diff --git a/examples/USER/quip/in.gap b/examples/USER/quip/in.gap
index 8e3c3d701b..37667e39b9 100644
--- a/examples/USER/quip/in.gap
+++ b/examples/USER/quip/in.gap
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ thermo		10
 timestep	0.001
 
 dump		1 all custom 10 dump.gap id fx fy fz
-dump_modify     1 format "%d %20.15g  %20.15g %20.15g"
 
 run		40
diff --git a/examples/USER/quip/in.sw b/examples/USER/quip/in.sw
index a3c1df704c..c1367ac805 100644
--- a/examples/USER/quip/in.sw
+++ b/examples/USER/quip/in.sw
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ thermo		10
 timestep	0.001
 
 dump		1 all custom 10 dump.sw id fx fy fz
-dump_modify     1 format "%d %20.15g  %20.15g %20.15g"
 
 run		1
diff --git a/lib/quip/Makefile.lammps b/lib/quip/Makefile.lammps
index 10c0fd6bde..19ff20b073 100644
--- a/lib/quip/Makefile.lammps
+++ b/lib/quip/Makefile.lammps
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ $(error Environment variable QUIP_ARCH must be set.)
 endif
 
 include ${QUIP_ROOT}/build/${QUIP_ARCH}/Makefile.inc
+include ${QUIP_ROOT}/Makefile.rules
 
 quip_SYSLIB = -lquip
+quip_SYSLIB += ${NETCDF_SYSLIBS}
 quip_SYSLIB += ${MATH_LINKOPTS}
 
 ifeq (${F95},gfortran)
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ else
 $(error fortran compiler >>${F95}<< not recognised. Edit lib/quip/Makefile.lammps to specify the fortran library your linker should link to)
 endif
 
-quip_SYSPATH = -L${QUIP_ROOT}/build/${QUIP_ARCH} -L${QUIP_ROOT}/src/FoX-4.0.3/objs.${QUIP_ARCH}/lib
+quip_SYSPATH = -L${QUIP_ROOT}/build/${QUIP_ARCH}