diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 795e22186c..abbf3cc87b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
            'when',
            'ver',
            'alldeps',
-           'nolinks']
+           'nolink']
 from spack.package import Package, ExtensionConflictError
 from spack.package import CMakePackage, AutotoolsPackage, EditableMakefile
 from spack.version import Version, ver