diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 81bf28feaf927b59acf4f05dcc5653cd38f2b382..84e38d9e7e3d15bde95620ae1055c843a2bdc9d7 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export FOAM_INST_DIR=$HOME/$WM_PROJECT
 # $FOAM_INST_DIR/site/$WM_PROJECT_VERSION or $FOAM_INST_DIR/site
 
 #- Compiler location:
-#    WM_COMPILER_TYPE= system | ThirdParty (OpenFOAM)
+#    WM_COMPILER_TYPE= system | ThirdParty
 export WM_COMPILER_TYPE=system
 
 #- Compiler:
diff --git a/etc/config.csh/compiler b/etc/config.csh/compiler
index 3e28c20b71ebe793ccecd994646a1e551afa510a..7d8f757b23eb13680a5545b489e7ef40e55fa657 100644
--- a/etc/config.csh/compiler
+++ b/etc/config.csh/compiler
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 switch ("$WM_COMPILER_TYPE")
-case OpenFOAM:
 case ThirdParty:
     # Default versions of GMP, MPFR and MPC, override as necessary
     set gmp_version=gmp-system
diff --git a/etc/config.csh/settings b/etc/config.csh/settings
index 1cee3fcd91aede29df5600e34202ba898202de8f..659b4c5ae22ae09995ba6f7f1f20558060f421e5 100644
--- a/etc/config.csh/settings
+++ b/etc/config.csh/settings
@@ -204,14 +204,9 @@ _foamAddLib  ${FOAM_USER_LIBBIN}:${FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN}:${FOAM_LIBBIN}:${FOAM_EXT_L
 unset gcc_version gmp_version mpfr_version mpc_version
 unsetenv GMP_ARCH_PATH MPFR_ARCH_PATH
 
-
-# Location of compiler installation
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-if ( ! $?WM_COMPILER_TYPE ) then
-    setenv WM_COMPILER_TYPE system
-    echo "Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.csh/settings:"
-    echo "    WM_COMPILER_TYPE not set, using '$WM_COMPILER_TYPE'"
-endif
+# Compiler installation - default to system
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+if ( ! $?WM_COMPILER_TYPE ) setenv WM_COMPILER_TYPE system
 
 # Load configured compiler versions, regardless of the compiler type
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -235,13 +230,16 @@ case ThirdParty:
 
         # Check that the compiler directory can be found
         if ( ! -d "$gccDir" ) then
-            echo
-            echo "Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.csh/settings:"
-            echo "    Cannot find $gccDir installation."
-            echo "    Please install this compiler version or if you wish to" \
-                 " use the system compiler,"
-            echo "    change the 'WM_COMPILER_TYPE' setting to 'system'"
-            echo
+            cat << GCC_NOT_FOUND
+===============================================================================
+Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.csh/settings:
+Cannot find '$WM_COMPILER' compiler installation
+    $gccDir
+
+    Either install this compiler version, or use the system compiler by setting
+    WM_COMPILER_TYPE to 'system' in \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/cshrc.
+===============================================================================
+GCC_NOT_FOUND
         endif
 
         _foamAddMan     $gccDir/man
@@ -268,18 +266,22 @@ case ThirdParty:
             echo "    ${gccDir:t} (${gmpDir:t} ${mpfrDir:t} ${mpcDir:t})"
         endif
     endif
+
     if ( $?clang_version ) then
         set clangDir=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER_ARCH/$clang_version
 
         # Check that the compiler directory can be found
         if ( ! -d "$clangDir" ) then
-            echo
-            echo "Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.csh/settings:"
-            echo "    Cannot find $clangDir installation."
-            echo "    Please install this compiler version or if you wish to" \
-                 " use the system compiler,"
-            echo "    change the 'WM_COMPILER_TYPE' setting to 'system'"
-            echo
+            cat << CLANG_NOT_FOUND
+===============================================================================
+Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.csh/settings:
+Cannot find '$WM_COMPILER' compiler installation
+    $clangDir
+
+    Either install this compiler version, or use the system compiler by setting
+    WM_COMPILER_TYPE to 'system' in \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/cshrc.
+===============================================================================
+CLANG_NOT_FOUND
         endif
 
         _foamAddMan     $clangDir/man
diff --git a/etc/config.sh/compiler b/etc/config.sh/compiler
index 5cfc75e56cce5027873a3818b3907db156d9f651..0f27fab8a68bc7fb8dc3475ad4e9b79b78b7b020 100644
--- a/etc/config.sh/compiler
+++ b/etc/config.sh/compiler
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 case "$WM_COMPILER_TYPE" in
-OpenFOAM | ThirdParty)
+ThirdParty)
     # Default versions of GMP, MPFR and MPC, override as necessary
     gmp_version=gmp-system
     mpfr_version=mpfr-system
diff --git a/etc/config.sh/settings b/etc/config.sh/settings
index e67bf5126fe7b0beb66f75a3846568a0bbaa14fb..4e457c15c0022356bcf923c4da0ed1d1bccbf097 100644
--- a/etc/config.sh/settings
+++ b/etc/config.sh/settings
@@ -206,14 +206,9 @@ _foamAddLib  $FOAM_USER_LIBBIN:$FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN:$FOAM_LIBBIN:$FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN:$
 unset gcc_version gmp_version mpfr_version mpc_version
 unset GMP_ARCH_PATH MPFR_ARCH_PATH
 
-# Location of compiler installation
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-if [ -z "$WM_COMPILER_TYPE" ]
-then
-    WM_COMPILER_TYPE=system
-    echo "Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.sh/settings:" 1>&2
-    echo "    WM_COMPILER_TYPE not set, using '$WM_COMPILER_TYPE'" 1>&2
-fi
+# Compiler installation - default to system
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+: ${WM_COMPILER_TYPE:=system}; export WM_COMPILER_TYPE
 
 # Load configured compiler versions, regardless of the compiler type
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -232,15 +227,16 @@ OpenFOAM | ThirdParty)
         mpcDir=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER_ARCH/${mpc_version:-mpc-system}
 
         # Check that the compiler directory can be found
-        [ -d "$gccDir" ] || {
-            echo 1>&2
-            echo "Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.sh/settings:" 1>&2
-            echo "    Cannot find $gccDir installation." 1>&2
-            echo "    Please install this compiler version or if you wish to" \
-                 " use the system compiler," 1>&2
-            echo "    change the 'WM_COMPILER_TYPE' setting to 'system'" 1>&2
-            echo
-        }
+        [ -d "$gccDir" ] || cat << GCC_NOT_FOUND 1>&2
+===============================================================================
+Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.sh/settings:
+Cannot find '$WM_COMPILER' compiler installation
+    $gccDir
+
+    Either install this compiler version, or use the system compiler by setting
+    WM_COMPILER_TYPE to 'system' in \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/bashrc.
+===============================================================================
+GCC_NOT_FOUND
 
         _foamAddMan     $gccDir/man
         _foamAddPath    $gccDir/bin
@@ -276,15 +272,16 @@ OpenFOAM | ThirdParty)
         clangDir=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER_ARCH/$clang_version
 
         # Check that the compiler directory can be found
-        [ -d "$clangDir" ] || {
-            echo 1>&2
-            echo "Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.sh/settings:" 1>&2
-            echo "    Cannot find $clangDir installation." 1>&2
-            echo "    Please install this compiler version or if you wish to" \
-                 " use the system compiler," 1>&2
-            echo "    change the 'WM_COMPILER_TYPE' setting to 'system'" 1>&2
-            echo 1>&2
-        }
+        [ -d "$clangDir" ] || cat << CLANG_NOT_FOUND 1>&2
+===============================================================================
+Warning in $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config.sh/settings:
+Cannot find '$WM_COMPILER' compiler installation
+    $clangDir
+
+    Either install this compiler version, or use the system compiler by setting
+    WM_COMPILER_TYPE to 'system' in \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/bashrc.
+===============================================================================
+CLANG_NOT_FOUND
 
         _foamAddMan     $clangDir/share/man
         _foamAddPath    $clangDir/bin
diff --git a/etc/cshrc b/etc/cshrc
index 984db6bfefac48242c2448117bf66a597cca09c8..8f509b283984b5a8a0c981b5db839bf1f75efc8e 100644
--- a/etc/cshrc
+++ b/etc/cshrc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ echo $FOAM_INST_DIR
 # $FOAM_INST_DIR/site/$WM_PROJECT_VERSION or $FOAM_INST_DIR/site
 
 #- Compiler location:
-#    WM_COMPILER_TYPE = system | ThirdParty (OpenFOAM)
+#    WM_COMPILER_TYPE = system | ThirdParty
 setenv WM_COMPILER_TYPE system
 
 #- Compiler: