diff --git a/devbuild.sh b/devbuild.sh
index 9c4eecf64c..6edcc5495b 100755
--- a/devbuild.sh
+++ b/devbuild.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-ENV_FILE="docs/README_${PLATFORM}_${COMPILER}.txt"
+ENV_FILE="env/build_${PLATFORM}_${COMPILER}.env"
 if [ ! -f "$ENV_FILE" ]; then
   echo "ERROR: environment file ($ENV_FILE) does not exist for this platform/compiler combination"
   echo "PLATFORM=$PLATFORM"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a0951648a0..0389260826 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(UFS_UTILS
   SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/UFS_UTILS
   INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
   CMAKE_ARGS "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+  BUILD_ALWAYS TRUE
   )
 
 if(NOT CCPP_SUITES)
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(ufs_weather_model
                "-DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=${MPI_Fortran_COMPILER}"
                "-DNETCDF_DIR=$ENV{NETCDF}"
   INSTALL_COMMAND mkdir -p ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin && cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ufs_weather_model/src/ufs_weather_model-build/NEMS.exe ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/
+  BUILD_ALWAYS TRUE
   )
 
 ExternalProject_Add(EMC_post
@@ -29,4 +31,5 @@ ExternalProject_Add(EMC_post
   SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/EMC_post
   INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
   CMAKE_ARGS "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+  BUILD_ALWAYS TRUE
   )