diff --git a/Source/astcenccli_entry2.cpp b/Source/astcenccli_entry2.cpp
index 5bb1e296..60fe6d4b 100644
--- a/Source/astcenccli_entry2.cpp
+++ b/Source/astcenccli_entry2.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int astcenc_main_veneer(
 	if (svcntw() != ASTCENC_SVE)
 	{
 		int bits = ASTCENC_SVE * 32;
-		print_error("ERROR: Host SVE support is not a %u bit implementation\n", bits);
+		print_error("ERROR: Host SVE support is not a %u-bit implementation\n", bits);
 		return 1;
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmake_core.cmake b/Source/cmake_core.cmake
index abe2d074..8d90dd82 100644
--- a/Source/cmake_core.cmake
+++ b/Source/cmake_core.cmake
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ macro(astcenc_set_properties ASTCENC_TARGET_NAME ASTCENC_VENEER_TYPE)
                 ASTCENC_POPCNT=1
                 ASTCENC_F16C=0)
 
-        if (NOT ${ASTCENC_VENEER_TYPE})
+        if (${ASTCENC_VENEER_TYPE} GREATER 0)
             # Force SSE2 on AppleClang (normally SSE4.1 is the default)
             target_compile_options(${ASTCENC_TARGET_NAME}
                 PRIVATE
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ macro(astcenc_set_properties ASTCENC_TARGET_NAME ASTCENC_VENEER_TYPE)
                 ASTCENC_POPCNT=1
                 ASTCENC_F16C=1)
 
-        if (NOT ${ASTCENC_VENEER_TYPE})
+        if (${ASTCENC_VENEER_TYPE} GREATER 0)
             # Force SSE2 on AppleClang (normally SSE4.1 is the default)
             target_compile_options(${ASTCENC_TARGET_NAME}
                 PRIVATE