diff --git a/dev/scripts/exglobal_enkf_sfc.sh b/dev/scripts/exglobal_enkf_sfc.sh
index e0fa15ab5ee..d6ac11ceed6 100755
--- a/dev/scripts/exglobal_enkf_sfc.sh
+++ b/dev/scripts/exglobal_enkf_sfc.sh
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ if [[ "${DOIAU}" == "YES" ]]; then
                 mkdir -p "${COMOUT_ATMOS_RESTART_MEM}"
             fi
             cpreq "${sfcdata_dir}/${bPDY}.${bcyc}0000.${snow_prefix}sfc_data.tile${n}.nc" \
-                "${DATA}/fnbgsi.${cmem}"
-            cpreq "${DATA}/fnbgsi.${cmem}" "${DATA}/fnbgso.${cmem}"
+                "${DATA}/sfc_data_cycle.${cmem}"
             cpreq "${FIXgfs}/orog/${CASE}/${CASE}_grid.tile${n}.nc" "${DATA}/fngrid.${cmem}"
             cpreq "${FIXgfs}/orog/${CASE}/${CASE}.mx${OCNRES}_oro_data.tile${n}.nc" "${DATA}/fnorog.${cmem}"
 
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ if [[ "${DOIAU}" == "YES" ]]; then
                 mkdir -p "${COMOUT_ATMOS_RESTART_MEM}"
             fi
 
-            cpfs "${DATA}/fnbgso.${cmem}" "${COMOUT_ATMOS_RESTART_MEM}/${bPDY}.${bcyc}0000.sfcanl_data.tile${n}.nc"
+            cpfs "${DATA}/sfc_data_cycle.${cmem}" "${COMOUT_ATMOS_RESTART_MEM}/${bPDY}.${bcyc}0000.sfcanl_data.tile${n}.nc"
 
         done # ensembles
 
@@ -321,7 +320,5 @@ fi
 ################################################################################
 
 ################################################################################
-# Postprocessing
-cd "${pwd}" || exit 1
 
 exit "${err}"
diff --git a/sorc/ufs_utils.fd b/sorc/ufs_utils.fd
index 4e93a9f60bf..1c1f6daf3a8 160000
--- a/sorc/ufs_utils.fd
+++ b/sorc/ufs_utils.fd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4e93a9f60bfdc77f4dd1815fb41ab30303694a67
+Subproject commit 1c1f6daf3a873bc315ff069869aa0fbc4b1afc7e
diff --git a/ush/global_cycle.sh b/ush/global_cycle.sh
index ec614f4edbc..6c349bf1c38 100755
--- a/ush/global_cycle.sh
+++ b/ush/global_cycle.sh
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@
 #     DO_SFCCYCLE   Call sfcsub routine
 #     GCYCLE_DO_SOILINCR   Call routine to add soil increments
 #     GCYCLE_DO_SNOWINCR   Call routine to add snow inrcements
-#     GCYCLE_INTERP_LANDINCR  Flag to regrid input land increment from Gaus to native model
-#                   grid inside gcycle
 #
 #     zsea1/zsea2   When running with NST model, this is the lower/upper bound
 #                   of depth of sea temperature.  In whole mm.
@@ -230,7 +228,6 @@ if [[ "${GCYCLE_DO_SOILINCR}" == ".true." ]] || [[ "${GCYCLE_DO_SNOWINCR}" == ".
 else
     DO_LANDINCR=".false."
 fi
-GCYCLE_INTERP_LANDINCR=${GCYCLE_INTERP_LANDINCR:-.false.}
 zsea1=${zsea1:-0}
 zsea2=${zsea2:-0}
 MAX_TASKS_CY=${MAX_TASKS_CY:-99999}
@@ -335,7 +332,6 @@ cat << EOF > fort.37
   NST_FILE="${NST_FILE}",
   DO_SOILINCR=${GCYCLE_DO_SOILINCR},
   DO_SNOWINCR=${GCYCLE_DO_SNOWINCR},
-  INTERP_LANDINCR=${GCYCLE_INTERP_LANDINCR},
   lsoil_incr=${LSOIL_INCR},
  /
 EOF