diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/moab/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/moab/package.py
index b1b4d79b3f4a8fa19e3050773e2f799380d0c0e3..6ca3c70ba1e2ea97b021d6cd23d89ba4532d9b13 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/moab/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/moab/package.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ class Moab(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     patch('tools-492.patch', when='@4.9.2')
 
+    @run_before('configure')
+    def remove_march_native(self):
+        filter_file('-march=native', '', 'configure', string=True)
+
     def configure_args(self):
         spec = self.spec