diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 75c8935198ab8ca3c0a8a91a4ee3578898deb675..d84d5cd0d38e0d9740ee055d9f83566d6de3a1e5 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spack:
- eigen@3.3.9
- emacs@27.0:27.99 toolkit=athena
- fastjet@3.3.3
- - fmt@7.1.2 cxxstd=17
+ - fmt@7.1.2 +shared cxxstd=17
- gaudi@36.0
- geant4@10.7.1 cxxstd=17 +opengl +vecgeom +x11 +qt +threads
- genfit@2.00.00
diff --git a/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-attributes-cpp11_4.1.0.patch b/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-attributes-cpp11_4.1.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cc7f7f3caeb2d874c8e7d42e2a63d3abc69505e5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-attributes-cpp11_4.1.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/fmt/format.h b/fmt/format.h
-index 561a9e0..9faf5ca 100644
---- a/fmt/format.h
-+++ b/fmt/format.h
-@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ typedef __int64 intmax_t;
- # define FMT_HAS_CPP_ATTRIBUTE(x) 0
- #endif
-
--#if FMT_HAS_CPP_ATTRIBUTE(maybe_unused)
-+#if FMT_HAS_CPP_ATTRIBUTE(maybe_unused) && __cplusplus >= 201103L
- # define FMT_HAS_CXX17_ATTRIBUTE_MAYBE_UNUSED
- // VC++ 1910 support /std: option and that will set _MSVC_LANG macro
- // Clang with Microsoft CodeGen doesn't define _MSVC_LANG macro
diff --git a/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-no-export-cpp11flag_3.0.0.patch b/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-no-export-cpp11flag_3.0.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5ea4d86740f8c2801640af022fa1e2d9138075..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-no-export-cpp11flag_3.0.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/fmt/CMakeLists.txt b/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
-index c0ef02e..1634924 100644
---- a/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ if (FMT_CPPFORMAT)
- add_library(cppformat ${FMT_SOURCES} ${FMT_HEADERS})
- endif ()
-
--# Starting with cmake 3.1 the CXX_STANDARD property can be used instead.
--target_compile_options(fmt PUBLIC ${CPP11_FLAG})
- if (FMT_PEDANTIC)
- target_compile_options(fmt PRIVATE ${PEDANTIC_COMPILE_FLAGS})
- endif ()
diff --git a/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-use-cmake-cxx-standard_3.0.0.patch b/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-use-cmake-cxx-standard_3.0.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 407430bcfa3626db4ddab5ed415e31350eeb8d3f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spack/packages/fmt/fmt-use-cmake-cxx-standard_3.0.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/support/cmake/cxx11.cmake b/support/cmake/cxx11.cmake
-index 31ea106..8581b9a 100644
---- a/support/cmake/cxx11.cmake
-+++ b/support/cmake/cxx11.cmake
-@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ if (FMT_USE_CPP11)
- endif ()
- endif ()
-
-+if (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
-+ set(CPP11_FLAG )
-+endif ()
-+
- set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${CPP11_FLAG})
-
- # Check if variadic templates are working and not affected by GCC bug 39653:
diff --git a/spack/packages/fmt/package.py b/spack/packages/fmt/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e0aea9bd48276a240332dabd2d26d7ac0117720a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spack/packages/fmt/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
-
-from spack import *
-
-
-class Fmt(CMakePackage):
- """fmt (formerly cppformat) is an open-source formatting library.
- It can be used as a safe alternative to printf or as a fast alternative
- to C++ IOStreams."""
-
- homepage = "https://fmt.dev/"
- url = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/download/7.1.3/fmt-7.1.3.zip"
-
- version('7.1.3', sha256='5d98c504d0205f912e22449ecdea776b78ce0bb096927334f80781e720084c9f')
- version('7.1.2', sha256='4d6968ab7c01e95cc76df136755703defb985105a117b83057e4fd5d53680ea7')
- version('7.1.0', sha256='308af4e36ee3ab527b51014a2a5d862682c84f5d16f7a597aea34c84853cbcb0')
- version('6.1.2', sha256='63650f3c39a96371f5810c4e41d6f9b0bb10305064e6faf201cbafe297ea30e8')
- version('5.3.0', sha256='4c0741e10183f75d7d6f730b8708a99b329b2f942dad5a9da3385ab92bb4a15c')
- version('5.2.1', sha256='43894ab8fe561fc9e523a8024efc23018431fa86b95d45b06dbe6ddb29ffb6cd')
- version('5.2.0', sha256='c016db7f825bce487a7929e1edb747b9902a2935057af6512cad3df3a080a027')
- version('5.1.0', sha256='77ef9fea638dc846e484409fbc1ea710bb9bcea042e7b35b8805041bf7655ad5')
- version('5.0.0', sha256='8dd58daf13e7e8adca99f8725ef3ae598f9c97efda7d6d8d4c49db5047879097')
- version('4.1.0', sha256='9d49bf02ceb9d0eec51144b203b63b77e69d3798bb402fb82e7d0bdb06c79eeb')
- version('4.0.0', sha256='10a9f184d4d66f135093a08396d3b0a0ebe8d97b79f8b3ddb8559f75fe4fcbc3')
- version('3.0.2', sha256='51407b62a202b29d1a9c0eb5ecd4095d30031aea65407c42c25cb10cb5c59ad4')
- version('3.0.1', sha256='4c9af0dc919a8ae7022b44e1a03c435e42d65c866f44667d8d920d342b098550')
- version('3.0.0', sha256='1b050b66fa31b74f1d75a14f15e99e728ab79572f176a53b2f8ad7c201c30ceb')
-
- variant('cxxstd',
- default='11',
- values=('98', '11', '14', '17'),
- multi=False,
- description='Use the specified C++ standard when building')
- variant('pic', default=True, description='Enable generation of position-independent code')
-
- depends_on('cmake@3.1.0:', type='build')
-
- # Supported compilers/standards are detailed here:
- # http://fmtlib.net/latest/index.html#portability
- conflicts('%gcc@:4.3.999', when='@5:')
- conflicts('%llvm@:2.8.999', when='@5:')
- # 5 and above require C++11
- conflicts('cxxstd=98', when='@5:')
- # 5.0.0 enables C++14 auto return types in C++11 mode
- conflicts('cxxstd=11', when='@5.0.0')
- # 4.1 fails with C++17 (https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/722)
- conflicts('cxxstd=17', when='@4.1.0')
-
- # Use CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD to define C++ flag, as in later versions
- patch('fmt-use-cmake-cxx-standard_3.0.0.patch', when='@3.0.0')
-
- # Remove hardcoding of "-std=c++11/0x" in INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS
- patch('fmt-no-export-cpp11flag_3.0.0.patch', when='@3.0.0:3.0.1')
-
- # Only allow [[attributes]] on C++11 and higher
- patch('fmt-attributes-cpp11_4.1.0.patch', when='@4.1.0')
-
- def cmake_args(self):
- spec = self.spec
- args = []
-
- if '+pic' in spec:
- args.extend([
- '-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS={0}'.format(self.compiler.cc_pic_flag),
- '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS={0}'.format(self.compiler.cxx_pic_flag)
- ])
-
- args.append('-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD={0}'.format(
- spec.variants['cxxstd'].value))
- # Require standard at configure time to guarantee the
- # compiler supports the selected standard.
- args.append('-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED=ON')
-
- # S. Joosten --> hard build shared library version
- args.append('-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE')
-
- # When cxxstd is 98, must disable FMT_USE_CPP11
- if 'cxxstd=98' in spec:
- args.append('-DFMT_USE_CPP11=OFF')
-
- # Can't build docs without doxygen+python+virtualenv
- # and call to build "doc" target
- args.append("-DFMT_DOC=OFF")
-
- return args