diff --git a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
index 8214ed8fe..283e9aa66 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ printf "*********************************************************\n"
 
 cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-*
 
+NCLIBDIR=$(${PREFIX}/bin/nc-config --libdir)
 if [ $OS = "MacOSX" ]; then
-    netCDF_LIBRARIES="${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdf.dylib"
+    netCDF_LIBRARIES="${NCLIBDIR}/ibnetcdf.dylib"
 else
-    netCDF_LIBRARIES="${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdf.so"
+    netCDF_LIBRARIES="${NCLIBDIR}/libnetcdf.so"
 fi
 cmake -B build -S . -G Ninja -DnetCDF_INCLUDE_DIR="${PREFIX}/include" -DnetCDF_LIBRARIES="${netCDF_LIBRARIES}"  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX}
 cmake --build build -j${NPROC}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e10f0aadf..80fd491eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ before-all = [
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 before-all = [
     "yum install doxygen libxml2-devel libcurl-devel -y",
-    "wget https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.11.1/ninja-linux.zip",
-    "unzip ninja-linux.zip -d /usr/local/bin",
     "buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh -p /usr/local"
 ]
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux.environment]