diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_acc_cuda.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_acc_cuda.yaml
index d531baa920b6e310d21015c906910690ed1de541..ae5b5aab7d61ee68b55219ed108e610755d78cdb 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_acc_cuda.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_acc_cuda.yaml
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ packages:
     - spec: 'target={target}'
       when: '%gcc@{gcc_version}'
 
-  quantum-espresso:
-    require:
-    - spec: '+nvtx'
-
   suite-sparse:
     require:
     - spec: '+cuda'
diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
index b9b0f633ae143cb94f1703ebe1240c557747bc85..cc7f0d9ec5782f741b30617d0e389f6a6ea7e99d 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
@@ -263,10 +263,8 @@ packages:
     require: ['@5.15.2']
 
   quantum-espresso:
-    require:
-    - spec: '++mpi +gipaw +scalapack hdf5=parallel'
-    - spec: '~openmp'
-      when: '%gcc'
+    require: ['+mpi', '+openmp', '~gipaw', '+scalapack', '+libxc', '~ipo']
+    prefer: ['hdf5=parallel']
 
   rust:
     require: ['+dev']
diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml
index bb0a9a7515a2d3058fc1285e3df0f6d8147bd5e6..1b9bdd5145b2cd53f59a21ea5c6d784020a2102d 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/spack.yaml
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ spack:
         - mumps@5.6.2
         - superlu-dist@8.2.1
         #- quantum-espresso ++mpi +scalapack +gipaw
-        #- quantum-espresso ++mpi +scalapack +gipaw hdf5=parallel
+        - quantum-espresso
 
     - gcc_mpi_blas_codes:
         - armadillo +hdf5 ^arpack-ng ++mpi ^hdf5 ++mpi