diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hdf-eos2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hdf-eos2/package.py
index b241ae8f121..c40868e153e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hdf-eos2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hdf-eos2/package.py
@@ -92,8 +92,5 @@ def configure_args(self):
         if self.spec['zlib']:
             extra_args.append('--with-zlib={0}'.format(
                 self.spec['zlib'].prefix))
-        if self.spec['szip']:
-            extra_args.append('--with-szlib={0}'.format(
-                self.spec['szip'].prefix))
 
         return extra_args