diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
index 04f9ae0c7302..480cba954acd 100644
--- a/.git-blame-ignore-revs
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ bdfde18037f8d9f9b641a4016c8ada4dc4cbf856
 # nixos/ollama: format with nixfmt-rfc-style (#329561)
 246d1ee533810ac1946d863bbd9de9b525818d56
 
+# steam: cleanup (#216972)
+ad815aebfbfe1415ff6436521d545029c803c3fb
+
 # nixos/nvidia: apply nixfmt-rfc-style (#313440)
 fbdcdde04a7caa007e825a8b822c75fab9adb2d6
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
index 8b504b6c55b6..f59a38649671 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
     # Errors in output without those
     pciutils
     # run.sh wants ldconfig
-    glibc.bin
+    glibc_multi.bin
     # Games' dependencies
     xorg.xrandr
     which
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ in buildFHSEnv rec {
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
     json-glib # paradox launcher (Stellaris)
-    libdrm
     libxkbcommon # paradox launcher
     libvorbis # Dead Cells
     libxcrypt # Alien Isolation, XCOM 2, Company of Heroes 2
@@ -223,9 +222,7 @@ in buildFHSEnv rec {
     zlib
     atk
     cairo
-    freetype
     gdk-pixbuf
-    fontconfig
 
     # Prison Architect
     libGLU
@@ -271,10 +268,10 @@ in buildFHSEnv rec {
   '' + extraProfile;
 
   runScript = writeShellScript "steam-wrapper.sh" ''
-    if [ -f /host/etc/NIXOS ]; then   # Check only useful on NixOS
-      ${glxinfo-i686}/bin/glxinfo >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ -f /etc/NIXOS ]; then   # Check only useful on NixOS
+      ${glxinfo-i686}/bin/glxinfo 2>&1 | grep -q Error
       # If there was an error running glxinfo, we know something is wrong with the configuration
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         cat <<EOF > /dev/stderr
     **
     WARNING: Steam is not set up. Add the following options to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -303,6 +300,7 @@ in buildFHSEnv rec {
   '' + args.extraPreBwrapCmds or "";
 
   extraBwrapArgs = [
+    "--bind /etc/NIXOS /etc/NIXOS" # required 32bit driver check in runScript
     "--bind-try /tmp/dumps /tmp/dumps"
   ] ++ args.extraBwrapArgs or [];