diff --git a/config-hlrs/packages.yaml b/config-hlrs/packages.yaml
index 83a32ec..b8964d8 100644
--- a/config-hlrs/packages.yaml
+++ b/config-hlrs/packages.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ packages:
       modules:
       - cray-libsci/24.03.0
     buildable: false
+  python:
+    externals:
+    - spec: python@3.11
+      prefix: /opt/cray/pe/python/3.11.7
+      modules:
+      - cray-python/3.11.7
+    buildable: false
   fftw:
     externals:
     - spec: fftw@3.3.10.7
@@ -126,23 +133,12 @@ packages:
     require:
       - '%gcc@7.5'
       - '+libiberty' 
-# Some basic python packages which are part of the OS python
-  py-pip:
-    externals:
-    - spec: py-pip@20.0.2
-      prefix: /usr
-    buildable: false
-  py-setuptools:
-    externals:
-    - spec: py-setuptools@44.1.1
-      prefix: /usr
-    buildable: false
 # packages which have been discovered by spack external find --all
-  python:
-    externals:
-    - spec: python@3.6.15+bz2+crypt+ctypes+dbm+lzma+nis+pyexpat~pythoncmd+readline+sqlite3+ssl~tkinter+uuid+zlib
-      prefix: /usr
-    buildable: false
+#  python:    # not a -devel package
+#    externals:
+#    - spec: python@3.6.15+bz2+crypt+ctypes+dbm+lzma+nis+pyexpat~pythoncmd+readline+sqlite3+ssl~tkinter+uuid+zlib
+#      prefix: /usr
+#    buildable: false
   curl:
     externals:
     - spec: curl@8.0.1+gssapi+ldap+nghttp2