diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py
index fbcf0f5be8ab4a2c1e2d4f4df3daccf42032cddd..ee060b836888750f1d26da2f852e3713fd383043 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class Aluminum(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     variant('nccl', default=False, description='Builds with support for NCCL communication lib')
     variant('ht', default=False, description='Builds with support for host-enabled MPI'
             ' communication of accelerator data')
-    variant('mpi_gpu_rdma', default=False, description='Builds with support for using RMA'
-            ' features in a MPI-GPU RDMA enabled library')
+    variant('cuda_rma', default=False, description='Builds with support for CUDA intra-node '
+            ' Put/Get and IPC RMA functionality')
 
     depends_on('cmake@3.16.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('mpi')
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             args.extend([
                 '-DALUMINUM_ENABLE_HOST_TRANSFER:BOOL=%s' % ('+ht' in spec),
                 '-DALUMINUM_ENABLE_MPI_CUDA:BOOL=%s' %
-                ('+mpi_gpu_rdma' in spec),
+                ('+cuda_rma' in spec),
                 '-DALUMINUM_ENABLE_MPI_CUDA_RMA:BOOL=%s' %
-                ('+mpi_gpu_rdma' in spec)])
+                ('+cuda_rma' in spec)])
         else:
             args.extend([
                 '-DALUMINUM_ENABLE_MPI_CUDA:BOOL=%s' % ('+ht' in spec)])
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
index 7f444d8aff8627ccc24ecf0b413eaffabde771ca..db3dfdfb6c4ac70264c0ddaf1b0bc01c55efa0d8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Dihydrogen(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     depends_on('catch2', type='test')
 
     depends_on('aluminum', when='+al ~cuda')
-    depends_on('aluminum +cuda +nccl +ht +mpi_gpu_rdma', when='+al +cuda')
+    depends_on('aluminum +cuda +nccl +ht +cuda_rma', when='+al +cuda')
 
     depends_on('cuda', when=('+cuda' or '+legacy'))
     depends_on('cudnn', when=('+cuda' or '+legacy'))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py
index 41d55416489049f8ad08e3c8bf3030dc55ee313a..8d0bc9398dcac124680160c23064909f058bda13 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Hydrogen(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     depends_on('netlib-lapack +external-blas', when='blas=essl')
 
     depends_on('aluminum', when='+al ~cuda')
-    depends_on('aluminum +cuda +nccl +ht +mpi_gpu_rdma', when='+al +cuda')
+    depends_on('aluminum +cuda +nccl +ht +cuda_rma', when='+al +cuda')
 
     # Note that this forces us to use OpenBLAS until #1712 is fixed
     depends_on('lapack', when='blas=openblas ~openmp_blas')