Looks like your NVIDIA drivers lacked something in the first place. I did nothing and vulkaninfo works just fine here:
$ vulkaninfo
WARNING: lavapipe is not a conformant vulkan implementation, testing use only.
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VULKANINFO
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Vulkan Instance Version: 1.3.204
Instance Extensions: count = 19
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VK_EXT_acquire_drm_display : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_debug_report : extension revision 10
VK_EXT_debug_utils : extension revision 2
VK_EXT_direct_mode_display : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_display_surface_counter : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_device_group_creation : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_display : extension revision 23
VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_display_properties2 : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 : extension revision 2
VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_surface : extension revision 25
VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities : extension revision 1
VK_KHR_wayland_surface : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xcb_surface : extension revision 6
VK_KHR_xlib_surface : extension revision 6
Layers: count = 5
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VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation (Khronos Validation Layer) Vulkan version 1.3.204, layer version 1:
Layer Extensions: count = 3
VK_EXT_debug_report : extension revision 9
VK_EXT_debug_utils : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_validation_features : extension revision 2
Devices: count = 2
GPU id = 0 (llvmpipe (LLVM 14.0.0, 256 bits))
Layer-Device Extensions: count = 3
VK_EXT_debug_marker : extension revision 4
VK_EXT_tooling_info : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_validation_cache : extension revision 1
GPU id = 1 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti)
Layer-Device Extensions: count = 3
VK_EXT_debug_marker : extension revision 4
VK_EXT_tooling_info : extension revision 1
VK_EXT_validation_cache : extension revision 1