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 0d1f4951b2d..7e236cd76d5 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/stacks/e4s-oneapi/spack.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ spack:
     all:
       require:
       - "target=x86_64_v3"
-      prefer:
       - "%oneapi"
       providers:
         blas: [openblas]