diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/minimap2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/minimap2/package.py
index 16f7f7aec12..4c8e2a1c4c3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/minimap2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/minimap2/package.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def install_minimap2(self):
         if self.spec.target.family == 'aarch64':
             make_arg.extend([
                 'arm_neon=1',
-                'aarch64~1'
+                'aarch64=1'
             ])
         make(*make_arg)
         mkdirp(prefix.bin)