diff --git a/cluster_configs/ifa-cluster.cmake b/cluster_configs/ifa-cluster.cmake
index 07ac50781952200af804af95caf6ca8c3e66176a..3b94fb043d3bf6e4184e86ca6a0e8c31f5258335 100644
--- a/cluster_configs/ifa-cluster.cmake
+++ b/cluster_configs/ifa-cluster.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endif()
 
 #specify stuff for run-script
 set(cluster_queue "epyc")
-if ( ${compiler_lc} STREQUAL "intel" OR ${compiler_lc} STREQUAL "intel_oneapi")
+if ( compiler_lc STREQUAL "intel" OR compiler_lc STREQUAL "intel_oneapi")
     set(run_exec "srun -u")
     set(prerun_env_export "module load mpi/impi && export I_MPI_PMI_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/libpmi.so")
 endif()
diff --git a/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx.cmake b/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx.cmake
index af55c7debfcd0a64ffeaadf5a97238b95404ebf3..1e2ad3f4d3e8eab5b480ebcaebff3874abb71210 100644
--- a/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx.cmake
+++ b/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #NETCDF support
 if (USE_NETCDF)
     set(CUSTOM_NETCDF true)
-    if ( ${compiler_lc} STREQUAL "intel" OR ${compiler_lc} STREQUAL "intel_oneapi")
+    if ( compiler_lc STREQUAL "intel" OR compiler_lc STREQUAL "intel_oneapi")
         set(NETCDF_PATH "/opt/ohpc/pub/libs/intel/impi/netcdf/4.9.0/")
         set(NETCDF_INC  "${NETCDF_PATH}include")
         set(NETCDF_LIB  "${NETCDF_PATH}lib")
diff --git a/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx2.cmake b/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx2.cmake
index 3fc90727431a9c1dbead336662261a64f4525e72..52bc64879aac0a99f894670a46aef7f8df9bb131 100644
--- a/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx2.cmake
+++ b/cluster_configs/inm-cluster-avx2.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #NETCDF support
 if (USE_NETCDF)
 set(CUSTOM_NETCDF true)
-if ( ${compiler_lc} STREQUAL "intel" OR ${compiler_lc} STREQUAL "intel_oneapi")
+if ( compiler_lc STREQUAL "intel" OR compiler_lc STREQUAL "intel_oneapi")
   set(NETCDF_PATH "/opt/ohpc/pub/libs/intel/impi/netcdf/4.9.0/")
   set(NETCDF_INC  "${NETCDF_PATH}include")
   set(NETCDF_LIB  "${NETCDF_PATH}lib")