diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glvis/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glvis/package.py
index 310c9695b5e..52a78223628 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glvis/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glvis/package.py
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ def common_args(self):
             "CONFIG_MK={0}".format(self.spec["mfem"].package.config_mk),
         ]
 
+        # https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/42839
+        result.append("CPPFLAGS=-DGLEW_NO_GLU")
+
         if self.spec.satisfies("@4.0:"):
             # Spack will inject the necessary include dirs and link paths via
             # its compiler wrapper, so we can skip them: