diff --git a/packages.yaml b/packages.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81f106b499d4e77c03a96f9000e83d0648fd5ee0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-packages:
-    all:
-        # collab-specific settings
-        target: [x86_64]
-        compiler: [gcc@10.3.0]
-    python:
-        # collab-specific settings
-        require: "@3.8.11"
-    r:
-        # EM: +X fixes build for collab
-        require: "@4.1.3+X"
-    py-torch:
-        # ECM: keep at latest w.r.t. tracked upstream spack
-        version: [1.11.0]
-        # ECM: No cuda nor rocm in collab VMs.
-        #      I did not try to minimize the specification any further.
-        variants: [~cuda~rocm~valgrind~mkldnn~mpi~gloo+tensorpipe~onnx_ml]
-    py-jax:
-        # ECM: No cuda in collab VMs.
-        variants: [~cuda]
-    py-jaxlib:
-        # ECM: No cuda in collab VMs.
-        variants: [~cuda]
diff --git a/site-config/.gitignore b/site-config/.gitignore
index e70257b10ce35d1ce8d671b948acd385dc617a00..3d2dceec48bfb57e68320214ba595959b6f9feab 100644
--- a/site-config/.gitignore
+++ b/site-config/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 */
 
 # un-exclude the configs tracked in this repository
+!ebrainslab
 !g100
 !jurecadc
 !jusuf
diff --git a/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml b/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..81f106b499d4e77c03a96f9000e83d0648fd5ee0 100644
--- a/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml
+++ b/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+packages:
+    all:
+        # collab-specific settings
+        target: [x86_64]
+        compiler: [gcc@10.3.0]
+    python:
+        # collab-specific settings
+        require: "@3.8.11"
+    r:
+        # EM: +X fixes build for collab
+        require: "@4.1.3+X"
+    py-torch:
+        # ECM: keep at latest w.r.t. tracked upstream spack
+        version: [1.11.0]
+        # ECM: No cuda nor rocm in collab VMs.
+        #      I did not try to minimize the specification any further.
+        variants: [~cuda~rocm~valgrind~mkldnn~mpi~gloo+tensorpipe~onnx_ml]
+    py-jax:
+        # ECM: No cuda in collab VMs.
+        variants: [~cuda]
+    py-jaxlib:
+        # ECM: No cuda in collab VMs.
+        variants: [~cuda]