diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wonton/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wonton/package.py
index 292ce177f66..29503a9a103 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wonton/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wonton/package.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             options.append('-DWONTON_ENABLE_Jali=OFF')
 
         # BROKEN DEPENDENCY!!!!!!
-        options.append(define_from_variant('WONTON_ENABLE_FleCSI', 'flecsi'))
+        options.append(self.define_from_variant('WONTON_ENABLE_FleCSI', 'flecsi'))
 
         # Unit test variant
         if self.run_tests: