diff --git a/cscs-checks/libraries/math/dgemm.py b/cscs-checks/libraries/math/dgemm.py
index c28ffcb103..852bc90b3d 100644
--- a/cscs-checks/libraries/math/dgemm.py
+++ b/cscs-checks/libraries/math/dgemm.py
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
-import os
+import reframe as rfm
 import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
 
-from reframe.core.pipeline import RegressionTest
 
-
-class DGEMMTest(RegressionTest):
-    def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__('DGEMM_' + name, os.path.dirname(__file__), **kwargs)
+class DGEMMTest(rfm.RegressionTest):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
         self.descr = 'DGEMM performance test'
         self.sourcepath = 'dgemm.c'
         self.executable_opts = ['5000', '5000', '5000']
-        self.cflags = None
-        self.ldflags = None
         self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found(
-            'Time for \d+ DGEMM operations', self.stdout)
+            r'Time for \d+ DGEMM operations', self.stdout)
         self.maintainers = ['AJ']
         self.tags = {'production'}
 
-    def compile(self):
-        self.current_environ.cflags  = self.cflags
-        self.current_environ.ldflags = self.ldflags
-        super().compile()
-
 
+@rfm.simple_test
 class DGEMMTestMonch(DGEMMTest):
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__('Monch', **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
         self.tags = {'monch_acceptance'}
         self.valid_systems = ['monch:compute']
         self.valid_prog_environs = ['PrgEnv-gnu']
@@ -35,12 +27,14 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.num_cpus_per_task = 20
         self.num_tasks_per_socket = 10
         self.use_multithreading = False
-        self.cflags  = '-O3 -I$EBROOTOPENBLAS/include'
-        self.ldflags = '-L$EBROOTOPENBLAS/lib -lopenblas -lpthread -lgfortran'
         self.variables = {
             'OMP_NUM_THREADS': str(self.num_cpus_per_task),
             'MV2_ENABLE_AFFINITY': '0'
         }
+        self.build_system = 'SingleSource'
+        self.build_system.cflags = ['-O3', '-I$EBROOTOPENBLAS/include']
+        self.build_system.ldflags = ['-L$EBROOTOPENBLAS/lib', '-lopenblas',
+                                     '-lpthread', '-lgfortran']
         self.perf_patterns = {
             'perf': sn.max(
                 sn.extractall(r'Run\s\d\s+:\s+(?P<gflops>\S+)\s\S+',
@@ -52,7 +46,3 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
                 'perf': (350, -0.1, None)
             }
         }
-
-
-def _get_checks(**kwargs):
-    return [DGEMMTestMonch(**kwargs)]