diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/cheyenne/run_vx.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/cheyenne/run_vx.local.lua
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+--[[
+Loading intel is really only necessary when running verification tasks
+with the COMPILER experiment parameter set to "gnu" because in that case,
+the intel libraries aren't loaded, but the MET/METplus vx software still
+needs them because it's built using the intel compiler.  Both the unload
+and load("intel") lines can be removed if/when there is a version of
+MET/METplus built using GNU.
+--]]
+unload("build_cheyenne_gnu")
+load("intel/2021.2")
+unload("python")
+load("python_srw")