diff --git a/sdk/update.go b/sdk/update.go
index af2b247..063597f 100644
--- a/sdk/update.go
+++ b/sdk/update.go
@@ -268,13 +268,19 @@
 			member = &sdkMember{memberType: memberType, name: name}
 			byName[name] = member
 			byType[memberType] = append(byType[memberType], member)
+		} else if member.memberType != memberType {
+			// validate whether this is the same member type or and overriding member type
+			if memberType.Overrides(member.memberType) {
+				member.memberType = memberType
+			} else if !member.memberType.Overrides(memberType) {
+				ctx.ModuleErrorf("Incompatible member types %q %q", member.memberType, memberType)
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Only append new variants to the list. This is needed because a member can be both
 		// exported by the sdk and also be a transitive sdk member.
 		member.variants = appendUniqueVariants(member.variants, variant)
 	}
-
 	var members []*sdkMember
 	for _, memberListProperty := range s.memberTypeListProperties() {
 		memberType := memberListProperty.memberType
@@ -1812,7 +1818,9 @@
 	// added.
 	archInfo.Properties = variantPropertiesFactory()
 
-	if len(archVariants) == 1 {
+	// if there are multiple supported link variants, we want to nest based on linkage even if there
+	// is only one variant, otherwise, if there is only one variant we can populate based on the arch
+	if len(archVariants) == 1 && len(ctx.MemberType().SupportedLinkages()) <= 1 {
 		archInfo.Properties.PopulateFromVariant(ctx, archVariants[0])
 	} else {
 		// Group the variants by image type.
@@ -1939,11 +1947,13 @@
 	// Create the properties into which the image variant specific properties will be added.
 	imageInfo.Properties = variantPropertiesFactory()
 
-	if len(imageVariants) == 1 {
+	// if there are multiple supported link variants, we want to nest even if there is only one
+	// variant, otherwise, if there is only one variant we can populate based on the image
+	if len(imageVariants) == 1 && len(ctx.MemberType().SupportedLinkages()) <= 1 {
 		imageInfo.Properties.PopulateFromVariant(ctx, imageVariants[0])
 	} else {
 		// There is more than one variant for this image variant which must be differentiated by link
-		// type.
+		// type. Or there are multiple supported linkages and we need to nest based on link type.
 		for _, linkVariant := range imageVariants {
 			linkType := getLinkType(linkVariant)
 			if linkType == "" {
@@ -1987,10 +1997,22 @@
 
 	addSdkMemberPropertiesToSet(ctx, imageInfo.Properties, propertySet)
 
+	usedLinkages := make(map[string]bool, len(imageInfo.linkInfos))
 	for _, linkInfo := range imageInfo.linkInfos {
+		usedLinkages[linkInfo.linkType] = true
 		linkInfo.addToPropertySet(ctx, propertySet)
 	}
 
+	// If not all supported linkages had existing variants, we need to disable the unsupported variant
+	if len(imageInfo.linkInfos) < len(ctx.MemberType().SupportedLinkages()) {
+		for _, l := range ctx.MemberType().SupportedLinkages() {
+			if _, ok := usedLinkages[l]; !ok {
+				otherLinkagePropertySet := propertySet.AddPropertySet(l)
+				otherLinkagePropertySet.AddProperty("enabled", false)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If this is for a non-core image variant then make sure that the property set does not contain
 	// any properties as providing non-core image variant specific properties for prebuilts is not
 	// currently supported.