diff --git a/academic/spqr/spqr.info b/academic/spqr/spqr.info
index 560066f756..eff7ce4d4d 100644
--- a/academic/spqr/spqr.info
+++ b/academic/spqr/spqr.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse/archive/v5.8.1/Suit
 MD5SUM="c414679bbc9432a3def01b31ad921140"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="blas lapack suitesparseconfig cholmod"
+REQUIRES="cholmod"
 MAINTAINER="Kyle Guinn"
 EMAIL="elyk03@gmail.com"