    # Statically link dependencies if building wheels
-    # set(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
     # Don't install the cuopt C++ targets into wheels
     set(_exclude_from_all EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
   endif()
diff --git a/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt b/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
index 056e06841..7868d6656 100644
--- a/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # cmake-format: off
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # cmake-format: on
 
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ option(LUSOL "Disable LUSOL" OFF)
 set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
 set(BUILD_BENCHMARKS OFF)
 set(CUOPT_BUILD_TESTUTIL OFF)
-set(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
 
 add_subdirectory(../../cpp cuopt-cpp)