diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/abinit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/abinit/package.py
index 4f8238ed1be..6b4e8dee258 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/abinit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/abinit/package.py
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ def configure_args(self):
         is_using_intel_libraries = spec["lapack"].name in INTEL_MATH_LIBRARIES
         if is_using_intel_libraries:
             linalg_flavor = "mkl"
-        if spec.satisfies("@9:") and spec.satisfies("^openblas"):
+        elif spec.satisfies("@9:") and spec.satisfies("^openblas"):
             linalg_flavor = "openblas"
-        if spec.satisfies("@9:") and spec.satisfies("^fujitsu-ssl2"):
+        elif spec.satisfies("@9:") and spec.satisfies("^fujitsu-ssl2"):
             linalg_flavor = "openblas"
         else:
             linalg_flavor = "custom"