diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindGFLAGS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindGFLAGS.cmake
index 1dbce8b89..15a5522a1 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindGFLAGS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindGFLAGS.cmake
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if(APPLE)
 else()
     find_path(GFlags_ROOT_DIR
       libgflags.so
-      HINTS
+      PATHS
         /usr/lib
         /usr/lib64
         /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if(GFlags_ROOT_DIR)
     # We are testing only a couple of files in the include directories
     find_path(GFlags_INCLUDE_DIRS
       gflags/gflags.h
-      HINTS
+      PATHS
         /usr/include
         /usr/local/include
         /opt/local/include
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindGPERFTOOLS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindGPERFTOOLS.cmake
index bdc1d683f..57b2e01d2 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindGPERFTOOLS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindGPERFTOOLS.cmake
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
   NAMES tcmalloc
-  HINTS /usr/lib
+  PATHS /usr/lib
         /usr/lib64
         /usr/local/lib
         /usr/local/lib64
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
 
 find_library(GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
   NAMES profiler
-  HINTS /usr/lib
+  PATHS /usr/lib
         /usr/lib64
         /usr/local/lib
         /usr/local/lib64
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ find_library(GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
 
 find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC_AND_PROFILER
   NAMES tcmalloc_and_profiler
-  HINTS /usr/lib
+  PATHS /usr/lib
         /usr/lib64
         ${Gperftools_ROOT_DIR}/lib
         ${GPERFTOOLS_ROOT}/lib
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC_AND_PROFILER
 
 find_path(GPERFTOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR
   NAMES gperftools/heap-profiler.h
-  HINTS /usr/include
+  PATHS /usr/include
         /usr/local/include
         /opt/local/include
         ${Gperftools_ROOT_DIR}/include
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindMATIO.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindMATIO.cmake
index 7c586c972..d2d143567 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindMATIO.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindMATIO.cmake
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ endif()
 # Look for the header file.
 find_path(MATIO_INCLUDE_DIR
     NAMES matio.h
-    HINTS
+    PATHS
       /usr/include
       /usr/local/include
       /opt/local/include
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ find_path(MATIO_INCLUDE_DIR
 # Look for the library.
 find_library(MATIO_LIBRARY
     NAMES matio
-    HINTS
+    PATHS
       /usr/lib
       /usr/lib64
       /usr/lib/alpha-linux-gnu