diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/gpu-tests/spack.yaml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/gpu-tests/spack.yaml
index addccd7bd21..986ffa2f464 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/gpu-tests/spack.yaml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/gpu-tests/spack.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spack:
     boost:
       variants: +python +filesystem +iostreams +system
     elfutils:
-      variants: +bzip2 ~nls +xz
+      variants: ~nls
     hdf5:
       variants: +fortran +hl +shared
     libfabric: