diff --git a/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-GCC-11.3.0.eb b/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-GCC-11.3.0.eb
index 687c336d9bd9a4571442f912f7e85d0c933c9f43..5f099296322b2e56b87c2530b0a72ab3fc36280c 100644
--- a/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-GCC-11.3.0.eb
+++ b/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-GCC-11.3.0.eb
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ checksums = ['92912e175fd1234368c8730c03f4996fe5942e7479bb1d10059405e7f2b3930d']
 osdependencies = [
     # needed for --with-verbs
     ('libibverbs-dev', 'libibverbs-devel', 'rdma-core-devel'),
-    # needed for --with-pmix
-#    ('pmix-devel'),
 ]
 
 builddependencies = [
diff --git a/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-NVHPC-23.1.eb b/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-NVHPC-23.1.eb
index fba92571a5bfa06900ba6f1b5fbe15b25e1dc445..5bb7a448efc9018c201e7ffe08768e3833795e29 100644
--- a/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-NVHPC-23.1.eb
+++ b/Overlays/deep_overlay/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.1.4-NVHPC-23.1.eb
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ checksums = ['92912e175fd1234368c8730c03f4996fe5942e7479bb1d10059405e7f2b3930d']
 osdependencies = [
     # needed for --with-verbs
     ('libibverbs-dev', 'libibverbs-devel', 'rdma-core-devel'),
-    # needed for --with-pmix
-#    ('pmix-devel'),
 ]
 
 builddependencies = [