diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/memaxes/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/memaxes/package.py
index b6a2f165116..cc271514896 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/memaxes/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/memaxes/package.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from spack.package import *
 
 
-class Memaxes(Package):
+class Memaxes(CMakePackage):
     """MemAxes is a visualizer for sampled memory trace data."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/llnl/MemAxes"
@@ -21,9 +21,3 @@ class Memaxes(Package):
 
     depends_on("cmake@2.8.9:", type="build")
     depends_on("qt@5:")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        with working_dir("spack-build", create=True):
-            cmake("..", *std_cmake_args)
-            make()
-            make("install")