diff --git a/src/simulation/m_body_forces.fpp b/src/simulation/m_body_forces.fpp
index fb5320f09e..1f60d2cae3 100644
--- a/src/simulation/m_body_forces.fpp
+++ b/src/simulation/m_body_forces.fpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #:include 'macros.fpp'
 
-!> @brief Computes gravitational and user-defined body force source terms for the momentum equations
+!> @brief Computes gravitational and body force source terms for the momentum equations
 module m_body_forces
 
     use m_derived_types
diff --git a/toolchain/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/toolchain/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a41e1cafc..d1c9c8b037 100644
--- a/toolchain/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/toolchain/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ if (MFC_FFTW)
                 CMAKE_ARGS -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF
                            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
                            "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+                           -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
             )
         else()
             message(WARNING "The Fortran compiler vendor is Cray so FFTW3 will not be built. We will use cray-fftw instead.")
@@ -95,11 +96,9 @@ if (MFC_SILO)
 
         ExternalProject_Add(silo
             GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/LLNL/Silo"
-            GIT_TAG        4.12.0
+            GIT_TAG        4.12.1-pre1
             GIT_SHALLOW    ON
             GIT_PROGRESS   ON
-            PATCH_COMMAND  "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" stash
-                        && "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" apply "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Silo.patch"
             CMAKE_ARGS     -DSILO_ENABLE_SHARED=OFF
                            -DSILO_ENABLE_SILOCK=OFF
                            -DSILO_ENABLE_BROWSER=OFF
diff --git a/toolchain/dependencies/Silo.patch b/toolchain/dependencies/Silo.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8e2198e1f..0000000000
--- a/toolchain/dependencies/Silo.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 7405f0dc998ac104b4b5c0536bbf9b0644d85a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Henry LE BERRE <hberre3@gatech.edu>
-Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 17:06:21 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] CMake MFC Fixes
-
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 111eb42..9e460f7 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ project(Silo VERSION ${SILO_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
- ###-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # location for Silo CMake includes
- ###-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${Silo_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake)
-+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${Silo_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake")
- 
- ###-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # If not already set, use a default build type of Release
--- 
-2.45.1
-