diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
index 715c182729e..0ae044968ce 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ spack:
 
   # GPU
   - aml +ze
-  - amrex +sycl dimensions=3
+  - amrex +sycl
   - arborx +sycl ^kokkos +sycl +openmp cxxstd=17 +tests +examples
   - cabana +sycl ^kokkos +sycl +openmp cxxstd=17 +tests +examples
   - kokkos +sycl +openmp cxxstd=17 +tests +examples
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/amrex/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/amrex/package.py
index e4141554467..86e48df9f2b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/amrex/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/amrex/package.py
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ class Amrex(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     depends_on("hypre@2.19.0:", type="link", when="@21.03: ~cuda +hypre")
     depends_on("hypre@2.20.0:", type="link", when="@21.03: +cuda +hypre")
     depends_on("petsc", type="link", when="+petsc")
-    depends_on("intel-oneapi-compilers@2023.0.0:", type="build", when="@23.01: +sycl")
     depends_on("intel-oneapi-mkl", type=("build", "link"), when="+sycl")
 
     # these versions of gcc have lambda function issues
@@ -249,6 +248,8 @@ def get_cuda_arch_string(self, values):
     #
     @when("@20.12:,develop")
     def cmake_args(self):
+        if self.spec.satisfies("@23.01: +sycl") and not self.spec.satisfies("%oneapi@2023.0.0:"):
+            raise InstallError("amrex +sycl requires %oneapi@2023.0.0:")
         args = [
             "-DUSE_XSDK_DEFAULTS=ON",
             self.define_from_variant("AMReX_SPACEDIM", "dimensions"),