diff --git a/spack-environment/dev/spack.yaml b/spack-environment/dev/spack.yaml
index c6d6c40aa1535440d231ac1cd10e37d728f194c8..f96cf5cadada6e2708dc522fa3ce6c2a105b2edd 100644
--- a/spack-environment/dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/dev/spack.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spack:
     - cppcoro@git.10bbcdbf2be3ad3aa56febcf4c7662d771460a99
     - dawn@3_91a
     - dawncut@1_54a
-    - dd4hep@1.25.1 +ddg4 +ddcad +hepmc3 +lcio +xercesc
+    - dd4hep@1.25.1 +ddg4 +ddcad +hepmc3 +lcio -xercesc
     - edm4eic@2.0.0 cxxstd=17
     - edm4hep@0.7 cxxstd=17
     - eic-smear@1.1.10