diff --git a/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py b/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py
index 5fa4f898..41264ebb 100644
--- a/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py
+++ b/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class LXD(Provider):
             build_provider_flags=build_provider_flags,
         )
         # This endpoint is hardcoded everywhere lxc/lxd-pkg-snap#33
-        lxd_socket_path = "/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket"
+        lxd_socket_path = "/var/lib/lxd/unix.socket"
         endpoint = "http+unix://{}".format(urllib.parse.quote(lxd_socket_path, safe=""))
         try:
             self._lxd_client: pylxd.Client = pylxd.Client(endpoint=endpoint)