diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kvtree/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kvtree/package.py
index 443f644acb3..98b025ecb85 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kvtree/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kvtree/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
         if self.spec.satisfies('%cce'):
             if name == 'ldflags':
                 flags.append('-Wl,-z,muldefs')
-            return (flags, None, None)
+        return (flags, None, None)
 
     def cmake_args(self):
         args = []