diff --git a/host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc-classic_X.cmake b/host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc-classic_X.cmake
deleted file mode 100755
index 26b3e972ee..0000000000
--- a/host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc-classic_X.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# RAJA Project Developers. See top-level LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
-# files for dates and other details. No copyright assignment is required
-# to contribute to RAJA.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
-###############################################################################
-
-set(RAJA_COMPILER "RAJA_COMPILER_ICC" CACHE STRING "")
-
-set(COMMON_FLAGS "-gxx-name=/usr/tce/packages/gcc/gcc-10.3.1/bin/g++")
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${COMMON_FLAGS} -O3 -march=native -ansi-alias -diag-disable cpu-dispatch" CACHE STRING "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${COMMON_FLAGS} -O3 -g -march=native -ansi-alias -diag-disable cpu-dispatch" CACHE STRING "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${COMMON_FLAGS} -O0 -g" CACHE STRING "")
-
-set(RAJA_HOST_CONFIG_LOADED On CACHE BOOL "")
diff --git a/host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc_X.cmake b/host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc_X.cmake
deleted file mode 100755
index a98d0d9392..0000000000
--- a/host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc_X.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# RAJA Project Developers. See top-level LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
-# files for dates and other details. No copyright assignment is required
-# to contribute to RAJA.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
-###############################################################################
-
-set(RAJA_COMPILER "RAJA_COMPILER_ICC" CACHE STRING "")
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -march=native -ansi-alias -diag-disable cpu-dispatch" CACHE STRING "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-O3 -g -march=native -ansi-alias -diag-disable cpu-dispatch" CACHE STRING "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0 -g" CACHE STRING "")
-
-set(RAJA_HOST_CONFIG_LOADED On CACHE BOOL "")
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/corona_sycl.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/corona_sycl.sh
index 89fc518374..29108e1c05 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/corona_sycl.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/corona_sycl.sh
@@ -9,18 +9,30 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
-if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
-  echo
-  echo "You must pass 1 argument to the script: "
-  echo "   1) SYCL compiler installation path"
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
+# Require compiler version
+if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
   echo
-  echo "For example: "
-  echo "    corona_sycl.sh /usr/workspace/raja-dev/clang_sycl_16b7bcb09915_hip_gcc10.3.1_rocm6.4.3"
-  exit
+  echo "You must pass a SYCL compiler path to script. For example,"
+  echo "    corona_sycl.sh /usr/workspace/raja-dev/clang_sycl_16b7bcb09915_hip_gcc10.3.1_rocm6.4.3 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "An optional second argument can be given to set the CMake version to load."
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 SYCL_PATH=$1
-shift 1
+
+# Detect optional second positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$2" ] && [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$2
+  shift 2
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 1
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=corona-sycl
 : ${BUILD_TYPE:=RelWithDebInfo}
@@ -28,6 +40,7 @@ RAJA_HOSTCONFIG=../host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/corona_sycl.cmake
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -40,7 +53,7 @@ DATE=$(printf '%(%Y-%m-%d)T\n' -1)
 export PATH=${SYCL_PATH}/bin:$PATH
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SYCL_PATH}/lib:${SYCL_PATH}/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang.sh
index e565ce32d1..9739645cf7 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang.sh
@@ -9,21 +9,34 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.24.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
   echo
   echo "You must pass 2 or more arguments to the script (in the following order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number"
   echo "   2) HIP compute architecture"
-  echo "   3...) optional arguments to cmake"
+  echo "   3) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_amdclang.sh 4.1.0 gfx906"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_amdclang.sh 4.1.0 gfx906 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
 COMP_ARCH=$2
-shift 2
+
+# Detect optional third positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$3" ] && [[ "$3" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$3
+  shift 3
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 2
+fi
 
 HOSTCONFIG="hip_3_X"
 
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@ BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-amdclang-${COMP_VER}-${COMP_ARCH}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -53,7 +67,7 @@ rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
 
-module load cmake/3.24.2
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 # unload rocm to avoid configuration problems where the loaded rocm and COMP_VER
 # are inconsistent causing the rocprim from the module to be used unexpectedly
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang_asan.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang_asan.sh
index f2da601277..b25a02922f 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang_asan.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_amdclang_asan.sh
@@ -9,21 +9,34 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.24.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass 2 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
+  echo "You must pass 2 or more arguments to the script (in the following order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number"
   echo "   2) HIP compute architecture"
-  echo "   3...) optional arguments to cmake"
+  echo "   3) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_amdclang_asan.sh 5.7.0 gfx90a"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_amdclang.sh 4.1.0 gfx906 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
 COMP_ARCH=$2
-shift 2
+
+# Detect optional third positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$3" ] && [[ "$3" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$3
+  shift 3
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 2
+fi
 
 HOSTCONFIG="hip_3_X"
 
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@ BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-amdclang-${COMP_VER}-${COMP_ARCH}-asan
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -56,7 +70,7 @@ rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
 
-module load cmake/3.24.2
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 # unload rocm to avoid configuration problems where the loaded rocm and COMP_VER
 # are inconsistent causing the rocprim from the module to be used unexpectedly
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_hip.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_hip.sh
index 17508ee4ca..4ad107e1d4 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_hip.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_hip.sh
@@ -9,23 +9,36 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.24.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
   echo
   echo "You must pass 3 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number"
   echo "   2) HIP version"
   echo "   3) HIP compute architecture"
-  echo "   4...) optional arguments to cmake"
+  echo "   4) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_cce_hip.sh 14.0.3 5.2.3 gfx90a"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_cce_hip.sh 14.0.3 5.2.3 gfx90a [3.27.4]"
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
 HIP_VER=$2
 HIP_ARCH=$3
-shift 3
+
+# Detect optional fourth positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$4" ] && [[ "$4" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$4
+  shift 4
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 3
+fi
 
 HOSTCONFIG="hip_3_X"
 
@@ -33,6 +46,7 @@ BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-cce-${COMP_VER}-hip-${HIP_VER}-${HIP_ARCH}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -44,7 +58,7 @@ rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
 
-module load cmake/3.24.2
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_omptarget.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_omptarget.sh
index 6fad090854..69e5d70390 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_omptarget.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_cce_omptarget.sh
@@ -9,21 +9,34 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.24.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass 3 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
+  echo "You must pass 2 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number"
   echo "   2) HIP compute architecture"
-  echo "   3...) optional arguments to cmake"
+  echo "   3) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_cce_omptarget.sh 20.0.0-magic gfx942"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_cce_omptarget.sh 20.0.0-magic gfx942 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1"
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
 HIP_ARCH=$2
-shift 2
+
+# Detect optional third positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$3" ] && [[ "$3" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$3
+  shift 3
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 2
+fi
 
 HOSTCONFIG="cce_omptarget_X"
 
@@ -31,6 +44,7 @@ BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-cce-${COMP_VER}-${HIP_ARCH}-omptarget
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -39,7 +53,7 @@ rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
 
-module load cmake/3.24.2
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang-format.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang-format.sh
index eb92cf53d5..a0dc77b3e4 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang-format.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang-format.sh
@@ -9,23 +9,35 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
   echo
   echo "You must pass a compiler version number to script. For example,"
-  echo "    toss4_clang.sh 14.0.6"
-  echo
-  echo "The compiler MAJOR VERSION must be 14, or CMake will complain"
-  echo "and you will not be able to run 'make style' to format the code."
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_clang.sh 14.0.6 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "An optional second argument can be given to set the CMake version to load."
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
-shift 1
+
+# Detect optional second positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$2" ] && [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$2
+  shift 2
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 1
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-clang-${COMP_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -33,7 +45,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang.sh
index d16fbe8633..f01a8f6f1a 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang.sh
@@ -9,20 +9,35 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass a compiler version number to script. For example,"
-  echo "    toss4_clang.sh 10.3.1"
-  exit
+  echo "You must pass a compiler version number to the script. For example,"
+  echo "    toss4_clang.sh 14.0.6 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "An optional second argument can be given to set the CMake version to load."
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
-shift 1
+
+# Detect optional second positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$2" ] && [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$2
+  shift 2
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 1
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-clang-${COMP_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -30,7 +45,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang_san.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang_san.sh
index be4404437f..05794e9d92 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang_san.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_clang_san.sh
@@ -9,20 +9,34 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
-if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
+if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass 2 arguments to the script (in this order): "
-  echo "    1) compiler version number for clang"
-  echo "    2) sanitizer version (one of 2 options: asan, or ubsan)"
+  echo "You must pass 2 or more arguments to the script (in the following order): "
+  echo "   1) compiler version number"
+  echo "   2) HIP compute architecture"
+  echo "   3) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_clang.sh 14.0.6-magic asan"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_clang.sh 14.0.6-magic asan [3.27.4]"
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
 SAN_VER=$2
-shift 2
+
+# Detect optional third positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$3" ] && [[ "$3" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$3
+  shift 3
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 2
+fi
 
 if [[ ( ${SAN_VER} != "asan" ) && ( ${SAN_VER} != "ubsan" ) ]] ; then
   echo "Sanitizer version must be \"asan\" or \"ubsan\". Exiting!" ; exit
@@ -32,6 +46,7 @@ BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-clang-${COMP_VER}-${SAN_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -39,7 +54,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_gcc.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_gcc.sh
index 35040a859d..c8328d8828 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_gcc.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_gcc.sh
@@ -9,20 +9,35 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass a compiler version number to script. For example,"
-  echo "    toss4_gcc.sh 10.3.1"
-  exit
+  echo "You must pass a compiler version number to the script. For example,"
+  echo "    toss4_gcc.sh 10.3.1 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "An optional second argument can be given to set the CMake version to load."
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
-shift 1
+
+# Detect optional second positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$2" ] && [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$2
+  shift 2
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 1
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-gcc-${COMP_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -30,7 +45,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_hipcc.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_hipcc.sh
index 06b1e1f9a4..c35cd2c3e2 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_hipcc.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_hipcc.sh
@@ -9,21 +9,34 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
   echo
   echo "You must pass 2 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number"
   echo "   2) HIP compute architecture"
-  echo "   3...) optional arguments to cmake"
+  echo "   3) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_hipcc.sh 4.1.0 gfx906"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_hipcc.sh 4.1.0 gfx906 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
 COMP_ARCH=$2
-shift 2
+
+# Detect optional third positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$3" ] && [[ "$3" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$3
+  shift 3
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 2
+fi
 
 HOSTCONFIG="hip_3_X"
 
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@ BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-hipcc-${COMP_VER}-${COMP_ARCH}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -53,7 +67,7 @@ rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 # unload rocm to avoid configuration problems where the loaded rocm and COMP_VER
 # are inconsistent causing the rocprim from the module to be used unexpectedly
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpc-classic.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpc-classic.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 46bafe74d2..0000000000
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpc-classic.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# RAJA Project Developers. See top-level LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
-# files for dates and other details. No copyright assignment is required
-# to contribute to RAJA.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
-###############################################################################
-
-if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
-  echo
-  echo "You must pass a compiler version number to script. For example,"
-  echo "    toss4_icpc-classic.sh 19.1.2"
-  exit
-fi
-
-COMP_VER=$1
-shift 1
-
-BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-icpc-classic-${COMP_VER}
-
-echo
-echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
-echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
-echo "   $@"
-echo
-
-rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
-mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
-
-module load cmake/3.23.1
-
-##
-# CMake option -DRAJA_ENABLE_FORCEINLINE_RECURSIVE=Off used to speed up compile
-# times at a potential cost of slower 'forall' execution.
-##
-
-cmake \
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/tce/packages/intel-classic/intel-classic-${COMP_VER}/bin/icpc \
-  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/tce/packages/intel-classic/intel-classic-${COMP_VER}/bin/icc \
-  -DENABLE_CLANGFORMAT=On \
-  -DCLANGFORMAT_EXECUTABLE=/usr/tce/packages/clang/clang-14.0.6/bin/clang-format \
-  -DBLT_CXX_STD=c++17 \
-  -C ../host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc-classic_X.cmake \
-  -DRAJA_ENABLE_FORCEINLINE_RECURSIVE=Off \
-  -DENABLE_OPENMP=On \
-  -DENABLE_BENCHMARKS=On \
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install_${BUILD_SUFFIX} \
-  "$@" \
-  ..
-
-echo
-echo "***********************************************************************"
-echo
-echo "cd into directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and run make to build RAJA"
-echo
-echo "  Please note that you may need to add some intel openmp libraries to your"
-echo "  LD_LIBRARY_PATH to run with openmp."
-echo
-echo "    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/tce/packages/intel-classic/intel-classic-${COMP_VER}/compiler/lib/intel64_lin"
-echo
-echo "***********************************************************************"
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpc.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 10637c3ac7..0000000000
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# RAJA Project Developers. See top-level LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
-# files for dates and other details. No copyright assignment is required
-# to contribute to RAJA.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
-###############################################################################
-
-if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
-  echo
-  echo "You must pass a compiler version number to script. For example,"
-  echo "    toss4_icpc.sh 2022.3"
-  exit
-fi
-
-COMP_VER=$1
-shift 1
-
-BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-icpc-${COMP_VER}
-
-echo
-echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
-echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
-echo "   $@"
-echo
-
-rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
-mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
-
-module load cmake/3.23.1
-
-##
-# CMake option -DRAJA_ENABLE_FORCEINLINE_RECURSIVE=Off used to speed up compile
-# times at a potential cost of slower 'forall' execution.
-##
-
-cmake \
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/tce/packages/intel/intel-${COMP_VER}/bin/icpc \
-  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/tce/packages/intel/intel-${COMP_VER}/bin/icc \
-  -DENABLE_CLANGFORMAT=On \
-  -DCLANGFORMAT_EXECUTABLE=/usr/tce/packages/clang/clang-14.0.6/bin/clang-format \
-  -DBLT_CXX_STD=c++17 \
-  -C ../host-configs/lc-builds/toss4/icpc_X.cmake \
-  -DRAJA_ENABLE_FORCEINLINE_RECURSIVE=Off \
-  -DENABLE_OPENMP=On \
-  -DENABLE_BENCHMARKS=On \
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install_${BUILD_SUFFIX} \
-  "$@" \
-  ..
-
-echo
-echo "***********************************************************************"
-echo
-echo "cd into directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and run make to build RAJA"
-echo
-echo "  Please note that you may need to add some intel openmp libraries to your"
-echo "  LD_LIBRARY_PATH to run with openmp."
-echo
-echo "    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/tce/packages/intel/intel-${COMP_VER}/compiler/lib/intel64_lin"
-echo
-echo "***********************************************************************"
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpx.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpx.sh
index 6ed942f609..19430a086c 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpx.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_icpx.sh
@@ -9,20 +9,35 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
   echo
   echo "You must pass a compiler version number to script. For example,"
-  echo "    toss4_icpx.sh 2022.1.0"
-  exit
+  echo "    toss4_icpx.sh 2022.1.0 [3.27.4]"
+  echo "An optional second argument can be given to set the CMake version to load."
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_VER=$1
-shift 1
+
+# Detect optional second positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$2" ] && [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$2
+  shift 2
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 1
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-icpx-${COMP_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -30,7 +45,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} 2>/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.23.1
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 ##
 # CMake option -DRAJA_ENABLE_FORCEINLINE_RECURSIVE=Off used to speed up compile
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_clang.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_clang.sh
index 0b442b5d83..5607867b47 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_clang.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_clang.sh
@@ -9,30 +9,46 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass 3 arguments to the script (in this order): "
+  echo "You must pass 3 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number for nvcc"
   echo "   2) CUDA compute architecture (number only, e.g., '90' not 'sm_90')"
   echo "   3) compiler version number for clang"
+  echo "   4) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_nvcc_clang.sh 12.6.0 90 14.0.6"
+  echo "    toss4_nvcc_clang.sh 12.6.0 90 14.0.6 [3.27.4]"
   echo
   echo "    toss4_nvcc_clang.sh 12.9.1 90 19.1.3-magic"
   echo "         (note: a compilation issue with one RAJA benchmark code)"
-  exit
+  echo
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_NVCC_VER=$1
 COMP_ARCH=$2
 COMP_CLANG_VER=$3
-shift 3
+
+# Detect optional fourth positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$4" ] && [[ "$4" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$4
+  shift 4
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 3
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-nvcc${COMP_NVCC_VER}-${COMP_ARCH}-clang${COMP_CLANG_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}" 
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -40,7 +56,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.25.2
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh
index bb6122d503..2e3a15c9c1 100755
--- a/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh
+++ b/scripts/lc-builds/toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh
@@ -9,30 +9,46 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause)
 ###############################################################################
 
+# Default CMake version if not provided
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER=3.25.2
+
 if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
   echo
-  echo "You must pass 3 arguments to the script (in this order): "
+  echo "You must pass 3 or more arguments to the script (in this order): "
   echo "   1) compiler version number for nvcc"
   echo "   2) CUDA compute architecture (number only, e.g., '90' not 'sm_90')"
   echo "   3) compiler version number for gcc"
+  echo "   4) optional CMake version to load."
   echo
   echo "For example: "
-  echo "    toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh 12.6.0 90 13.3.1-magic"
+  echo "    toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh 12.6.0 90 13.3.1-magic [3.27.4]"
   echo
   echo "    toss4_nvcc_gcc.sh 12.9.1 90 13.3.1-magic"
   echo "         (note: a compilation issue with one RAJA benchmark code)"
-  exit
+  echo
+  echo "If no CMake version is provided, version ${DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER} will be used."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 COMP_NVCC_VER=$1
 COMP_ARCH=$2
 COMP_GCC_VER=$3
-shift 3
+
+# Detect optional fourth positional argument as a CMake version if it looks like N.M or N.M.P
+# Otherwise, treat it as a normal CMake argument.
+if [ -n "$4" ] && [[ "$4" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
+  CMAKE_VER=$4
+  shift 4
+else
+  CMAKE_VER=$DEFAULT_CMAKE_VER
+  shift 3
+fi
 
 BUILD_SUFFIX=lc_toss4-nvcc${COMP_NVCC_VER}-${COMP_ARCH}-gcc${COMP_GCC_VER}
 
 echo
 echo "Creating build directory build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} and generating configuration in it"
+echo "Using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VER}"
 echo "Configuration extra arguments:"
 echo "   $@"
 echo
@@ -40,7 +56,7 @@ echo
 rm -rf build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} >/dev/null
 mkdir build_${BUILD_SUFFIX} && cd build_${BUILD_SUFFIX}
 
-module load cmake/3.25.2
+module load cmake/${CMAKE_VER}
 
 cmake \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \