diff --git a/ci/stack_env.sh b/ci/stack_env.sh
index 2fb01cb3c0307a81aacbcf1ac72801c402c75391..33357208f01cea944ade25b2968db11bda3c746d 100644
--- a/ci/stack_env.sh
+++ b/ci/stack_env.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export SPACK_SYSTEM_CONFIG_PATH=${STACK_LOCATION}/spack/var/spack/environments/$
 export SPACK_USER_CACHE_PATH=$(mktemp -p /tmp -d slurm_user_cache_XXXXXXX)
 export SPACK_USER_CONFIG_PATH=$(mktemp -p /tmp -d slurm_user_config_XXXXXXX)
 
+export environment_type="local_cluster"
+
 echo "STACK_CONFIG_PATH: ${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}"
 echo "STACK_CONFIG: ${STACK_CONFIG}"
 echo "SPACK_VERSION: ${SPACK_VERSION}"
diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml
index df7b435fb3dc16f1b8a18ac048db366749ab013b..cf6c9ffc89701a26255fce7cc85461929321f984 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ spack:
     # External packages
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     - external_packages: []
-    - when env['environment_type'] != 'cloud':
+    - when: env['environment_type'] != 'cloud'
       external_packages:
         - ansys
         - cfdplusplus
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ spack:
         - molpro
         - smr
 
-    - when env['environment_type'] != 'cloud':
+    - when: env['environment_type'] != 'cloud'
       blas_mpi_codes:
-        vasp +hdf5 +scalapack +shmem +wannier90
+        - vasp +hdf5 +scalapack +shmem +wannier90
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Generic definitions