diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/seacas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/seacas/package.py
index 5204beeb05d..358ff1148c7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/seacas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/seacas/package.py
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ class Seacas(CMakePackage):
         deprecated=True,
     )
 
-    depends_on("c", type="build")  # generated
-    depends_on("cxx", type="build")  # generated
-    depends_on("fortran", type="build")  # generated
+    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+    depends_on("fortran", type="build", when="+fortran")
 
     # ###################### Variants ##########################
     # Package options