diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/suite-sparse/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/suite-sparse/package.py
index 7352eb2b30e..a442374d9a8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/suite-sparse/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/suite-sparse/package.py
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
             "KLU",
             "UMFPACK",
             "RBio",
-            "SPQR",
         ]
         if spec.satisfies("+cuda"):
             targets.extend(["SuiteSparse_GPURuntime", "GPUQREngine"])