diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 094eb414..dfa0b023 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ libcodex:
 
 ifeq ($(STATIC), 1)
 		echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "build/$@.a" && \
-		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim libcodexStatic $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines[dynamic],json[dynamic],textlines[dynamic] codex.nims
+		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim libcodexStatic $(NIM_PARAMS) codex.nims
 else ifeq ($(detected_OS),Windows)
 		echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "build/$@.dll" && \
-		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim libcodexDynamic $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines,json[file],textlines[file] codex.nims
+		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim libcodexDynamic $(NIM_PARAMS) codex.nims
 else
 		echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "build/$@.so" && \
-		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim libcodexDynamic $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines[dynamic],json[dynamic],textlines[dynamic] codex.nims
+		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim libcodexDynamic $(NIM_PARAMS) codex.nims
 endif
 endif # "variables.mk" was not included
diff --git a/build.nims b/build.nims
index 52d7878a..2a1823ab 100644
--- a/build.nims
+++ b/build.nims
@@ -32,19 +32,18 @@ proc buildLibrary(name: string, srcDir = "./", params = "", `type` = "dynamic")
   if `type` == "dynamic":
     exec "nim c" & " --out:build/" & name &
       ".so --threads:on --app:lib --opt:size --noMain --mm:refc --header --d:metrics " &
-       "--nimMainPrefix:libcodex --skipParentCfg:on -d:noSignalHandler " &
-       "-d:LeopardCmakeFlags=\"-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON\" " &
+       "--nimMainPrefix:libcodex -d:noSignalHandler " &
+       "-d:LeopardExtraCompilerFlags=-fPIC " &
        "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering " &
        "-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE " &
-       "-d:libp2p_pki_schemes=secp256k1 " &
       params & " " & srcDir & name & ".nim"
   else:
     exec "nim c" & " --out:build/" & name &
       ".a --threads:on --app:staticlib --opt:size --noMain --mm:refc --header --d:metrics " &
-      "--nimMainPrefix:libcodex --skipParentCfg:on -d:noSignalHandler " &
+      "--nimMainPrefix:libcodex -d:noSignalHandler " &
+      "-d:LeopardExtraCompilerFlags=-fPIC " &
       "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering " &
       "-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE " &
-      "-d:libp2p_pki_schemes=secp256k1 " &
       params & " " & srcDir & name & ".nim"
 
 proc test(name: string, srcDir = "tests/", params = "", lang = "c") =
diff --git a/library/codex_thread_requests/requests/node_upload_request.nim b/library/codex_thread_requests/requests/node_upload_request.nim
index c4ed75d8..fc253798 100644
--- a/library/codex_thread_requests/requests/node_upload_request.nim
+++ b/library/codex_thread_requests/requests/node_upload_request.nim
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ proc streamFile(
   ## file I/O with chronos, see  https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos/issues/501.
 
   try:
-    let inputStreamHandle = filePath.fileInput()
+    let inputStreamHandle = filepath.fileInput()
     let inputStream = inputStreamHandle.implicitDeref
 
     var buf = newSeq[byte](chunkSize)