diff --git a/run-find-external.sh.in b/run-find-external.sh.in
index 5983dd4..17414ef 100644
--- a/run-find-external.sh.in
+++ b/run-find-external.sh.in
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@ addpath mypath /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi2/bin
 addpath mypath /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi1/bin
 addpath mypath /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/mvapich2/bin
 addpath mypath /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/mpich/bin
-addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/openmpi/4.*/bin
-addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/openmpi/3.*/bin
-addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/openmpi/2.*/bin
-addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/mpich/[0-9].*/bin
-addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/mvapich2/[0-9].*/bin
+addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/openmpi/[2-9].*/bin
+addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/mpich/[3-9].*/bin
+addpath mypath /usr/lib/hpc/gnu*/mpi/mvapich2/[2-9].*/bin
 addpath cpath /usr/lib/hpc/compiler/gnu/*/bin
 
 # test if we can run as nobody
diff --git a/spack.changes b/spack.changes
index cdff6fb..2b67b02 100644
--- a/spack.changes
+++ b/spack.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
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 Thu Mar 23 09:59:40 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
-- run-find-external.sh: Extend the range of versions of mpich
-  and mvapich2 to be searched for when asking Spack to look
+- run-find-external.sh: Extend the range of versions of MPI
+  flavors to be searched for when asking Spack to look
   for external packages (bsc#1208751).
 
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