1diff --git i/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py w/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py
2index 5fa4f898b..41264ebb0 100644
3--- i/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py
4+++ w/snapcraft_legacy/internal/build_providers/_lxd/_lxd.py
5@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class LXD(Provider):
6 build_provider_flags=build_provider_flags,
7 )
8 # This endpoint is hardcoded everywhere lxc/lxd-pkg-snap#33
9- lxd_socket_path = "/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket"
10+ lxd_socket_path = "/var/lib/lxd/unix.socket"
11 endpoint = "http+unix://{}".format(urllib.parse.quote(lxd_socket_path, safe=""))
12 try:
13 self._lxd_client: pylxd.Client = pylxd.Client(endpoint=endpoint)