diff --git a/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml
index 48bfe0f5e..184e41acc 100644
--- a/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spack:
 
   view:
     cylc:
-      root: $SPACK_ENV/view-pys
+      root: view
       select: [^python]
       link: run
       link_type: symlink