diff --git a/wmake/scripts/have_kahip b/wmake/scripts/have_kahip
index 3dcf7c952b7340d09543e8204cf7c856254d8813..b1b722b9af2e786148cb1a3ac971559ac385e1e3 100644
--- a/wmake/scripts/have_kahip
+++ b/wmake/scripts/have_kahip
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ have_kahip()
         # FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN is allowed to be unset
         library=$(findFirstFile \
             $FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN/$library \
-            $METIS_ARCH_PATH/lib/$static \
-            $METIS_ARCH_PATH/lib/$library \
-            $METIS_ARCH_PATH/lib$WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH/$static \
-            $METIS_ARCH_PATH/lib$WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH/$library \
+            $KAHIP_ARCH_PATH/lib/$static \
+            $KAHIP_ARCH_PATH/lib/$library \
+            $KAHIP_ARCH_PATH/lib$WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH/$static \
+            $KAHIP_ARCH_PATH/lib$WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH/$library \
         )
     elif isSystem "$KAHIP_ARCH_PATH"
     then