diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.7.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.7.2.eb
index c7d7bc3c47cc..9c6a43144a5a 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.7.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.7.2.eb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = "Algorithms from circuit theory to predict connectivity in heterog
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, True),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
 exts_list = [
@@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ exts_list = [
     (name, version, {
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/Circuitscape/Circuitscape.jl/archive/'],
         'checksums': ['1eb5b6f5711865792204677359c1b9d9247ae3f34af42f58dfe2ec4ad3dd2177'],
+        'runtest': True,
     }),
 ]
 
-sanity_check_commands = ["julia -e 'using Pkg;Pkg.test(\"Circuitscape\")'"]
-
 moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.9.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.9.2.eb
index 8e8e7e2f86b6..86cdc1617c7d 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.9.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/Circuitscape/Circuitscape-5.12.3-Julia-1.9.2.eb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = "Algorithms from circuit theory to predict connectivity in heterog
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, True),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
 exts_list = [
@@ -400,13 +400,8 @@ exts_list = [
     (name, version, {
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/Circuitscape/Circuitscape.jl/archive/'],
         'checksums': ['1eb5b6f5711865792204677359c1b9d9247ae3f34af42f58dfe2ec4ad3dd2177'],
+        'runtest': True,
     }),
 ]
 
-_julia_env = "%(installdir)s/environments/v" + '.'.join(_julia_ver.split('.')[:2])
-
-sanity_check_commands = [
-    """julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.activate("%s"); Pkg.test("%%(name)s")'""" % _julia_env,
-]
-
 moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.23.3-Julia-1.6.7.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.23.3-Julia-1.6.7.eb
index 06667a1bbf80..516d99962ee4 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.23.3-Julia-1.6.7.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.23.3-Julia-1.6.7.eb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = "Julia kernel for Jupyter"
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
 exts_list = [
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ exts_list = [
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/archive/'],
         'checksums': ['1471ed94093efd24bae5e6ff1d3f7fa61901bf8834a737eeae2a9e620f50f07c'],
         'preinstallopts': "mkdir -p %(installdir)s/jupyter && export JUPYTER_DATA_DIR=%(installdir)s/jupyter && ",
+        'runtest': True,
     }),
 ]
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.0-Julia-1.8.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.0-Julia-1.8.5.eb
index 4bdcde0a98d7..5873b3458326 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.0-Julia-1.8.5.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.0-Julia-1.8.5.eb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = "Julia kernel for Jupyter"
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
 exts_list = [
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ exts_list = [
         'preinstallopts': "mkdir -p %(installdir)s/jupyter && export JUPYTER_DATA_DIR=%(installdir)s/jupyter && ",
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/archive/'],
         'checksums': ['85b3ee48aee1688bcb89b8fb93c332551e3a75cfc7d17bb346daed36dedc358e'],
+        'runtest': True,
     }),
 ]
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.2-Julia-1.10.3.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.2-Julia-1.10.3.eb
index f2072785aa59..4dead399baee 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.2-Julia-1.10.3.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.24.2-Julia-1.10.3.eb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = "Julia kernel for Jupyter"
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
 exts_list = [
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ exts_list = [
         'preinstallopts': "mkdir -p %(installdir)s/jupyter && export JUPYTER_DATA_DIR=%(installdir)s/jupyter && ",
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/archive/'],
         'checksums': ['de215348c7c41e1ca15c0d21f5f9a78bedce77b02ef89d67f38702c4d57ee80d'],
+        'runtest': True,
     }),
 ]
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.29.0-Julia-1.11.6.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.29.0-Julia-1.11.6.eb
index a48803368ee5..889f2df6c0dc 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.29.0-Julia-1.11.6.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IJulia/IJulia-1.29.0-Julia-1.11.6.eb
@@ -11,10 +11,21 @@ description = "Julia kernel for Jupyter"
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
 exts_list = [
+    ('Compat', '4.18.1', {
+        'is_test_dependency': True,
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['b080c5ce04d01aafd90c493aacbe33e9b1961e71ee7772197f56a28242770cd1'],
+    }),
+    ('Aqua', '0.8.14', {
+        'is_test_dependency': True,
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['706aba02c63f9f0e87d6b0852628d15c16ca7de597cc25a4420e277c7176ce4f'],
+    }),
+
     ('Preferences', '1.4.3', {
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Preferences.jl/archive/'],
         'checksums': ['02b995891818b91266f98bcb46eefc513dfb66b177b5a6a0d1cff97be3e4582d'],
@@ -67,7 +78,9 @@ exts_list = [
     }),
     (name, version, {
         'preinstallopts': "mkdir -p %(installdir)s/jupyter && export JUPYTER_DATA_DIR=%(installdir)s/jupyter && ",
+        'runtest': True,
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl/archive/'],
+        'test_online': True,
         'checksums': ['2d97b9fda7c5d05a3c7ea0ff65c58d9fc3ace1c14b136154e083b4e5df29171a'],
     }),
 ]
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.3-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.3-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 599edfd33eaa..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.3-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.10.3'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.10.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': '81b910c922fff0e27ae1f256f2cc803db81f3960215281eddd2d484721928c70'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.3.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.3.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ced869e6663c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.3.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.10.3'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.10.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            '81b910c922fff0e27ae1f256f2cc803db81f3960215281eddd2d484721928c70',
+        # 'julia-1.10.3-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+        # 'julia-1.10.3-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.5-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.5-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c6236991011..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.5-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-#             Paul Melis <paul.melis@surf.nl>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.10.5'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.10.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': '33497b93cf9dd65e8431024fd1db19cbfbe30bd796775a59d53e2df9a8de6dc0'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.5.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d39da692e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.10.5.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.10.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.10.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            '33497b93cf9dd65e8431024fd1db19cbfbe30bd796775a59d53e2df9a8de6dc0',
+        # 'julia-1.10.5-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+        # 'julia-1.10.5-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.3-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.3-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index a4f684005288..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.3-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-#             Paul Melis <paul.melis@surf.nl>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.11.3'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.11.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': '7d48da416c8cb45582a1285d60127ee31ef7092ded3ec594a9f2cf58431c07fd'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.3.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.3.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdce4f3953eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.3.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.11.3'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.11.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            '7d48da416c8cb45582a1285d60127ee31ef7092ded3ec594a9f2cf58431c07fd',
+        # 'julia-1.11.5-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     'f63203574fba25c9bda5e98b2f87f985d4672109855633a46bae32bfba3cbc0d',
+        # 'julia-1.11.5-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     '11ae7f0b83663de35d9a30e916373378f7985424c030a4a5af96aecc9b6eaa66',
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.5.eb
index 7bc21696f5d8..440a13d7c7ea 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.5.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.5.eb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
 name = 'Julia'
 version = '1.11.5'
 
@@ -11,7 +9,6 @@ toolchain = SYSTEM
 source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
                'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
 sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
 checksums = [
     {
         'julia-1.11.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
@@ -20,20 +17,7 @@ checksums = [
             'f63203574fba25c9bda5e98b2f87f985d4672109855633a46bae32bfba3cbc0d',
         'julia-1.11.5-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
             '11ae7f0b83663de35d9a30e916373378f7985424c030a4a5af96aecc9b6eaa66',
-    },
-    {
-        'julia.wrapper':
-            'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d',
-    },
+    }
 ]
 
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
 moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.6-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.6-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 01554c6d521e..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.6-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-#             Paul Melis <paul.melis@surf.nl>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.11.6'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.11.6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': 'e99e52e2029d845097c68f2372d836186f0eb3fb897a9dde0bdf9ee9250d03d5'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.6.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.6.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a5a24cbfad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.6.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.11.6'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.11.6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            'e99e52e2029d845097c68f2372d836186f0eb3fb897a9dde0bdf9ee9250d03d5',
+        # 'julia-1.11.6-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     'f63203574fba25c9bda5e98b2f87f985d4672109855633a46bae32bfba3cbc0d',
+        # 'julia-1.11.6-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     '11ae7f0b83663de35d9a30e916373378f7985424c030a4a5af96aecc9b6eaa66',
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.7.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.7.eb
index 656a91788f91..b3c9666534b7 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.7.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.11.7.eb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
 name = 'Julia'
 version = '1.11.7'
 
@@ -11,7 +9,6 @@ toolchain = SYSTEM
 source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
                'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
 sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
 checksums = [
     {
         'julia-1.11.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
@@ -20,20 +17,7 @@ checksums = [
             'f97f80b35c12bdaf40c26f6c55dbb7617441e49c9e6b842f65e8410a388ca6f4',
         'julia-1.11.7-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
             '68f1e3a7e530e97aabbe79edfcf38d219348ae5d065a19a7aa652ac57a940b85',
-    },
-    {
-        'julia.wrapper':
-            'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d',
-    },
+    }
 ]
 
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
 moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb
index 4e2789c57e49..f3c23b0faaaf 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
 name = 'Julia'
 version = '1.12.2'
 
@@ -11,27 +9,13 @@ toolchain = SYSTEM
 source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
                'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
 sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
 checksums = [
     {
         'julia-1.12.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
             'a6d0c39ea57303ebcffa7a8d453429b86eb271e150c7cb0f5958fe65909b493a',
         'julia-1.12.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
             '0383a2ce378b64356269f6f15e612f344523f507a9753f71a0b64ca02092445b',
-    },
-    {
-        'julia.wrapper':
-            'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d',
-    },
+    }
 ]
 
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
 moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.6.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.6.eb
index 41e8b61d6aa4..9d45c05b7007 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.6.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.6.eb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ toolchain = SYSTEM
 source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
                'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
 sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
 checksums = [
     {
         'julia-1.12.6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
@@ -19,16 +18,6 @@ checksums = [
         'julia-1.12.6-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
             '029b93b857bd0ffd627f9a8580d3bbaa63daf008d7b7aed02fbceb8fd57c4899',
     },
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
 ]
 
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
 moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.6.7-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.6.7-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7046809d33df..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.6.7-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.6.7'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.6.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': '6c4522d595e4cbcd00157ac458a72f8aec01757053d2073f99daa39e442b2a36'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.6.7.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.6.7.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..897cfdcd41d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.6.7.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.6.7'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.6.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            '6c4522d595e4cbcd00157ac458a72f8aec01757053d2073f99daa39e442b2a36',
+        # 'julia-1.6.7-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     '55437879f6b98470d96c4048b922501b643dfffb8865abeb90c7333a83df7524',
+        # 'julia-1.6.7-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     '15bcf163813d9a561ef50c77d1135135455c85f2dbd27a910400332edb959dc4',
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.7.2-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.7.2-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e48ff39fbe2..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.7.2-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.7.2'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.7.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': 'a75244724f3b2de0e7249c861fbf64078257c16fb4203be78f1cf4dd5973ba95'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.7.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.7.2.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..047cd21f4547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.7.2.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.7.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.7.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            'a75244724f3b2de0e7249c861fbf64078257c16fb4203be78f1cf4dd5973ba95',
+        # 'julia-1.7.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     '55437879f6b98470d96c4048b922501b643dfffb8865abeb90c7333a83df7524',
+        # 'julia-1.7.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     '15bcf163813d9a561ef50c77d1135135455c85f2dbd27a910400332edb959dc4',
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.8.5-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.8.5-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e60397495dc..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.8.5-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.8.5'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.8.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': 'e71a24816e8fe9d5f4807664cbbb42738f5aa9fe05397d35c81d4c5d649b9d05'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.8.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.8.5.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41ab2867cb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.8.5.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.8.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.8.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            'e71a24816e8fe9d5f4807664cbbb42738f5aa9fe05397d35c81d4c5d649b9d05',
+        # 'julia-1.8.5-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+        # 'julia-1.8.5-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index fef2c5a347c7..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.9.2'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': '4c2d799f442d7fe718827b19da2bacb72ea041b9ce55f24eee7b1313f57c4383'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.2.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2098f78f6464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.2.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.9.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            '4c2d799f442d7fe718827b19da2bacb72ea041b9ce55f24eee7b1313f57c4383',
+        # 'julia-1.9.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+        # 'julia-1.9.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     None,
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.3-linux-x86_64.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.3-linux-x86_64.eb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d0f85d9874c..000000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.3-linux-x86_64.eb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/
-# Author: Pablo Escobar Lopez
-# sciCORE - University of Basel
-# SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
-# Updated by: Dugan Witherick, University of Warwick
-#             Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
-#             Wahid Mainassara <wahid.mainassara@lxp.lu>
-
-easyblock = 'Tarball'
-
-name = 'Julia'
-version = '1.9.3'
-versionsuffix = '-linux-x86_64'
-
-homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
-description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
-
-toolchain = SYSTEM
-
-source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/']
-sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s%(versionsuffix)s.tar.gz']
-patches = [('julia.wrapper', 'bin/')]
-checksums = [
-    {'julia-1.9.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz': 'd76670cc9ba3e0fd4c1545dd3d00269c0694976a1176312795ebce1692d323d1'},
-    {'julia.wrapper': 'd10aeaff53cca9875f7b0ce9218eae3bd21870b654e26c4c52aa8bfcc9da702d'},
-]
-
-# install wrapper with linking safeguards for Julia libraries
-postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && mv julia julia.bin && mv julia.wrapper julia"]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['bin/julia', 'bin/julia.bin', 'include/julia/julia.h', 'lib/libjulia.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
-    'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'lib/julia', 'share']
-}
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
-
-moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.3.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.3.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..897cfdcd41d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.9.3.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'Julia'
+version = '1.6.7'
+
+homepage = 'https://julialang.org'
+description = "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing"
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/%(version_major_minor)s/',
+               'https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/%(arch)s/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-linux-%(arch)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = [
+    {
+        'julia-1.6.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz':
+            '6c4522d595e4cbcd00157ac458a72f8aec01757053d2073f99daa39e442b2a36',
+        # 'julia-1.6.7-linux-aarch64.tar.gz':
+        #     '55437879f6b98470d96c4048b922501b643dfffb8865abeb90c7333a83df7524',
+        # 'julia-1.6.7-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz':
+        #     '15bcf163813d9a561ef50c77d1135135455c85f2dbd27a910400332edb959dc4',
+    }
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Pluto/Pluto-0.20.13-Julia-1.11.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Pluto/Pluto-0.20.13-Julia-1.11.5.eb
index f7839672352c..1489c27dd378 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Pluto/Pluto-0.20.13-Julia-1.11.5.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Pluto/Pluto-0.20.13-Julia-1.11.5.eb
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-easyblock = "JuliaPackage"
+easyblock = "JuliaBundle"
 
 name = 'Pluto'
 version = '0.20.13'
-
-local_juliaversion = '1.11.5'
-
-versionsuffix = '-Julia-%s' % local_juliaversion
+_julia_ver = '1.11.5'
+versionsuffix = '-Julia-%s' % _julia_ver
 
 homepage = 'https://plutojl.org/'
 description = """Simple, reactive programming environment for the Julia Language."""
@@ -13,18 +11,178 @@ description = """Simple, reactive programming environment for the Julia Language
 toolchain = SYSTEM
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', '%s' % local_juliaversion)
+    ('Julia', '%s' % _julia_ver)
 ]
 
-download_pkg_deps = True
-
-source_urls = ['https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/archive/refs/tags']
-sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
-checksums = ['90f973cf5982ed763e00ee86917dae67b788ed2694ff40ce3167c18f70c45a81']
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': [],
-    'dirs': ["packages/Pluto"],
-}
+exts_list = [
+    ('BitFlags', '0.1.10', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/jmert/BitFlags.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['653d65b8f82dec05890effe4e12bf9b0ee153b60f8e1b4421437feb8dc68889e'],
+    }),
+    ('DataAPI', '1.16.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaData/DataAPI.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['187e6907695133b280ee5509e805f9e1d6d43a0802bd467eb34e8c6594b46a55'],
+    }),
+    ('DataValueInterfaces', '1.0.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/queryverse/DataValueInterfaces.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['7f70be7cf1e49f7ce45bca8452193d08c2e75378f6b473205395c01010929825'],
+    }),
+    ('ExpressionExplorer', '1.1.4', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPluto/ExpressionExplorer.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['77c763632876a9893b541a08e43fe7b42191c553ff895d6b20398717087cb85c'],
+    }),
+    ('ExproniconLite', '0.10.14', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/Roger-luo/ExproniconLite.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['2e9f78239d5b5e51049ff1a1ebc0f6dbafc90f840c43eb6e88bd651bba4b4d86'],
+    }),
+    ('IteratorInterfaceExtensions', '1.0.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/queryverse/IteratorInterfaceExtensions.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['c43dc43fc29c0c7aa738793c5a847ce29491c5fca1a0f0e434fff1bb1c5c7994'],
+    }),
+    ('LRUCache', '1.6.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaCollections/LRUCache.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['0aea33c60221741a301a3689478648ef1ecfcf23a90a66d57840bfd6aae7a70c'],
+    }),
+    ('LazilyInitializedFields', '1.3.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/KristofferC/LazilyInitializedFields.jl/archive/'],
+        'sources': [{
+            'download_filename': 'a8776608095f107a601b47bbc27c86caa3c612fc.tar.gz',
+            'filename': 'LazilyInitializedFields-1.3.0.tar.gz',
+        }],
+        'checksums': ['dbec1a7ae21c75b674b7ff2ba42443bb78d6d728aa99e72d4e14db4f933cebc5'],
+    }),
+    ('MIMEs', '1.1.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaWeb/MIMEs.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['c7cd058858ed9471a0ace19072aea1ec709a6f32e831897e16155611e441a612'],
+    }),
+    ('OrderedCollections', '1.8.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaCollections/OrderedCollections.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['e50afef0b3a0ad4e89772f623480ae5f5b68f9933375509444143cf19635813d'],
+    }),
+    ('PrecompileSignatures', '3.0.3', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/rikhuijzer/PrecompileSignatures.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['48039249d137ed8673988d9b853a6e81f04f3470fd082cc99fb533a1d88e8848'],
+    }),
+    ('SimpleBufferStream', '1.2.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/SimpleBufferStream.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['a7c523cd39731bffd697465620920ac075fc9ec13c898ade760f118f4d3e7047'],
+    }),
+    ('TranscodingStreams', '0.11.3', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaIO/TranscodingStreams.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['1df556e22c387adf0ec559c1ef7ea61a7c3a6be22ca1f864fdc1165d7b07ae5e'],
+    }),
+    ('Tricks', '0.1.13', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/oxinabox/Tricks.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['b51ed1f17065a7214e0e4e21255c8295105c7f14cc87158ca7fc9ceaf4a5d8ba'],
+    }),
+    ('URIs', '1.6.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaWeb/URIs.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['a52e1e7ede2e9e9962b3dcd76f7a0228a62cab442b66d58f3dea57cf735d723e'],
+    }),
+    ('ConcurrentUtilities', '2.5.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaServices/ConcurrentUtilities.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['c2e58bc3b25ec7737c1a5a165ffb678c7cb43a23e829e2118bb045f15eec4706'],
+    }),
+    ('HypertextLiteral', '0.9.5', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPluto/HypertextLiteral.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['20e3dc276d190f2b2ad3906b282928510504d3f0ee056382e283cadf04a33eff'],
+    }),
+    ('MsgPack', '1.2.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaIO/MsgPack.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['d5e2f708c36a2d30131a99c0477c93c4a68e6180ba752def721917cc46c32e8e'],
+    }),
+    ('TableTraits', '1.0.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/queryverse/TableTraits.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['a69811f66cd1b7a6d91a0da30bf8a3ab796138615c4ada2d0f4ec044313b32e2'],
+    }),
+    ('CodecZlib', '0.7.8', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaIO/CodecZlib.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['10038cfe4535483ce0ed1710b1ec2af79bdda273391785c85007a24f15c55374'],
+    }),
+    ('Tables', '1.13.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaData/Tables.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['44ae9022d2fc08dd7c8d7c816d3ac887d5da1c43d132b0ba97b68bea070cb0ac'],
+    }),
+    ('LoggingExtras', '1.2.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLogging/LoggingExtras.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['c6fd3a820d90a9a4b923ef4cdac44adc85c9c2ae437dd901a135ba014ca234e8'],
+    }),
+    ('MbedTLS', '1.1.10', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/MbedTLS.jl/archive/'],
+        'sources': [{
+            'download_filename': '0c54dfc2fe3ad72b999507b7d5c0b0cc44fd6d11.tar.gz',
+            'filename': 'MbedTLS-1.1.10.tar.gz',
+        }],
+        'checksums': ['39735e28df8e391ea7bddc6d1b385c3cbc69a7485d624908c71b9646fa8a77b8'],
+    }),
+    ('PlutoDependencyExplorer', '1.2.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoDependencyExplorer.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['880ea477b59386839cffcfce398af1d0dfcf709ee6b766f323042958afc72fad'],
+    }),
+    ('Scratch', '1.3.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Scratch.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['acaaea133ff71ad614324129317d69a2f08810340607cb6c288d93bb10f23277'],
+    }),
+    ('Compat', '4.18.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['b080c5ce04d01aafd90c493aacbe33e9b1961e71ee7772197f56a28242770cd1'],
+    }),
+    ('Configurations', '0.17.6', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/Roger-luo/Configurations.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['55016c3d88153e0f5dc8fc448f1b385de901746ec5e82425bfccc6d3f0997eb6'],
+    }),
+    ('ExceptionUnwrapping', '0.1.11', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaServices/ExceptionUnwrapping.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['1c2450548fad9ca5a630e28e889d319f2a1f9b3b71c192894ead35aae6f8b0f9'],
+    }),
+    ('Preferences', '1.5.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Preferences.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['5aa3d646f3c5eea62f441109ba466e2636fe0fc7b4481d6747ed02a36da6e6f8'],
+    }),
+    ('RelocatableFolders', '1.0.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/RelocatableFolders.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['a20882fdb81f79e3e26ca5687e9222def6ca253f8980ba919453f830882dccd6'],
+    }),
+    ('JLLWrappers', '1.8.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/JLLWrappers.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['8aea2ef961186f2d53ef85c56794e96e9c1043d0f1f4e3f943879513817ce578'],
+    }),
+    ('Malt', '1.4.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPluto/Malt.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['c4cf7cdc364fe9b0d93adcec1aac67d377319fb712a814bd7260748b89377211'],
+    }),
+    ('PrecompileTools', '1.2.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaLang/PrecompileTools.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['af58b384e08b488b2da5ad19e72817b8b0ddb026997f8cf85f2964cc2c26cd34'],
+    }),
+    ('OpenSSL_jll', '3.5.7+0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/OpenSSL_jll.jl/archive/'],
+        'sources': [{
+            'download_filename': '3c973e1b1fb177b110336098974b82d30d3066e4.tar.gz',
+            'filename': 'OpenSSL_jll-3.5.7+0.tar.gz',
+        }],
+        'checksums': ['dede5b921468d4dbab5ef6a1894614a4560bee30a53d2fbed362ee88942eecc4'],
+    }),
+    ('GracefulPkg', '2.4.3', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPluto/GracefulPkg.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['c276b46b86b3bb0d7ced1436291344a748d9ee1c701ea176e26dd6b7a99ff325'],
+    }),
+    ('OpenSSL', '1.6.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaWeb/OpenSSL.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['8ef4df972ea186ba1df3afad6779f0106a5cdff86d5e22f572fdfc81fa2cd123'],
+    }),
+    ('RegistryInstances', '0.1.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/RegistryInstances.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['0958553b1de90bc7e8b040cc6494eb09f017bca65e6ff2fbc08fcb1eae08a4c7'],
+    }),
+    ('HTTP', '1.11.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['e5218808a5c30a171cb03a782077aee0381a4e28681f6444ed23eb563423c9f8'],
+    }),
+    (name, version, {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPluto/Pluto.jl/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['90f973cf5982ed763e00ee86917dae67b788ed2694ff40ce3167c18f70c45a81'],
+    }),
+]
 
 moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PySR/PySR-1.5.8-gfbf-2024a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PySR/PySR-1.5.8-gfbf-2024a.eb
index c25516e6f265..ab0d7712b8d0 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PySR/PySR-1.5.8-gfbf-2024a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PySR/PySR-1.5.8-gfbf-2024a.eb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     ('jupyter-server', '2.14.2'),
     ('hatchling', '1.24.2'),
     ('pytest', '8.3.3'),
-    ('Julia', '1.11.3', '-linux-x86_64', SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', '1.11.3', '', SYSTEM),
     ('coverage', '7.9.2'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RCall/RCall-0.13.17-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RCall/RCall-0.13.17-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb
index 39572109326e..2be485ddaf1d 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RCall/RCall-0.13.17-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RCall/RCall-0.13.17-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2022a'}
 
 dependencies = [
     ('R', '4.2.1'),
-    ('Julia', local_juliaver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', local_juliaver, '', SYSTEM),
 ]
 
-exts_default_options = {
-    'source_tmpl': 'v%(version)s.tar.gz',
-}
-
 exts_list = [
     ('Preferences', '1.4.1', {
         'source_urls': ['https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Preferences.jl/archive/'],
@@ -237,18 +233,8 @@ exts_list = [
             {'RCall-0.13.17-disable_gpu_test.patch':
              '2e66a68a62017f40eb7a3c00ab63482a4eed495d24fa9b5fc807baca72222d20'},
         ],
+        'runtest': True,
     }),
 ]
 
-local_julia_env = "%(installdir)s/environments/v" + '.'.join(local_juliaver.split('.')[:2])
-
-sanity_check_commands = [
-    """LC_ALL=C julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.activate("%s"); Pkg.test("%%(name)s")'""" % local_julia_env,
-]
-
-sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': [],
-    'dirs': ['packages/%(name)s'],
-}
-
 moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/ResistanceGA/ResistanceGA-4.2-5-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/ResistanceGA/ResistanceGA-4.2-5-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb
index 03e40a493f24..9f3cd4bb53eb 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/ResistanceGA/ResistanceGA-4.2-5-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/ResistanceGA/ResistanceGA-4.2-5-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1-Julia-1.9.2.eb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2022a'}
 
 dependencies = [
     ('R', '4.2.1'),
-    ('Julia', local_juliaver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', local_juliaver, '', SYSTEM),
     ('RCall', '0.13.17', versionsuffix),  # order matters! RCall must be loaded before Circuitscape (#19281)
     ('Circuitscape', '5.12.3', '-Julia-%s' % local_juliaver, SYSTEM),
     ('Suppressor', '0.2.4', '-Julia-%s' % local_juliaver, SYSTEM),
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Suppressor/Suppressor-0.2.4-Julia-1.9.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Suppressor/Suppressor-0.2.4-Julia-1.9.2.eb
index 5b443b3fac56..2701c3d9bc53 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Suppressor/Suppressor-0.2.4-Julia-1.9.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/Suppressor/Suppressor-0.2.4-Julia-1.9.2.eb
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
 checksums = ['5075b06ed6aa0956c786e5b5fe3d77571a4dd34e6d63b45e113c312729384cf4']
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Julia', _julia_ver, '-linux-%s' % ARCH, SYSTEM),
+    ('Julia', _julia_ver),
 ]
 
+runtest = True
+
 moduleclass = 'lib'