diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci2.yml b/.github/workflows/ci2.yml
index ccea0162f36..b5ad1feae56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci2.yml
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           environment-file: modflow6/environment.yml
           create-args: >-
-            netcdf-fortran
+            #netcdf-fortran
             pkg-config
           init-shell: >-
             bash
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 382facccab2..bc6ac1afd89 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ if build_machine.system() != 'windows'
 else
   nc_dir = meson.project_source_root() / 'ncf' / 'netcdf-fortran-4.6.0' / 'fortran' / '.libs'
   netcdf = fc.find_library('libnetcdff', dirs: [ nc_dir ], required : true, static : true)
+  message('nc_dir:', nc_dir)
 endif
 #netcdf = dependency('netcdf', language : 'fortran', required : false)
 if netcdf.found()