diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dac58ab5358..b4bf275c2de 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ option (PIO_ENABLE_LOGGING   "Enable debug logging (large output possible)" OFF)
 option (PIO_ENABLE_DOC       "Enable building PIO documentation"            ON)
 option (PIO_ENABLE_COVERAGE  "Enable code coverage"                         OFF)
 option (PIO_ENABLE_EXAMPLES  "Enable PIO examples"                          ON)
-option (PIO_ENABLE_NETCDF_INTEGRATION  "Enable netCDF integration (netcdf-c-4.7.4 or later required)" ON)
+option (PIO_ENABLE_NETCDF_INTEGRATION  "Enable netCDF integration"          OFF)
 option (PIO_INTERNAL_DOC     "Enable PIO developer documentation"           OFF)
 option (PIO_TEST_BIG_ENDIAN  "Enable test to see if machine is big endian"  ON)
 option (PIO_USE_MPIIO        "Enable support for MPI-IO auto detect"        ON)
diff --git a/cmake_config.h.in b/cmake_config.h.in
index 41e1a194687..ac4551f8b26 100644
--- a/cmake_config.h.in
+++ b/cmake_config.h.in
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 #define USE_VARD @USE_VARD@
 
-#cmakedefine HAVE_PAR_FILTERS @HAVE_PAR_FILTERS@
+#cmakedefine HAVE_PAR_FILTERS
 
-#cmakedefine NETCDF_INTEGRATION @NETCDF_INTEGRATION@
+#cmakedefine NETCDF_INTEGRATION
 
 #endif /* _PIO_CONFIG_ */