diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index f99325b89d8ed3bc79956e98e27fb580e5c8bc74..096c313576ee0e38aa7e4a4f8e7cd37209537cd5 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spack:
     - py-formencode %gcc@10.3.0
     - tvb-framework ^binutils+ld+gold %gcc@10.3.0
     - meta-brainscales %gcc@10.3.0
-    - pynn-brainscales@1.0-rc2 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock %gcc@10.3.0
+    #- pynn-brainscales@1.0-rc2 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock %gcc@10.3.0
     # demo for codejam12
     - funniest1022 %gcc@10.3.0
   concretization: together