diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b630f7e46..d0f50affb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 add_definitions("-D${DAMASK_SOLVER}")
 
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_PREPROCESS "ON")
+
 # EXPERIMENTAL: This might help to detect HDF5 and FFTW3 in the future if PETSc is not aware of them
 set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{PETSC_ARCH}/externalpackages:$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}")
 pkg_check_modules(HDF5 hdf5)
diff --git a/cmake/Compiler-GNU.cmake b/cmake/Compiler-GNU.cmake
index ee58f8cc7..61ec2143b 100644
--- a/cmake/Compiler-GNU.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Compiler-GNU.cmake
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ set (STANDARD_CHECK "-std=f2018 -pedantic-errors" )
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fine tuning compilation options
-set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -cpp")
-# preprocessor
-
 set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -fPIE")
 # position independent code
 
diff --git a/cmake/Compiler-Intel.cmake b/cmake/Compiler-Intel.cmake
index 2182459ed..59ba6d74d 100644
--- a/cmake/Compiler-Intel.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Compiler-Intel.cmake
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ set (LINKER_FLAGS   "${LINKER_FLAGS} -shared-intel")
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fine tuning compilation options
-set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -fpp")
-# preprocessor
-
 set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -no-ftz")
 # disable flush underflow to zero, will be set if -O[1,2,3]
 
diff --git a/cmake/Compiler-IntelLLVM.cmake b/cmake/Compiler-IntelLLVM.cmake
index 4cdd2588d..3749b925f 100644
--- a/cmake/Compiler-IntelLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Compiler-IntelLLVM.cmake
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ set (LINKER_FLAGS   "${LINKER_FLAGS} -shared-intel -fc=ifx")
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fine tuning compilation options
-set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -fpp")
-# preprocessor
-
 set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -no-ftz")
 # disable flush underflow to zero, will be set if -O[1,2,3]
 
diff --git a/cmake/Compiler-LLVMFlang.cmake b/cmake/Compiler-LLVMFlang.cmake
index c6b0405bc..ff0bdf6e8 100644
--- a/cmake/Compiler-LLVMFlang.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Compiler-LLVMFlang.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@ endif ()
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fine tuning compilation options
-set (COMPILE_FLAGS "${COMPILE_FLAGS} -cpp")
-# preprocessor