diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a8f4b2d5b5827d8fc65fe64d92165593cc6b2d3e..5f3367f07f5d80268e5ccc09fb2986d04f6ffb7d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ workflow:
 
 variables:
   BUILDCACHE: /scratch/richart/buildcache
+  SPACK_DISABLE_LOCAL_CONFIG: true
+  SPACK_USER_CACHE_PATH: /tmp/spack_cache
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .parallel_job: