diff --git a/moose-core/VERSION b/moose-core/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index be86c279151169a3b44db8eeee9dc085e5a7ccb1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/moose-core/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.1.1-166-g4ffcca5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindNumPy.cmake b/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindNumPy.cmake
index b2813e9cd2c46a747b3ac31ee2c3459c32db59d0..83c74d47b7592276d595d0e32be2a96577a9852a 100644
--- a/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindNumPy.cmake
+++ b/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindNumPy.cmake
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if(NOT PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
     return()
 endif()
 
-execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c"
+execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c
     "import numpy as n; print(n.__version__); print(n.get_include());"
     RESULT_VARIABLE _NUMPY_SEARCH_SUCCESS
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _NUMPY_VALUES_OUTPUT