diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
index be53144..e41ca4e 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ dev-games/physfs hog
 media-libs/svgalib -kernel-helper 
 app-misc/tuxcmd-modules gnome unrar
 media-sound/cmus mikmod
-sci-libs/hdf5 mpi threads szip
+sci-libs/hdf5 -mpi threads szip
 virtual/mpi romio
 sys-cluster/openmpi romio
 media-libs/libpng apng