diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-libmath.patch b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-libmath.patch
index f8f846cdd58ad8..dd636fecbe292c 100644
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-libmath.patch
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-libmath.patch
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ index 701ecc3..ffe15a9 100644
 +    endif()
 +  endblock()
    FIND_LIBRARY(HAVE_LIBM NAMES math m libm)
-   MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Math library: ${HAVE_LIBM}")
-   IF(NOT HAVE_LIBM)
\ No newline at end of file
+   IF(NOT HAVE_LIBM)
+     CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(exp HAVE_LIBM_FUNC)
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-szip.patch b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-szip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6d3bc4dbcb2e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-szip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 039f907..00dbf5d 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1146,7 +1146,9 @@ ENDIF()
+ endmacro(set_std_filter)
+ 
+ # Locate some compressors
+-FIND_PACKAGE(Szip)
++FIND_PACKAGE(Szip NAMES szip CONFIG)
++set(Szip_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SZIP_PACKAGE_NAME}_INCLUDE_DIR)
++set(Szip_LIBRARIES ${${SZIP_PACKAGE_NAME}_EXPORT_LIBRARIES})
+ FIND_PACKAGE(Bz2)
+ FIND_PACKAGE(Blosc)
+ FIND_PACKAGE(Zstd)
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-zlib.patch b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-zlib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a7ec3a91a1499d..00000000000000
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/fix-dependency-zlib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/liblib/CMakeLists.txt b/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
-index be72612..5e1692f 100644
---- a/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ ENDIF()
- 
- SET(TLL_LIBS "")
- 
--SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} ${HAVE_LIBM} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
-+SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} ${HAVE_LIBM})
- 
- # Add extra dependencies specified via NC_EXTRA_DEPS
- SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} ${EXTRA_DEPS})
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
index 96fabd03d078b0..f0cb8a4044a86b 100644
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         no-install-deps.patch
-        fix-dependency-zlib.patch
         use_targets.patch
         fix-dependency-libmath.patch
         fix-linkage-error.patch
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
         fix-dependency-libzip.patch
         fix-dependency-mpi.patch
         fix-pkgconfig.patch
+        fix-dependency-szip.patch
 )
 
 #Remove outdated find modules