diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_BaseDatabaseIO.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_BaseDatabaseIO.C
index 1f3e0c0915..fd3a8e7d2e 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_BaseDatabaseIO.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_BaseDatabaseIO.C
@@ -273,51 +273,51 @@ namespace Ioex {
       if (type == "netcdf3" || type == "netcdf-3") {
         exodusMode = EX_CLOBBER; // Reset back to default...
       }
-#if NC_HAS_HDF5
       if (type == "netcdf4" || type == "netcdf-4" || type == "hdf5") {
+#if NC_HAS_HDF5
         exodusMode |= EX_NETCDF4;
-      }
 #else
-      fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: HDF5/netcdf-4 is not supported in this build.  FILE_TYPE "
-                                 "setting will be ignored.\n");
+        fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: HDF5/netcdf-4 is not supported in this build.  FILE_TYPE "
+                                   "setting will be ignored.\n");
 #endif
-#if NC_HAS_CDF5
+      }
       else if (type == "netcdf5" || type == "netcdf-5" || type == "cdf5") {
+#if NC_HAS_CDF5
         exodusMode |= EX_64BIT_DATA;
-      }
 #else
-      fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: CDF5/netcdf-5 is not supported in this build.  FILE_TYPE "
-                                 "setting will be ignored.\n");
+        fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: CDF5/netcdf-5 is not supported in this build.  FILE_TYPE "
+                                   "setting will be ignored.\n");
 #endif
+      }
     }
 
-#if NC_HAS_HDF5
     if (properties.exists("ENABLE_FILE_GROUPS")) {
+#if NC_HAS_HDF5
       exodusMode |= EX_NETCDF4;
       exodusMode |= EX_NOCLASSIC;
-    }
 #else
-    fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: HDF5/netcdf-4 is not supported in this build.  "
-                               "ENABLE_FILE_GROUPS setting will be ignored.\n");
+      fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: HDF5/netcdf-4 is not supported in this build.  "
+                                 "ENABLE_FILE_GROUPS setting will be ignored.\n");
 #endif
+    }
 
-#if NC_HAS_HDF5
     bool compress = ((properties.exists("COMPRESSION_LEVEL") &&
                       properties.get("COMPRESSION_LEVEL").get_int() > 0) ||
                      (properties.exists("COMPRESSION_SHUFFLE") &&
                       properties.get("COMPRESSION_SHUFFLE").get_int() > 0));
 
     if (compress) {
+#if NC_HAS_HDF5
       if (!(exodusMode & EX_NETCDF4)) {
         fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: Compression requires netcdf-4/HDF5-based file.  Setting "
                                    "file type to netcdf-4.\n");
         exodusMode |= EX_NETCDF4;
       }
-    }
 #else
-    fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: HDF5/netcdf-4 is not supported in this build.  Compression "
-                               "setting will be ignored.\n");
+      fmt::print(Ioss::OUTPUT(), "IOEX: HDF5/netcdf-4 is not supported in this build.  Compression "
+                                 "setting will be ignored.\n");
 #endif
+    }
 
     if (properties.exists("MAXIMUM_NAME_LENGTH")) {
       maximumNameLength = properties.get("MAXIMUM_NAME_LENGTH").get_int();