diff --git a/bin/foamNew b/bin/foamNew
index 4c5a996aad01147a3e75afb743ecc31bc4003aba..5d61de63331ed59260c4bec23178278901684d4a 100755
--- a/bin/foamNew
+++ b/bin/foamNew
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ USAGE
 case "$1" in
 (-s | -source | source)
     shift
-    $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/codeTemplates/source/foamNewSource $*
+    $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/codeTemplates/source/foamNewSource "$@"
     ;;
 (-t | -template | template)
     shift
-    $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/codeTemplates/template/foamNewTemplate $*
+    $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/codeTemplates/template/foamNewTemplate "$@"
     ;;
 (*)
     usage "unknown type '$1'"
diff --git a/etc/config/settings.csh b/etc/config/settings.csh
index 069624f513770e59da28f60cf8aadb975c5d82b8..059ea30e336bca5078baed3c2e343c97d678adfa 100644
--- a/etc/config/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/config/settings.csh
@@ -391,22 +391,12 @@ case SYSTEMOPENMPI:
     # Use the system installed openmpi, get library directory via mpicc
     setenv FOAM_MPI openmpi-system
 
-    # Set compilation flags here instead of in wmake/rules/../mplibSYSTEMOPENMPI
-    setenv PINC "`mpicc --showme:compile`"
-    setenv PLIBS "`mpicc --showme:link`"
-    set libDir=`echo "$PLIBS" | sed -e 's/.*-L\([^ ]*\).*/\1/'`
+    set libDir=`mpicc --showme:link | sed -e 's/.*-L\([^ ]*\).*/\1/'`
 
     # Bit of a hack: strip off 'lib' and hope this is the path to openmpi
     # include files and libraries.
     setenv MPI_ARCH_PATH "${libDir:h}"
 
-    if ($?FOAM_VERBOSE && $?prompt) then
-        echo "Using system installed MPI:"
-        echo "    compile flags : $PINC"
-        echo "    link flags    : $PLIBS"
-        echo "    libmpi dir    : $libDir"
-    endif
-
     _foamAddLib     $libDir
     unset libDir
     breaksw
diff --git a/etc/config/settings.sh b/etc/config/settings.sh
index 1fc2136530a5374a4d9cc3d9f8955c8858dbb91f..ed45429a650de2aa87ad202bf0634d8af40f32aa 100644
--- a/etc/config/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/config/settings.sh
@@ -418,23 +418,12 @@ SYSTEMOPENMPI)
     # Use the system installed openmpi, get library directory via mpicc
     export FOAM_MPI=openmpi-system
 
-    # Set compilation flags here instead of in wmake/rules/../mplibSYSTEMOPENMPI
-    export PINC="`mpicc --showme:compile`"
-    export PLIBS="`mpicc --showme:link`"
-    libDir=`echo "$PLIBS" | sed -e 's/.*-L\([^ ]*\).*/\1/'`
+    libDir=`mpicc --showme:link | sed -e 's/.*-L\([^ ]*\).*/\1/'`
 
     # Bit of a hack: strip off 'lib' and hope this is the path to openmpi
     # include files and libraries.
     export MPI_ARCH_PATH="${libDir%/*}"
 
-    if [ "$FOAM_VERBOSE" -a "$PS1" ]
-    then
-        echo "Using system installed MPI:" 1>&2
-        echo "    compile flags : $PINC" 1>&2
-        echo "    link flags    : $PLIBS" 1>&2
-        echo "    libmpi dir    : $libDir" 1>&2
-    fi
-
     _foamAddLib     $libDir
     unset libDir
     ;;