diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plasma/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plasma/package.py
index 561c6f85b1..e056f5d948 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plasma/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plasma/package.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Plasma(CMakePackage):
     maintainers = ['luszczek']
 
     version("develop", hg=hg)
+    version("19.8.1", sha256="3a5db6eabf91aec782b7f27b17a7f6b8ce2c9d8e648c0e9c0ff5d87277ba4d17")
     version("19.8.0", sha256="19a950ade8a7c8d082f372789c9f874274a63217ecff26e33f366402f060f071")
     version("18.11.1", sha256="0581cc8b1188932fd9c29bd258ffe2dc8fb26b1530c5dc3d91f8de369e44edbc")
     version("18.11.0", sha256="36501488be5b4b2b973524824e1afd27779d37addfeeb34c1871ba753b6c06bf")
@@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ def cmake_args(self):
         options = list()
 
         options.extend([
-            "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%s" % prefix,
-            "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR:PATH=%s/lib" % prefix,
             "-DBLAS_LIBRARIES=%s" % self.spec["blas"].libs.joined(";"),
             "-DLAPACK_LIBRARIES=%s" % self.spec["lapack"].libs.joined(";")
         ])