diff --git a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnu_chicoma-cpu.cmake b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnu_chicoma-cpu.cmake
index a6148451eb76..a6c13942620f 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnu_chicoma-cpu.cmake
+++ b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnu_chicoma-cpu.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ endif()
 set(PIO_FILESYSTEM_HINTS "lustre")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE " -O2 -g")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE " -O2 -g")
+string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
 set(MPICC "cc")
 set(MPICXX "CC")
 set(MPIFC "ftn")
diff --git a/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml b/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
index 56d3611cbae2..21c0546a74c9 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
+++ b/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
@@ -4215,7 +4215,7 @@ commented out until "*** No rule to make target '.../libadios2pio-nm-lib.a'" iss
     <DIN_LOC_ROOT_CLMFORC>/usr/projects/e3sm/inputdata/atm/datm7</DIN_LOC_ROOT_CLMFORC>
     <DOUT_S_ROOT>/lustre/scratch5/$ENV{USER}/E3SM/archive/$CASE</DOUT_S_ROOT>
     <BASELINE_ROOT>/lustre/scratch5/$ENV{USER}/E3SM/input_data/ccsm_baselines/$COMPILER</BASELINE_ROOT>
-    <CCSM_CPRNC>/usr/projects/climate/SHARED_CLIMATE/software/badger/cprnc</CCSM_CPRNC>
+    <CCSM_CPRNC>/usr/projects/e3sm/software/chicoma-cpu/cprnc</CCSM_CPRNC>
     <GMAKE_J>10</GMAKE_J>
     <TESTS>e3sm_developer</TESTS>
     <NTEST_PARALLEL_JOBS>4</NTEST_PARALLEL_JOBS>
@@ -4300,7 +4300,6 @@ commented out until "*** No rule to make target '.../libadios2pio-nm-lib.a'" iss
         <command name="load">cray-hdf5-parallel/1.12.2.9</command>
         <command name="load">cray-netcdf-hdf5parallel/4.9.0.9</command>
         <command name="load">cray-parallel-netcdf/1.12.3.9</command>
-        <command name="load">cmake/3.27.7</command>
       </modules>
 
       <modules compiler="!intel">
@@ -4310,6 +4309,9 @@ commented out until "*** No rule to make target '.../libadios2pio-nm-lib.a'" iss
         <command name="load">cray-hdf5-parallel/1.12.2.3</command>
         <command name="load">cray-netcdf-hdf5parallel/4.9.0.3</command>
         <command name="load">cray-parallel-netcdf/1.12.3.3</command>
+      </modules>
+
+      <modules>
         <command name="load">cmake/3.27.7</command>
       </modules>
     </module_system>