diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globalarrays/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globalarrays/package.py
index 75289ace181..5847a5bbea4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globalarrays/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globalarrays/package.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ class Globalarrays(AutotoolsPackage):
     version("5.6.1", sha256="b324deed49f930f55203e1d18294ce07dd02680b9ac0728ebc54f94a12557ebc")
     version("5.6", sha256="a228dfbae9a6cfaae34694d7e56f589ac758e959b58f4bc49e6ef44058096767")
 
-    depends_on("c", type="build")  # generated
-    depends_on("fortran", type="build")  # generated
+    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+    depends_on("fortran", type="build")
 
     variant("cxx", default=False, description="Enable C++")
     variant("scalapack", default=False, description="Enable SCALAPACK")
@@ -52,8 +53,6 @@ class Globalarrays(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     depends_on("libfabric", when="armci=ofi")
     depends_on("rdma-core", when="armci=openib")
-
-    depends_on("cxx", type="build", when="+cxx")
     depends_on("scalapack", when="+scalapack")
 
     # See release https://github.com/GlobalArrays/ga/releases/tag/v5.7.1