diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CP2K/CP2K-2023.1-foss-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CP2K/CP2K-2023.1-foss-2023a.eb
index d16e202463a5..d9ace4b896b7 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CP2K/CP2K-2023.1-foss-2023a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CP2K/CP2K-2023.1-foss-2023a.eb
@@ -25,11 +25,16 @@ builddependencies = [
 dependencies = [
     ('Libint', '2.7.2', '-lmax-6-cp2k'),
     ('libxc', '6.2.2'),
-    ('libxsmm', '1.17'),
     ('libvori', '220621'),
     ('FFTW', '3.3.10'),
     ('PLUMED', '2.9.0'),
 ]
+if ARCH == 'x86_64':
+    # LIBXSMM is not supported supported on ARM with GCC 12.2.0 and 12.3.0
+    # see https://www.cp2k.org/dev:compiler_support
+    dependencies += [
+        ('libxsmm', '1.17'),
+    ]
 
 type = 'psmp'