diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpi.scm b/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
index 30169f76d446f823a4631479b7db415699c34dc8..41655a4a5ce1a049dc46347f47f63cd3cac956ce 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
@@ -210,12 +210,6 @@ (define-public openmpi
                            "--with-hwloc=external"
                            "--with-libevent"
 
-                           ;; Make sure ./configure fails if one of these is
-                           ;; missing.
-                           "--with-ucx"
-                           "--with-psm"
-                           "--with-psm2"
-
                            ;; InfiniBand support
                            "--enable-openib-control-hdr-padding"
                            "--enable-openib-dynamic-sl"