diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c416d00629a5f7038e07a515d0c85c33d47f13da..11a97a6666eeb55a465f27ac5d9a0e6b8596f871 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ The following packages are specified in the [environment.yml](https://gitlab.mpc
 - pyiron_base
 - lammps
 - iprpy-data
-- gpaw
 - sphinxdft (higher or equal 2.7.0)
 - sphinxdft-data
 - nglview
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 2c9e7bee5bde6ee3d6c3b4036b98b85a55286c24..05206e85ab01dbd7976758115ce896ee24156137 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron_base
 - lammps
 - iprpy-data
-- gpaw
+#- gpaw
 - sphinxdft >=2.7.0
 - sphinxdft-data
 - nglview