diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab7a75bf37dbafa61dd2b5350860b2f4663a8730..2652b90db7521c0f3513b58f6d09c3ec948e9d65 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ variables:
   variables:
     COMMAND_OPTIONS_SBATCH: ${slurm_options}
     APPTAINER_EXEC_OPTIONS: ${apptainer_options} --bind ${BUILDCACHE}:/buildcache:rw --bind ${STACK_PATH}:/stack:rw --writable-tmpfs
-    SPACK_DISABLE_LOCAL_CONFIG: "true"
     SPACK_USER_CACHE_PATH: "/tmp/spack_cache_${CI_JOB_ID}"
+    SPACK_USER_CONFIG_PATH: "/tmp/spack_user_${CI_JOB_ID}"
     SPACK_SYSTEM_CONFIG_PATH: "/stack/spack/etc"
     BUILDCACHE: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/buildcache"
     STACK_PATH: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/${environment}/stack"