diff --git a/build_FEM.sh b/build_FEM.sh
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--- a/build_FEM.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-cat  README
-echo
-echo "Building FEM solver with ${FC}"
-DAMASKVERSION=$(cat VERSION)
-
-# prepare building directory
-# structure:
-#   BUILD_DIR
-#   |-BUILD_SPECTRAL
-#   |-BUILD_FEM
-#   |-BUILD_MARC
-if [ ! -d build ]; then
-    mkdir build
-fi
-cd build
-if [ -d FEM ] ; then
-    rm -rf FEM
-fi
-mkdir FEM
-cd FEM
-
-##
-# CMake call
-# PETSC_DIR                |  PETSC directory
-# DAMASK_V                 |  DAMASK current revision
-# CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE         |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
-# CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE   |  [ON/OFF] toggle makefile verbose output
-# OPENMP                   |  [ON/OFF]
-# OPTIMIZATION             |  [OFF,DEFENSIVE,AGGRESSIVE,ULTRA]
-# DAMASK_DRIVER            |  [SPECTRAL, FEM]
-# DAMASK_INSTALL           |  Directory to install binary output
-# INSTALL_PROCESSING       |  Build supporting pre/post processing scripts
-cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}             \
-      -D DAMASK_V=${DAMASKVERSION}          \
-      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE           \
-      -D CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=OFF         \
-      -D OPENMP=ON                          \
-      -D OPTIMIZATION=DEFENSIVE             \
-      -D DAMASK_DRIVER=FEM                  \
-      -D DAMASK_INSTALL=${HOME}/bin         \
-      -D DAMASK_PREFIX=""                   \
-      -D DAMASK_SUFFIX="-Wl,--verbose"      \
-      ../..
-
-echo
-echo "Please move to the build directory using"
-echo "    cd build/FEM"
-echo "Using the following command to build DAMASK spectral solver"
-echo "    make clean all install"
diff --git a/build_marc.sh b/build_marc.sh
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diff --git a/build_spectral.sh b/build_spectral.sh
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--- a/build_spectral.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-cat  README
-echo
-
-if [ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ] || [ "$OSTYPE" == 'linux' ]; then
-  DAMASK_ROOT=$(readlink -f "`dirname $BASH_SOURCE`")
-else
-  [[ "${BASH_SOURCE::1}" == "/" ]] && BASE="" || BASE="`pwd`/"
-  STAT=$(stat "`dirname $BASE$BASH_SOURCE`")
-  DAMASK_ROOT=${STAT##* }
-fi
-
-BUILDROOT=$DAMASK_ROOT/build
-BUILDDIR=spectral
-
-# prepare building directory
-# structure:
-#   BUILD_DIR
-#   |-BUILD_SPECTRAL
-#   |-BUILD_FEM
-#   |-BUILD_MARC
-if [ ! -d $BUILDROOT ]; then
-    mkdir $BUILDROOT
-fi
-cd $BUILDROOT
-if [ -d $BUILDDIR ] ; then
-    rm -rf $BUILDDIR
-fi
-mkdir $BUILDDIR
-cd $BUILDDIR
-
-##
-# CMake call
-# PETSC_DIR                |  PETSC directory
-# CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE         |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
-# CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE   |  [ON/OFF] toggle makefile verbose output
-# OPENMP                   |  [ON/OFF]
-# OPTIMIZATION             |  [OFF,DEFENSIVE,AGGRESSIVE,ULTRA]
-# DAMASK_DRIVER            |  [SPECTRAL, FEM]
-# DAMASK_INSTALL           |  Directory to install binary output
-# BUILDCMD_PRE             |  Compiler prefix
-# BUILDCMD_POST            |  Compiler suffix,
-#                          |    e.g. DAMASK_SUFFIX="-Wl,--verbose"
-cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}          \
-      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE        \
-      -D CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=OFF      \
-      -D OPENMP=ON                       \
-      -D OPTIMIZATION=DEFENSIVE          \
-      -D DAMASK_DRIVER=SPECTRAL          \
-      -D DAMASK_INSTALL=${HOME}/bin      \
-      -D BUILDCMD_PRE=""                 \
-      -D BUILDCMD_POST="-Wl,--verbose"   \
-      ../..
-
-echo "Start compiling DAMASK_spectral"
-make
-make install
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