diff --git a/install_spack_env.sh b/install_spack_env.sh
index a0ed1f67a75ffc4d7f740871259abbf95f5ae258..41a6526a3dd7d72e41a74293d2e4d76c218c014a 100644
--- a/install_spack_env.sh
+++ b/install_spack_env.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ cp /tmp/spack.yaml ${CI_SPACK_ROOT}/var/spack/environments/$EBRAINS_SPACK_ENV/
 # activate environment
 spack env activate --without-view $EBRAINS_SPACK_ENV
 
+# deactivate view during concretization and installation
+spack env view disable
+
 spack concretize --force --fresh --test root
 
 # dump dag to file
@@ -144,6 +147,10 @@ fi
 # delay exit code until we have updated the cache below
 spack install --no-check-signature -y -j$SPACK_JOBS --fresh --test root && spack_install_ret=$? || spack_install_ret=$?
 
+# re-enable view
+spack env view enable
+spack env view regenerate
+
 # no need to update the local cache nor the remote cache if we don't want to update
 if [ -n "${OCI_CACHE_PREFIX}" ] && [ "${UPDATE_SPACK_OCI_CACHES:-false}" = "true" ]; then
     # push previously missing (but now installed) packages to the local cache