diff --git a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/amdclanggpu_frontier.cmake b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/amdclanggpu_frontier.cmake
index 4412ea0de7b3..1deebdac85dc 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/amdclanggpu_frontier.cmake
+++ b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/amdclanggpu_frontier.cmake
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ string(APPEND CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE   " -O2")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE " -O2")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE   " -O2")
 
-string(APPEND SPIO_CMAKE_OPTS " -DPIO_ENABLE_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF")
-
 string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " --offload-arch=gfx90a")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -L$ENV{CRAY_MPICH_ROOTDIR}/gtl/lib -lmpi_gtl_hsa")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -L/opt/cray/pe/gcc/12.2.0/snos/lib64 -lgfortran -lstdc++")
diff --git a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/crayclanggpu_frontier.cmake b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/crayclanggpu_frontier.cmake
index a37ccde439e5..92567416c56c 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/crayclanggpu_frontier.cmake
+++ b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/crayclanggpu_frontier.cmake
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ endif()
 # https://github.com/E3SM-Project/E3SM/pull/5208
 string(APPEND CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS " -hipa0 -hzero -em -ef -hnoacc")
 
-string(APPEND SPIO_CMAKE_OPTS " -DPIO_ENABLE_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF")
-
 string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " --offload-arch=gfx90a")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -L$ENV{CRAY_MPICH_ROOTDIR}/gtl/lib -lmpi_gtl_hsa")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -L$ENV{ROCM_PATH}/lib -lamdhip64")
diff --git a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnugpu_frontier.cmake b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnugpu_frontier.cmake
index 6ca4b83d9c2f..7a29a5ca1546 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnugpu_frontier.cmake
+++ b/cime_config/machines/cmake_macros/gnugpu_frontier.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ string(APPEND CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS " -Wno-implicit-interface")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE   " -O2")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE " -O2")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE   " -O2")
-string(APPEND SPIO_CMAKE_OPTS " -DPIO_ENABLE_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF")
 
 string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " --offload-arch=gfx90a")
 string(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS " -L$ENV{CRAY_MPICH_ROOTDIR}/gtl/lib -lmpi_gtl_hsa")
diff --git a/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml b/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
index 0b5c77c49ff7..fce20fca185d 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
+++ b/cime_config/machines/config_machines.xml
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@
       <cmd_path lang="python">/usr/share/lmod/lmod/libexec/lmod python</cmd_path>
       <modules compiler="crayclang.*">
         <command name="reset"></command>
-        <command name="switch">Core/24.07</command>
+        <command name="switch">Core Core/24.07</command>
         <command name="switch">PrgEnv-cray PrgEnv-cray/8.3.3</command>
         <command name="switch">cce cce/15.0.1</command>
         <!-- craype module to address tcmalloc runtime errors at startup -->
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@
       </modules>
       <modules compiler="amdclang.*">
         <command name="reset"></command>
-        <command name="switch">Core/24.07</command>
+        <command name="switch">Core Core/24.07</command>
         <command name="switch">PrgEnv-cray PrgEnv-amd/8.3.3</command>
         <command name="switch">amd amd/5.4.0</command>
       </modules>
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
       </modules>
       <modules compiler="gnu.*">
         <command name="reset"></command>
-        <command name="switch">Core/24.07</command>
+        <command name="switch">Core Core/24.07</command>
         <command name="switch">PrgEnv-cray PrgEnv-gnu/8.3.3</command>
         <command name="switch">gcc gcc/12.2.0</command>
       </modules>
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@
         <command name="load">subversion</command>
         <command name="load">git</command>
         <command name="load">zlib</command>
+        <command name="load">libfabric/1.15.2.0</command>
         <command name="load">cray-hdf5-parallel/1.12.2.1</command>
         <command name="load">cray-netcdf-hdf5parallel/4.9.0.1</command>
         <command name="load">cray-parallel-netcdf/1.12.3.1</command>
@@ -1139,9 +1140,6 @@
       <env name="OMP_PROC_BIND">spread</env>
       <env name="OMP_PLACES">threads</env>
     </environment_variables>
-<!--
-commented out until "*** No rule to make target '.../libadios2pio-nm-lib.a'" issue is resolved.
-
     <environment_variables compiler="gnu.*" mpilib="mpich">
       <env name="ADIOS2_ROOT">$SHELL{if [ -z "$ADIOS2_ROOT" ]; then echo /lustre/orion/cli115/world-shared/frontier/3rdparty/adios2/2.9.1/cray-mpich-8.1.23/gcc-11.2.0; else echo "$ADIOS2_ROOT"; fi}</env>
     </environment_variables>
@@ -1151,7 +1149,6 @@ commented out until "*** No rule to make target '.../libadios2pio-nm-lib.a'" iss
     <environment_variables compiler="amdclang.*" mpilib="mpich">
       <env name="ADIOS2_ROOT">$SHELL{if [ -z "$ADIOS2_ROOT" ]; then echo /lustre/orion/cli115/world-shared/frontier/3rdparty/adios2/2.9.1/cray-mpich-8.1.23/amdclang-15.0.0; else echo "$ADIOS2_ROOT"; fi}</env>
     </environment_variables>
--->
   </machine>
 
   <machine MACH="frontier-scream-gpu">