diff --git a/compile_cyg_make_short_check_64.sh b/compile_cyg_make_short_check_64.sh
index 668fd5218..7dd1ce342 100644
--- a/compile_cyg_make_short_check_64.sh
+++ b/compile_cyg_make_short_check_64.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # ngspice build script for CYGWIN console (X11), release version, 64 bit
-# compile_cyg_make_check.sh
+# compile_cyg_make_short_check.sh
 
-# short version, cd into release64_cyg, then call make, make install, make check
+# short version, skipping several of the device checks
 
 #Procedure:
 # Install CYGWIN, plus bison, flex, auto tools, perl, libiconv, libintl
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # './compile_cyg_auto.sh'
 
 # Options:
-# CIDER, XSPICE, OSDI, KLU, and OpenMP may be selected at will.
-# --disable-debug will give O2 optimization (versus O0 for debug) and removes all debugging info.
+# CIDER may be selected at will.
+# XSPICE, OSDI, KLU, and OpenMP may be deselected if not require
 # --enable-oldapps will make ngnutmeg ngsconvert ngproc2mod ngmultidec ngmakeidx in addition to ngspice
 # --enable-shortcheck will provide a fast 'make check' by checking only BSIM3 and BSIM4
 
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ echo
 cd release64_cyg
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release64_cyg failed"; exit 1 ; fi
 echo
-../configure --with-x=yes --with-readline=yes --disable-debug --enable-cider --enable-openmp  --enable-xspice --enable-osdi --enable-klu --enable-predictor --enable-shortcheck CFLAGS="-O2 -m64" LDFLAGS="-s -m64"
-#../configure --with-x=no --with-readline=yes --disable-debug --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp
+../configure --with-x=yes --enable-cider --enable-shortcheck CFLAGS="-O2 -m64" LDFLAGS="-s -m64"
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi