diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 89853d34dd8f7ad26d8ca35fe504f753bb831b89..fe47eb9f4fbc652219cc2ff6bd03a6c7cc9300eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ m4_ifdef([AX_BLAS],,[m4_include([m4/ax_blas.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_LAPACK],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lapack.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_SUITESPARSE],,[m4_include([m4/ax_suitesparse.m4])])
 m4_ifdef([AX_EIGEN],,[m4_include([m4/ax_eigen.m4])])
-m4_ifdef([AX_LIB_HDF5],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lib_hdf5.m4])]])
+m4_ifdef([AX_LIB_HDF5],,[m4_include([m4/ax_lib_hdf5.m4])])
 
 case $host_os in
    *darwin*|*macosx*)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ IMMDX_LIB_METIS([],[echo "Cannot detect metis, use the --with-metis option if it
 
 ## Check for HDF5
 
-AX_LIB_HDF5([parallel])
+#AX_LIB_HDF5([parallel])
 
 if test x"$with_hdf5" = x"no"; then
     echo "Cannot detect hdf5, use the --with-hdf5 option if it is not installed in the default location"
diff --git a/openfpm_numerics b/openfpm_numerics
index 2fc10c99320edef96c8b1eea9394df685b209c95..f6725aee4e4f2e7ed7af92b035feaa0d055f3f94 160000
--- a/openfpm_numerics
+++ b/openfpm_numerics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2fc10c99320edef96c8b1eea9394df685b209c95
+Subproject commit f6725aee4e4f2e7ed7af92b035feaa0d055f3f94