diff --git a/definition-files/ubuntu/Singularity.ubuntu-18.04-openmpi-3.1.6 b/definition-files/ubuntu/Singularity.ubuntu-18.04-openmpi-3.1.6
index a03fe27eafe6a1e020b1b77fb55f1e3c2dddc4e7..45a5562984c2c5d2d7868b45b636f8f644b1c53d 100644
--- a/definition-files/ubuntu/Singularity.ubuntu-18.04-openmpi-3.1.6
+++ b/definition-files/ubuntu/Singularity.ubuntu-18.04-openmpi-3.1.6
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ From: mkandes/naked-singularity:ubuntu-18.04
     wget "${OMPI_ROOT_URL}/v${OMPI_MAJOR}.${OMPI_MINOR}/openmpi-${OMPI_VERSION}.tar.gz"
     tar -xf "openmpi-${OMPI_VERSION}.tar.gz"
     cd "openmpi-${OMPI_VERSION}"
-    ./configure --prefix="${OMPI_INSTALL_DIR}" --without-verbs
+    ./configure --prefix="${OMPI_INSTALL_DIR}"
     make all install
 
     cd /tmp