diff --git a/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml b/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
index 0f1c16c0b91a..2aaed4a761b4 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
+++ b/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
@@ -3177,11 +3177,11 @@
         <env name="MPIR_CVAR_ENABLE_GPU">0</env>
         <env name="GPU_TILE_COMPACT"> </env>
     </environment_variables>
-    <environment_variables SMP_PRESENT="TRUE" compiler="!gnu">
+    <environment_variables BUILD_THREADED="TRUE" compiler="!gnu">
         <env name="KMP_AFFINITY">verbose,granularity=thread,balanced</env>
         <env name="OMP_STACKSIZE">128M</env>
     </environment_variables>
-    <environment_variables SMP_PRESENT="TRUE" compiler="gnu">
+    <environment_variables BUILD_THREADED="TRUE" compiler="gnu">
         <env name="OMP_PLACES">threads</env>
         <env name="OMP_STACKSIZE">128M</env>
     </environment_variables>