diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73f5357e19f0b013b763c281a14735a20a1748e4..5cf7a094df973fe9da2f38485652da8a6b94ae3d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ variables:
   before_script:
     - /opt/spack/bin/spack gpg trust $GPG_PRIVATE_KEY
 
-    - 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