diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elemental/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elemental/package.py
index ccc55092d0..f1cc77c33c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elemental/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elemental/package.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Elemental(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('python@:2.8', when='+python')
 
     @property
-    def elemental_libs(self):
+    def libs(self):
         shared = True if '+shared' in self.spec else False
         return find_libraries(
             'libEl', root=self.prefix, shared=shared, recurse=True
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
index 341487ca77..f0355fb96d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Lbann(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('elemental +openmp_blas +scalapack +shared +int64 +debug', when='+debug')
     depends_on('cuda', when='+gpu')
     depends_on('mpi')
-    depends_on('opencv@2.4.13', when='+opencv')
+    depends_on('opencv@3.2.0', when='+opencv')
     depends_on('protobuf@3.0.2')
 
     def build_type(self):
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             '-DWITH_VTUNE=OFF',
             '-DElemental_DIR={0}'.format(self.spec['elemental'].prefix),
             '-DELEMENTAL_MATH_LIBS={0}'.format(
-                self.spec['elemental'].elemental_libs),
+                self.spec['elemental'].libs),
             '-DVERBOSE=0',
             '-DLBANN_HOME=.',
             '-DLBANN_VER=spack']