diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
index dd4087fae11..3562a486f7e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ def plugin_cmake_variant(plugin_name, spack_variant):
         # Use dependencies provided by spack
         if spec.satisfies("@20.3:"):
             args.append("-DACTS_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS=ON")
+            if spec.satisfies("@35.1:36.0"):
+                args.append("-DACTS_USE_SYSTEM_DFELIBS=OFF")
         else:
             if spec.satisfies("+autodiff"):
                 args.append("-DACTS_USE_SYSTEM_AUTODIFF=ON")