diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scorep/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scorep/package.py
index bc6ea1b4c9..cf0baf5164 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scorep/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scorep/package.py
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ def configure_args(self):
         ]
 
         cname = spec.compiler.name
-        config_args.append("--with-nocross-compiler-suite={0}".format(cname))
+        if not spec.satisfies("platform=cray"):
+            config_args.append("--with-nocross-compiler-suite={0}".format(cname))
 
         if self.version >= Version("4.0"):
             config_args.append("--with-cubew=%s" % spec["cubew"].prefix.bin)
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ def configure_args(self):
             config_args.append("--with-libunwind=%s" % spec["libunwind"].prefix)
 
         config_args += self.with_or_without("shmem")
-        config_args += self.with_or_without("mpi")
+        if not spec.satisfies("platform=cray"):
+            config_args += self.with_or_without("mpi")
 
         if spec.satisfies("^intel-mpi"):
             config_args.append("--with-mpi=intel3")