diff --git a/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 705e7988e..c0ed7d8a9 100644
--- a/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,27 +11,21 @@ set(c_src
     read_mosaic.c
     tool_util.c)
 
-add_definitions(-Duse_netCDF)
-
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(Intel)$")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-traceback")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG
-      "-O0"
-  )
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0")
 elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Clang|AppleClang)$")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS " ")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE " ")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG " "
-  )
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG " ")
 endif()
 
-set(lib_name shared_all)
-add_library(${lib_name} STATIC ${c_src})
-target_include_directories(
-  ${lib_name} PRIVATE)
-target_link_libraries(
-  ${lib_name}
-  NetCDF::NetCDF_C)
+add_library(shared_all STATIC ${c_src})
+target_compile_definitions(shared_all PRIVATE use_netCDF)
+
+target_include_directories(shared_all PUBLIC ${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+
+target_link_libraries(shared_all NetCDF::NetCDF_C)
 
-install(TARGETS ${lib_name} RUNTIME DESTINATION ./)
+install(TARGETS shared_all RUNTIME DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/tools/make_hgrid/CMakeLists.txt b/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/tools/make_hgrid/CMakeLists.txt
index ebf597d97..334b86e76 100644
--- a/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/tools/make_hgrid/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sorc/fre-nctools.fd/tools/make_hgrid/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,30 +5,21 @@ set(c_src
   create_lonlat_grid.c
   make_hgrid.c)
 
-set ( PROJECT_LINK_LIBS libshared_all.a )
-link_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../shared_lib)
-include_directories(../../shared_lib)
-
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(Intel)$")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-traceback")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG
-      "-O0"
-  )
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0")
+    
 elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Clang|AppleClang)$")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS " ")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE " ")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG " "
-  )
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG " ")
 endif()
 
-set(exe_name make_hgrid)
-add_executable(${exe_name} ${c_src})
-target_include_directories(
-  ${exe_name} PRIVATE)
-target_link_libraries(
-  ${exe_name}
-  ${PROJECT_LINK_LIBS}
+add_executable(make_hgrid ${c_src})
+
+target_link_libraries(make_hgrid
+  shared_all
   NetCDF::NetCDF_C)
 
-install(TARGETS ${exe_name} RUNTIME DESTINATION exec)
+install(TARGETS make_hgrid RUNTIME DESTINATION exec)