diff --git a/src/Pstream/mpi/Make/options b/src/Pstream/mpi/Make/options
index 43a48312c42c76a6f500f502d306a5c7e1016c94..8fcb7016f81a290e860556bfe163cac4d36838bd 100644
--- a/src/Pstream/mpi/Make/options
+++ b/src/Pstream/mpi/Make/options
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sinclude $(GENERAL_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
-sinclude $(RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
+sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 EXE_INC  = $(PFLAGS) $(PINC) $(c++LESSWARN)
 LIB_LIBS = $(PLIBS)
diff --git a/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options b/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options
index 51ae4a6662c6b8511af08b1d29ec0a51961b88d0..3a1fd5b88bff75bd484866fc0d66ed46ebcd8865 100644
--- a/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options
+++ b/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sinclude $(GENERAL_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
-sinclude $(RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
+sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 EXE_INC = \
     $(PFLAGS) $(PINC) \
diff --git a/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options b/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options
index 1ca71f6a6838c717694e731b6e7d6990e0d4b087..5a15e3882015547abb531ae2d6a484fca302d8d4 100644
--- a/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options
+++ b/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * This is purely to avoid scotch.h including mpicxx.h, which causes problems.
  */
 sinclude $(GENERAL_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
-sinclude $(RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
+sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 EXE_INC = \
     $(PFLAGS) $(PINC) \
diff --git a/src/renumber/zoltanRenumber/Make/options b/src/renumber/zoltanRenumber/Make/options
index e92e24e0962594c631ec0a7fa1533d0ee676a155..406b96aa945553631babc20bee43afdb8105b690 100644
--- a/src/renumber/zoltanRenumber/Make/options
+++ b/src/renumber/zoltanRenumber/Make/options
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sinclude $(GENERAL_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
-sinclude $(RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
+sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 EXE_INC = \
     /* -DFULLDEBUG -g -O0 */ \
diff --git a/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS b/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS
index 87bda2c75204b30516a278532120340376ee487e..c2cb3558ae21d83cdda2c88023684b2af08a95c0 100644
--- a/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS
+++ b/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ADIOS includes/libraries
 
 sinclude $(GENERAL_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
-sinclude $(RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
+sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 # Obtain compile/link flags via adios_config
 ADIOS_INC  := $(shell $(ADIOS_ARCH_PATH)/bin/adios_config -c)
diff --git a/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS2 b/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS2
index f158236942ce7a3883a793b4b94c33143bf26726..c880d0c3b97ee62265070b54d73ba142f059eb5b 100644
--- a/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS2
+++ b/wmake/rules/General/ADIOS2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ADIOS2 includes/libraries
 
 sinclude $(GENERAL_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
-sinclude $(RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
+sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 # Obtain prefix and library information via adios2-config
 ADIOS_PREFIX := $(shell $(ADIOS2_ARCH_PATH)/bin/adios2-config --prefix)