diff --git a/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_forcing.F90 b/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_forcing.F90
index 851213579..9002d0448 100755
--- a/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_forcing.F90
+++ b/cicecore/cicedyn/general/ice_forcing.F90
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ subroutine JRA55_files(yr)
       ! The files will generally be of the format
       !    $atm_data_type/[JRA55,JRA55do,'']/8XDAILY/[JRA55,JRA55do][_$grid,'']_03hr_forcing[_$grid,'']_$year.nc
       ! The options defined by cnt try several versions of paths/filenames
-      ! As a user, 
+      ! As a user,
       !    atm_data_type should be set to JRA55, JRA55do, JRA55_xxx, or JRA55do_xxx
       !       where xxx can be any set of characters.  The _xxx if included will be ignored.
       !       Historically, these were set to JRA55_gx1 and so forth but the _gx1 is no longer needed
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ subroutine JRA55_files(yr)
       !       is atm_data_type with _ and everything after _ removed.
       !    atm_data_dir should be set to ${CICE_DATA_root}/forcing/$grid/[JRA55,JRA55do,'']
       !       The [JRA55,JRA55do] at the end of the atm_data_dir is optional to provide backwards
-      !       compatibility and if not included, will be appended automaticaly using 
+      !       compatibility and if not included, will be appended automaticaly using
       !       the atm_data_type_prefix value.  The grid is typically gx1, gx3, tx1, or similar.
       ! In general, we recommend using the following format
       !    atm_data_type = [JRA55,JRA55do]
diff --git a/configuration/scripts/cice.batch.csh b/configuration/scripts/cice.batch.csh
index d1a531de0..5a47decf1 100755
--- a/configuration/scripts/cice.batch.csh
+++ b/configuration/scripts/cice.batch.csh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cat >> ${jobfile} << EOFB
 #PBS -A ${acct}
 #PBS -l select=${nnodes}:ncpus=${corespernode}:mpiprocs=${taskpernodelimit}:ompthreads=${nthrds}
 #PBS -l walltime=${batchtime}
-#PBS -j oe 
+#PBS -j oe
 #PBS -W umask=022
 #PBS -o ${ICE_CASEDIR}
 ###PBS -M username@domain.com
diff --git a/configuration/scripts/machines/Macros.derecho_intel b/configuration/scripts/machines/Macros.derecho_intel
index 1ea4fe30c..df0d2320e 100644
--- a/configuration/scripts/machines/Macros.derecho_intel
+++ b/configuration/scripts/machines/Macros.derecho_intel
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LD:= $(FC)
 
 NETCDF_PATH := $(NETCDF)
 
-PIO_CONFIG_OPTS:= --enable-filesystem-hints=gpfs 
+#PIO_CONFIG_OPTS:= --enable-filesystem-hints=gpfs
 
 PNETCDF_PATH := $(PNETCDF)
 #PNETCDF_PATH := /glade/u/apps/ch/opt/pio/2.2/mpt/2.15f/intel/17.0.1/lib
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ LIB_NETCDF := $(NETCDF)/lib
 #SLIBS   := -L$(LIB_NETCDF) -lnetcdf -lnetcdff -L$(LIB_PNETCDF) -lpnetcdf -lgptl
 SLIBS   := -L$(LIB_NETCDF) -lnetcdf -lnetcdff
 
-ifeq ($(ICE_THREADED), true) 
-   LDFLAGS += -qopenmp 
-   CFLAGS += -qopenmp 
-   FFLAGS += -qopenmp 
+ifeq ($(ICE_THREADED), true)
+   LDFLAGS += -qopenmp
+   CFLAGS += -qopenmp
+   FFLAGS += -qopenmp
 endif
 
 #ifeq ($(ICE_IOTYPE), pio1)