diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b2e7aa3d9..62bf4eb71 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ include_directories(BEFORE ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories(BEFORE
   gtsam/3rdparty/UFconfig
   gtsam/3rdparty/CCOLAMD/Include
-  gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/include
-  gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/libmetis
-  gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/GKlib
+  gtsam/3rdparty/metis/include
+  gtsam/3rdparty/metis/libmetis
+  gtsam/3rdparty/metis/GKlib
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
   ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} # So we can include generated config header files
   CppUnitLite)
diff --git a/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 38c084e25..64636d262 100644
--- a/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif()
 option(GTSAM_BUILD_METIS "Build metis library" ON)
 option(GTSAM_BUILD_METIS_EXECUTABLES "Build metis library executables" OFF)
 if(GTSAM_BUILD_METIS)
-	add_subdirectory(metis-5.1.0)
+	add_subdirectory(metis)
 endif(GTSAM_BUILD_METIS)
 ############ NOTE:  When updating GeographicLib be sure to disable building their examples
 ############        and unit tests by commenting out their lines:
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/MetisIndex.h b/gtsam/inference/MetisIndex.h
index 684755895..ff67a5e21 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/MetisIndex.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/MetisIndex.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <gtsam/base/timing.h>
 #include <gtsam/inference/Key.h>
 #include <gtsam/inference/FactorGraph.h>
-#include <gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/include/metis.h>
+#include <gtsam/3rdparty/metis/include/metis.h>
 #include <boost/bimap.hpp>
 
 namespace gtsam {
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp b/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp
index 81f9ddb5c..5ae25d543 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/inference/Ordering.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <gtsam/inference/Ordering.h>
 #include <gtsam/3rdparty/CCOLAMD/Include/ccolamd.h>
-#include <gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/include/metis.h>
+#include <gtsam/3rdparty/metis/include/metis.h>
 
 using namespace std;