diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibmisc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibmisc/package.py
index a3bd680655..8e6cf429a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibmisc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibmisc/package.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from spack import *
-import llnl.util.tty as tty
 
 class Ibmisc(CMakePackage):
     """Misc. reusable utilities used by IceBin."""
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ class Ibmisc(CMakePackage):
     variant('boost', default=True, description='Compile utilities for Boost library')
     variant('udunits2', default=True, description='Compile utilities for UDUNITS2 library')
     variant('googletest', default=True, description='Compile utilities for Google Test library')
-    variant('python', default=True, description='Compile utilities fro use with Python/Cython')
+    variant('python', default=True, description='Compile utilities for use with Python/Cython')
 
     extends('python')
 
@@ -27,18 +26,16 @@ class Ibmisc(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('netcdf-cxx4', when='+netcdf')
     depends_on('udunits2', when='+udunits2')
     depends_on('googletest', when='+googletest')
-#    depends_on('python', when='+python')
     depends_on('py-cython', when='+python')
     depends_on('py-numpy', when='+python')
     depends_on('boost', when='+boost')
 
-
-
     # Build dependencies
     depends_on('cmake')
     depends_on('doxygen')
 
-    def config_args(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
+        spec = self.spec
         return [
             '-DUSE_EVERYTRACE=%s' % ('YES' if '+everytrace' in spec else 'NO'),
             '-DUSE_PROJ4=%s' % ('YES' if '+proj' in spec else 'NO'),
@@ -47,4 +44,3 @@ def config_args(self, spec, prefix):
             '-DUSE_BOOST=%s' % ('YES' if '+boost' in spec else 'NO'),
             '-DUSE_UDUNITS2=%s' % ('YES' if '+udunits2' in spec else 'NO'),
             '-DUSE_GTEST=%s' % ('YES' if '+googletest' in spec else 'NO')]
-