diff --git a/modules/find/FindBLAS.cmake b/modules/find/FindBLAS.cmake
index 27a6b4f3edc3164242531d6f5fc257a3221d86ba..612773df66b06cb6a66ca017cf6bcec4163dc0ff 100644
--- a/modules/find/FindBLAS.cmake
+++ b/modules/find/FindBLAS.cmake
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "IBMESSL" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
       BLAS
       sgemm
       ""
-      "essl;xlfmath;xlf90_r;blas"
+      "essl"
       ""
       )
     if(NOT BLAS_FIND_QUIETLY)
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "IBMESSLMT" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
       BLAS
       sgemm
       ""
-      "esslsmp;xlsmp;xlfmath;xlf90_r;blas"
+      "esslsmp"
       ""
       )
     if(NOT BLAS_FIND_QUIETLY)
diff --git a/modules/find/FindLAPACK.cmake b/modules/find/FindLAPACK.cmake
index d07c61eec189f244bf5eae2e426547af6bc7efc9..8ae221e01aa31f3b243e1ff4c9ccb10fab18d719 100644
--- a/modules/find/FindLAPACK.cmake
+++ b/modules/find/FindLAPACK.cmake
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ if(BLAS_FOUND)
         LAPACK
         cheevd
         ""
-        "essl;lapack"
+        "essl"
         "${BLAS_LIBRARIES}"
         ""
         )
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ if(BLAS_FOUND)
         LAPACK
         cheevd
         ""
-        "esslsmp;lapack"
+        "esslsmp"
         "${BLAS_PAR_LIBRARIES}"
         ""
         )