diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd59b532b..05c389c16 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ endif()
 if(BUILD_POSTEXEC)
   if(BUILD_WITH_NEMSIO)
     find_package(nemsio REQUIRED)
+    find_package(sigio REQUIRED)
   endif()
-  find_package(sfcio REQUIRED)
-  find_package(sigio REQUIRED)
   find_package(sp REQUIRED)
   find_package(w3emc REQUIRED)
   if(BUILD_WITH_WRFIO)
diff --git a/modulefiles/upp_common.lua b/modulefiles/upp_common.lua
index e012f5652..c8e529e2f 100644
--- a/modulefiles/upp_common.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/upp_common.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ local ufs_modules = {
   {["w3emc"]           = "2.10.0"},
   {["nemsio"]          = "2.5.4"},
   {["sigio"]           = "2.3.2"},
-  {["sfcio"]           = "1.4.1"},
   {["wrf-io"]          = "1.2.0"},
 }
 
diff --git a/modulefiles/wcoss2.lua b/modulefiles/wcoss2.lua
index ce9dc5c72..eccb1d6df 100644
--- a/modulefiles/wcoss2.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/wcoss2.lua
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ load(pathJoin("w3emc", w3emc_ver))
 
 nemsio_ver=os.getenv("nemsio_ver") or "2.5.2"
 sigio_ver=os.getenv("sigio_ver") or "2.3.2"
-sfcio_ver=os.getenv("sfcio_ver") or "1.4.1"
 wrf_io_ver=os.getenv("wrf_io_ver") or "1.2.0"
 load(pathJoin("nemsio", nemsio_ver))
 load(pathJoin("sigio", sigio_ver))
-load(pathJoin("sfcio", sfcio_ver))
 load(pathJoin("wrf_io", wrf_io_ver))
 
 setenv("CC","cc")
diff --git a/sorc/ncep_post.fd/CMakeLists.txt b/sorc/ncep_post.fd/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dbcc79ce..a0ff8bad2 100644
--- a/sorc/ncep_post.fd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sorc/ncep_post.fd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ endif()
 list(APPEND LIB_SRC ${GTG_LIB_SRC})
 
 list(APPEND EXE_SRC
-    GFSPOSTSIG.F
     INITPOST.F
     INITPOST_NETCDF.f
     WRFPOST.F
@@ -171,6 +170,7 @@ if(BUILD_WITH_NEMSIO)
   list(APPEND EXE_SRC
     ASSIGNNEMSIOVAR.f
     GETNEMSNDSCATTER.f
+    GFSPOSTSIG.F
     INITPOST_GFS_NEMS_MPIIO.f
     INITPOST_NEMS.f)
 endif()
@@ -239,9 +239,7 @@ if(BUILD_POSTEXEC)
   target_link_libraries(${EXENAME} PRIVATE
     ${LIBNAME}
     w3emc::w3emc_4
-    sp::sp_4
-    sfcio::sfcio
-    sigio::sigio)
+    sp::sp_4)
   set_target_properties(${EXENAME} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE Fortran)
   if(IFI_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(${EXENAME} PRIVATE IFI)
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ if(BUILD_POSTEXEC)
     set_target_properties(nemsio::nemsio PROPERTIES
       INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "w3emc::w3emc_4;bacio::bacio_4")
     target_link_libraries(${EXENAME} PRIVATE
-      nemsio::nemsio)
+      nemsio::nemsio sigio::sigio)
     target_compile_definitions(${EXENAME} PRIVATE BUILD_WITH_NEMSIO)
   endif()
   if(wrf_io_FOUND)