diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
index cd94ce6856..5af50df68b 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spack:
       require: "%gcc"
       variants: +fortran +hl +shared
     mpi:
-      require: mpich
+      require: "mpich"
     mpich:
       require: '@4.1.1 ~wrapperrpath ~hwloc'
     py-cryptography:
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ spack:
   - nco
   - netlib-scalapack
   - omega-h
-  - openmpi
+  # - openmpi
   - openpmd-api
   - papi
   - papyrus