diff --git a/EESSI-install-software.sh b/EESSI-install-software.sh
index 423746ae03..195239b9eb 100755
--- a/EESSI-install-software.sh
+++ b/EESSI-install-software.sh
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ fi
 
 # Install extra software that is needed (e.g., for providing a custom ctypes
 # library when needed)
-cd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/extra
-./install_extra_packages.sh --temp-dir /tmp/temp --easystack eessi-2023.06-extra-packages.yml
-cd ${TOPDIR}
+#cd ${TOPDIR}/scripts/extra
+#./install_extra_packages.sh --temp-dir /tmp/temp --easystack eessi-2023.06-extra-packages.yml
+#cd ${TOPDIR}
 
 # use PR patch file to determine in which easystack files stuff was added
 changed_easystacks=$(cat ${pr_diff} | grep '^+++' | cut -f2 -d' ' | sed 's@^[a-z]/@@g' | grep '^easystacks/.*yml$' | egrep -v 'known-issues|missing') 
diff --git a/eb_hooks.py b/eb_hooks.py
index bbf5200c86..413675a60f 100644
--- a/eb_hooks.py
+++ b/eb_hooks.py
@@ -782,12 +782,12 @@ def pre_module_hook_librosa_augment_modluafooter(self, *args, **kwargs):
     'CGAL': parse_hook_cgal_toolchainopts_precise,
     'fontconfig': parse_hook_fontconfig_add_fonts,
     'LAMMPS': parse_hook_lammps_remove_deps_for_CI_aarch64,
-    'librosa': parse_hook_librosa_custom_ctypes,
+    #'librosa': parse_hook_librosa_custom_ctypes,
     'OpenBLAS': parse_hook_openblas_relax_lapack_tests_num_errors,
     'pybind11': parse_hook_pybind11_replace_catch2,
-    'PyTorch-bundle': parse_hook_pytorch_bundle_torchvision_setenv,
+    #'PyTorch-bundle': parse_hook_pytorch_bundle_torchvision_setenv,
     'Qt5': parse_hook_qt5_check_qtwebengine_disable,
-    'SentencePiece': parse_hook_sentencepiece_disable_tcmalloc_aarch64,
+    #'SentencePiece': parse_hook_sentencepiece_disable_tcmalloc_aarch64,
     'UCX': parse_hook_ucx_eprefix,
 }
 
@@ -833,5 +833,5 @@ def pre_module_hook_librosa_augment_modluafooter(self, *args, **kwargs):
 }
 
 PRE_MODULE_HOOKS = {
-    'librosa': pre_module_hook_librosa_augment_modluafooter,
+    #'librosa': pre_module_hook_librosa_augment_modluafooter,
 }