diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi-ifx.yaml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi-ifx.yaml
index 182a8dd6c..2d021efae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi-ifx.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi-ifx.yaml
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ jobs:
             spack install --fail-fast --source --no-check-signature 2>&1 | tee log.install.${ENVNAME}.all
             spack buildcache create -u local-binary
 
-            # Check for libirc.so in shared libraries (returns 1=error if found)
-            ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_libirc.sh
-
             # Remove buildcache config settings
             spack config remove config:install_tree:padded_length
 
@@ -213,9 +210,6 @@ jobs:
           # Check shared libraries
           ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/ldd_check.py $SPACK_ENV 2>&1 | tee log.ldd_check
 
-          # Check for libirc.so in shared libraries (returns 1=error if found)
-          ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_libirc.sh
-
           # Create modules
           spack clean -a
           spack module tcl refresh -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi.yaml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi.yaml
index c6b9d436b..821cf9278 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64-oneapi.yaml
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ jobs:
             spack install --fail-fast --source --no-check-signature 2>&1 | tee log.install.${ENVNAME}.all
             spack buildcache create -u local-binary
 
-            # Check for libirc.so in shared libraries (returns 1=error if found)
-            ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_libirc.sh
-
             # Remove buildcache config settings
             spack config remove config:install_tree:padded_length
 
@@ -213,9 +210,6 @@ jobs:
           # Check shared libraries
           ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/ldd_check.py $SPACK_ENV 2>&1 | tee log.ldd_check
 
-          # Check for libirc.so in shared libraries (returns 1=error if found)
-          ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_libirc.sh
-
           # Create modules
           spack clean -a
           spack module tcl refresh -y
diff --git a/configs/common/packages.yaml b/configs/common/packages.yaml
index 376a315e1..72464e694 100644
--- a/configs/common/packages.yaml
+++ b/configs/common/packages.yaml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ packages:
       - ~netcdf
     hdf5:
       require:
-      - '@1.14.5'
+      - '@2.1.0'
       - +hl
       - +fortran
       - +mpi
@@ -389,10 +389,9 @@ packages:
       require:
       - '@2.6.2'
       - +pnetcdf
-    # DH* CAN WE UPDATE? NEED A NEW SHARED-INTEL PATCH?
     parallel-netcdf:
       require:
-      - '@1.12.3'
+      - '@1.14.1'
     pflogger:
       require:
       - +mpi
diff --git a/configs/common/packages_oneapi.yaml b/configs/common/packages_oneapi.yaml
index a60141866..cd4aaba18 100644
--- a/configs/common/packages_oneapi.yaml
+++ b/configs/common/packages_oneapi.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ packages:
     lapack:
       require:
       - intel-oneapi-mkl
+    # Force fixing libirc.so/libimf.so in intel-oneapi-runtime
+    intel-oneapi-compilers:
+      require:
+      - +fix_rt_linkage
     # Individual package settings
     antlr:
       require:
@@ -63,9 +67,6 @@ packages:
     oops:
       require:
       - +mkl
-    parallel-netcdf:
-      require:
-      - +shared-intel
     patchelf:
       require:
       - '%c=gcc'
diff --git a/util/check_libirc.sh b/util/check_libirc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 62e6f625a..000000000
--- a/util/check_libirc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-ierror=0
-
-searchfor="libirc.so"
-
-echo "Checking shared libraries for ${searchfor} ..."
-for file in `find ${SPACK_ENV} -type f -iname '*.so*'`; do
-  # Return code from grep is 1 if not found, 0 if found
-  ldd $file 2>&1 | grep "${searchfor}"
-  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Found ${searchfor} linked in ${file}"
-    ierror=1
-  fi
-done
-
-echo "Checking executables for ${searchfor} ..."
-for file in `find ${SPACK_ENV} -type f -executable`; do
-  # Return code from grep is 1 if not found, 0 if found
-  ldd $file 2>&1 | grep "${searchfor}"
-  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Found ${searchfor} linked in ${file}"
-    ierror=1
-  fi
-done
-
-exit ${ierror}