diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index bc8cb47bfe186c646eb0fe5aad9d7aa5f207561b..253428944d21a36646b5e2d355256748ab28d5c3 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@ packages:
     - '@11.2.1.east'
     - cxxstd=20 -vecgeom +threads -vtk
     - any_of: [+opengl +qt +x11, -opengl -qt -x11]
-  gettext: 
-    require:
-    - +libxml
   gl:
     require:
     - glx