diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59ad1eeeba92865f8a9947949ce864d374d0bcd0..1aaee5cb65809dc226fc42f5ba8cb3fe47f1ad62 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ spack:setup:
         /opt/spack/bin/spack gpg publish -d /buildcache
       fi
 
-    - mkdir -p /stack/extra_repos
-    - cd /stack/extra_repos
+    - mkdir -p extra_repos
+    - cd extra_repos
 
     - git clone https://gitlab.epfl.ch/SCITAS/software-stack/spack-repo-externals.git
     - git clone https://gitlab.epfl.ch/SCITAS/software-stack/scitas-spack-packages.git
diff --git a/repos.yaml b/repos.yaml
index 0b4a932ea856b09fb148d1ec87e817960282bcfe..0115ab60b46cdad5f459c11c68d88d418fb1569a 100644
--- a/repos.yaml
+++ b/repos.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 repos:
-  - /stack/extra_repos/spack-repo-externals
-  - /stack/extra_repos/scitas-spack-packages
+  - extra_repos/spack-repo-externals
+  - extra_repos/scitas-spack-packages