diff --git a/packages/hxtorch/package.py b/packages/hxtorch/package.py
index fdb1b883cc860cb22a14ee8ff6670fbb0c8853ca..1af5ac0f95687bbdd87907b11f868cae4861d66d 100644
--- a/packages/hxtorch/package.py
+++ b/packages/hxtorch/package.py
@@ -59,28 +59,37 @@ class Hxtorch(WafPackage):
 
         include = []
         for dep in self.spec.traverse(deptype='build'):
+            if dep.name == 'pthreadpool':
+                print('skipping {} for headers'.format(dep.name))
+                continue
             query = self.spec[dep.name]
             try:
                 include.extend(query.headers.directories)
-                print('headers:', query.headers.directories, "\n")
+                print('headers (', dep.name, '):', query.headers.directories, "\n")
             except:
                 pass
 
         library = []
         for dep in self.spec.traverse(deptype=('link', 'run')):
+            if dep.name == 'pthreadpool':
+                print('skipping {} for libs'.format(dep.name))
+                continue
             query = self.spec[dep.name]
             try:
                 library.extend(query.libs.directories)
-                print('libs:', query.libs.directories, "\n")
+                print('libs (', dep.name, '):', query.libs.directories, "\n")
             except:
                 pass
 
         path = []
         for dep in self.spec.traverse(deptype=('build', 'link', 'run')):
+            if dep.name == 'pthreadpool':
+                print('skipping {} for bin'.format(dep.name))
+                continue
             query = self.spec[dep.name]
             try:
                 path.append(query.prefix.bin)
-                print('bin:', query.prefix.bin, "\n")
+                print('bin (', dep.name, '):', query.prefix.bin, "\n")
             except:
                 pass
 
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index a54cfeffac28103674a1db90700baaf81e2be187..02f0dcb7f194cdb83c36be3b5eba973310ef7853 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spack:
     - py-formencode
     - tvb-framework ^binutils+ld+gold
     - pynn-brainscales@2.0-rc8 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock
-    #- hxtorch@2.0-rc6 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock
+    - hxtorch@2.0-rc8 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock
     - py-neo
     #- py-cerebstats
     #- py-cerebunit