diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py
index 8dc8cea63d..df9492e0b3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Flecsi(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('mpi', when='backend=mpi')
     depends_on('mpi', when='backend=legion')
     depends_on('mpi', when='backend=hpx')
-    depends_on('legion+shared+mpi', when='backend=legion')
+    depends_on('legion+shared', when='backend=legion')
     depends_on('legion+hdf5', when='backend=legion +hdf5')
     depends_on('legion build_type=Debug', when='backend=legion +debug_backend')
     depends_on('hpx@1.4.1 cxxstd=17 malloc=system max_cpu_count=128', when='backend=hpx')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/legion/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/legion/package.py
index d278a918f6..72aae80562 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/legion/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/legion/package.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def validate_gasnet_root(value):
     conflicts('+gasnet_debug', when='network=mpi')
     conflicts('+gasnet_debug', when='network=none')
 
-    variant('shared_libs', default=False,
+    variant('shared', default=False,
             description="Build shared libraries.")
 
     variant('bounds_checks', default=False,
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 raise InstallError("'gasnet_root' is only valid when 'network=gasnet'.")
             options.append('-DLegion_EMBED_GASNet=OFF')
 
-        if '+shared_libs' in spec:
+        if '+shared' in spec:
             options.append('-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON')
         else:
             options.append('-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF')