diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0ac00b25d..d0f2dcb88 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ ENV NETCDF_LIBRARY=${NETCDF_HOME}
 ENV FOR_COARRAY_NUM_IMAGES=1
 ENV OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 ENV FC="${INTEL_DIR}/mpi/latest/bin/mpiifort"
+ENV FFLAGS="-fPIC -standard-semantics"
 ENV LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lnetcdff -lnetcdf -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -lsz -lz -lzstd -lbz2 -lcurl -lxml2"
 COPY ./cmake/ /swiftest/cmake/
 COPY ./src/ /swiftest/src/
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/SetFortranFlags.cmake b/cmake/Modules/SetFortranFlags.cmake
index 550738f13..d1edd9ae9 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/SetFortranFlags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/SetFortranFlags.cmake
@@ -81,14 +81,6 @@ SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
                 Fortran "-fsignaling-nans " # GNU
                 ) 
                
-
-# Determines whether the current Fortran Standard behavior of the compiler is fully implemented. 
-SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
-                Fortran "-standard-semantics" # Intel
-                        "/standard-semantics" # Intel Windows
-                )
-
-
 # Allows for lines longer than 80 characters without truncation
 SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
                 Fortran "-ffree-line-length-none" # GNU (gfortran)