diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2861c4546..8d6947522 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ option(SLS_FETCH_PYBIND11_FROM_GITHUB "Fetch pybind11 from github" OFF)
 
 
 
-
-
-
 # Allow FetchContent_Populate to be called with a single argument
 # otherwise deprecated warning is issued
 # Note: From cmake 3.28 we can pass EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL to FetchContent_Declare
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Patch libzmq to set minimum cmake version to 3.15 to avoid warnings
 # with newer cmake versions
-set(zmq_patch_version git apply ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch)
+set(ZMQ_PATCH_CMAKE git apply ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch)
 
 set(SLS_LIBZMQ_VERSION "4.3.4")
 
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ if(SLS_FETCH_ZMQ_FROM_GITHUB)
         libzmq
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq.git
         GIT_TAG        v${SLS_LIBZMQ_VERSION}
-        PATCH_COMMAND ${zmq_patch_version}
+        PATCH_COMMAND ${ZMQ_PATCH_CMAKE}
     )
 else()
     # Standard behaviour use libzmq included in this repo (libs/libzmq)
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ else()
         libzmq
         URL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq-${SLS_LIBZMQ_VERSION}.tar.gz
         URL_HASH MD5=cc20b769ac10afa352e5ed2769bb23b3
-        PATCH_COMMAND ${zmq_patch_version}
+        PATCH_COMMAND ${ZMQ_PATCH_CMAKE}
     )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/conda-recipes/main-library/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipes/main-library/conda_build_config.yaml
index 2bf732748..149897ca1 100644
--- a/conda-recipes/main-library/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipes/main-library/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 c_compiler:
   - gcc                        # [linux]
 
-c_compiler_version: 
-  - 13 # [linux]
-
 c_stdlib:
   - sysroot                    # [linux]
 
@@ -12,8 +9,5 @@ cxx_compiler:
   - gxx                        # [linux]
 
 
-cxx_compiler_version:
-  - 13 # [linux]
-
 c_stdlib_version:              # [linux]
   - 2.17                       # [linux]
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diff --git a/conda-recipes/python-client/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipes/python-client/conda_build_config.yaml
index 264e093ef..0c957b631 100644
--- a/conda-recipes/python-client/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipes/python-client/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -6,18 +6,11 @@ python:
 c_compiler:
   - gcc                        # [linux]
 
-c_compiler_version: 
-  - 13 # [linux]
-
 c_stdlib:
   - sysroot                    # [linux]
 
 cxx_compiler:
   - gxx                        # [linux]
 
-
-cxx_compiler_version:
-  - 13 # [linux]
-
 c_stdlib_version:              # [linux]
   - 2.17                       # [linux]
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