diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fb55e79345f4463fa0e99fccc6b12295f966ad9b..0522e65956541329c10786d4af03e4806c389da1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -167,16 +167,6 @@ spack:mksquashfs:
     - source ci/stack_env.sh
 
     - ${STACK_LOCATION}/spack/bin/spack
-      -c "config:install_tree:padded_length:False"
-      -e ${environment} install
-      --log-file spack-install-${environment}.xml
-      --log-format junit
-      --only-concrete
-      --fail-fast
-      --show-log-on-error
-
-    - ${STACK_LOCATION}/spack/bin/spack
-      -c "config:install_tree:padded_length:False"
       -e ${environment} module
       lmod refresh --yes | tee spack-modules-${environment}-${stack}.log
 
diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir-gcc/config.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir-gcc/config.yaml
index b0e3ad831aaf6ec6c2954e120263b3da6459499a..bac71f0dae6d0417c501344add77df7803c2dde1 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir-gcc/config.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir-gcc/config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config:
   install_missing_compilers: false
 
   install_tree:
-    padded_length: 200
+    padded_length: False
 
   build_stage:
     - $tempdir/$user/spack-stage