diff --git a/src/libext/scalapack/build_scalapa.sh b/src/libext/scalapack/build_scalapa.sh
index 8a7cdabe22..1190069c2d 100755
--- a/src/libext/scalapack/build_scalapa.sh
+++ b/src/libext/scalapack/build_scalapa.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fi
 CMAKE_VER_MAJ=$(${CMAKE} --version|cut -d " " -f 3|head -1|cut -d. -f1)
 CMAKE_VER_MIN=$(${CMAKE} --version|cut -d " " -f 3|head -1|cut -d. -f2)
 echo CMAKE_VER is ${CMAKE_VER_MAJ} ${CMAKE_VER_MIN}
-if ((CMAKE_VER_MAJ < 3)) || (((CMAKE_VER_MAJ > 2) && (CMAKE_VER_MIN < 24))); then
+if ((CMAKE_VER_MAJ < 3)) || (((CMAKE_VER_MAJ > 2) && (CMAKE_VER_MIN < 99))); then
     cmake_instdir=../libext_utils
     get_cmake_release $cmake_instdir
     status=$?