diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.base.emc.dyn b/parm/config/gfs/config.base.emc.dyn
index d3e28eb477..250ce03a48 100644
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.base.emc.dyn
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.base.emc.dyn
@@ -377,11 +377,7 @@ export binary_diag=".false."
 
 # Verification options
 # MET/METplus is not yet supported on Hercules
-if [[ "${machine}" == "HERCULES" ]]; then
-   export DO_METP="NO"
-else
-   export DO_METP="YES"         # Run METPLUS jobs - set METPLUS settings in config.metp; not supported with spack-stack
-fi
+export DO_METP="YES"         # Run METPLUS jobs - set METPLUS settings in config.metp; not supported with spack-stack
 export DO_FIT2OBS="YES"      # Run fit to observations package
 export DO_VRFY_OCEANDA="NO"  # Run SOCA Ocean DA verification tasks