diff --git a/profiles/default/package.mask b/profiles/default/package.mask
index 6b2c0b67e..31454ea03 100644
--- a/profiles/default/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/package.mask
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-# block lapack
-=sci-libs/lapack-3.8.0
-=virtual/blas-3.8
-=virtual/cblas-3.8
-=virtual/lapack-3.8
-
+sci-libs/blas-reference
 sci-libs/cblas-reference
+sci-libs/lapack-reference
 
 # deprecated
 sys-process/vixie-cron