diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
index 72fba4b4cfe78c31a0bf8b38c1e38771bc1eefea..718dc97ae53af2ebbc27cae1d25e6724fabdf3cf 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ packages:
     require: ['+kokkos', '+mgard', '~zfp']
 
   amber:
-    require: ['^hdf5 ~mpi', '^netcdf-c ~mpi']
+    require: ['^netcdf-c ~~mpi']
 
   apr:
     # https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4813