--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -324,25 +324,16 @@
         set_config_option(HAVE_BLAS "Blas(IntelMKL)")
         set_config_option(HAVE_LAPACK "Lapack(IntelMKL)")
       else(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
-        # on Linux also try to find ATLAS without a Fortran compiler, because
-        # cmake ships with a buggy FindBLAS e.g. on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
-        set(ATLAS_LIBS_REQUIRED lapack f77blas cblas atlas)
-        find_all_libraries(LAPACK_LIBRARIES ATLAS_LIBS_REQUIRED "" "")
+        # try with generic names
+        set(GENERIC_LIBS_REQUIRED lapack blas pthread)
+        find_all_libraries(LAPACK_LIBRARIES GENERIC_LIBS_REQUIRED "" "")
         if(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
-          set_config_option(HAVE_BLAS "Blas(ATLAS)")
-          set_config_option(HAVE_LAPACK "Lapack(ATLAS)")
-        else(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
-          # try with generic names
-          set(GENERIC_LIBS_REQUIRED lapack blas pthread)
-          find_all_libraries(LAPACK_LIBRARIES GENERIC_LIBS_REQUIRED "" "")
-          if(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
-            set_config_option(HAVE_BLAS "Blas(Generic)")
-            set_config_option(HAVE_LAPACK "Lapack(Generic)")
-            find_library(GFORTRAN_LIB gfortran)
-            if(GFORTRAN_LIB)
-              list(APPEND LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${GFORTRAN_LIB})
-            endif(GFORTRAN_LIB)
-          endif(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
+          set_config_option(HAVE_BLAS "Blas(Generic)")
+          set_config_option(HAVE_LAPACK "Lapack(Generic)")
+          find_library(GFORTRAN_LIB gfortran)
+          if(GFORTRAN_LIB)
+            list(APPEND LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${GFORTRAN_LIB})
+          endif(GFORTRAN_LIB)
         endif(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
       endif(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
     elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")