diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 6aee66c02..3ae8d19c6 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ ignition-tools.")
 endif()
 if (ignition-tools_FOUND)
   set (HAVE_IGN_TOOLS TRUE)
-  set (IGN_TOOLS_VER 1)
 endif()
+# Note that CLI files are installed regardless of whether the dependency is
+# available during build time
+set (IGN_TOOLS_VER 1)
 
 ################################################
 # Find the Python interpreter for running the
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ endmacro()
 
 ########################################
 # Find ignition cmake2
-# Only for using the testing macros and creating the codecheck target, not 
+# Only for using the testing macros and creating the codecheck target, not
 # really being use to configure the whole project
 find_package(ignition-cmake2 REQUIRED)
 set(IGN_CMAKE_VER ${ignition-cmake2_VERSION_MAJOR})
diff --git a/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f1eca389..0cb4ae6ef 100644
--- a/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ install(FILES ${cmd_script_generated} DESTINATION lib/ruby/ignition)
 configure_file(
   "sdf.bash_completion.sh"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sdf${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.bash_completion.sh" @ONLY)
-if (HAVE_IGN_TOOLS)
-  install(
-    FILES
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sdf${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.bash_completion.sh
-    DESTINATION
-      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/gz/gz${IGN_TOOLS_VER}.completion.d)
-endif()
+install(
+  FILES
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sdf${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.bash_completion.sh
+  DESTINATION
+    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/gz/gz${IGN_TOOLS_VER}.completion.d)
diff --git a/src/ign_TEST.cc b/src/ign_TEST.cc
index 262e7a840..6b5a452e4 100644
--- a/src/ign_TEST.cc
+++ b/src/ign_TEST.cc
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  *
 */
 
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "sdf/Filesystem.hh"
 #include "sdf/parser.hh"
 #include "sdf/SDFImpl.hh"
 #include "sdf/sdf_config.h"
@@ -825,12 +825,13 @@ TEST(HelpVsCompletionFlags, SDF)
   std::string helpOutput = custom_exec_str(IgnCommand() + " sdf --help");
 
   // Call the output function in the bash completion script
-  std::filesystem::path scriptPath = PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH;
-  scriptPath = scriptPath / "src" / "cmd" / "sdf.bash_completion.sh";
+  std::string scriptPath = PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH;
+  scriptPath = sdf::filesystem::append(scriptPath, "src", "cmd",
+      "sdf.bash_completion.sh");
 
   // Equivalent to:
   // sh -c "bash -c \". /path/to/sdf.bash_completion.sh; _gz_sdf_flags\""
-  std::string cmd = "bash -c \". " + scriptPath.string() +
+  std::string cmd = "bash -c \". " + scriptPath +
     "; _gz_sdf_flags\"";
   std::string scriptOutput = custom_exec_str(cmd);
 
@@ -842,7 +843,7 @@ TEST(HelpVsCompletionFlags, SDF)
   EXPECT_GT(flags.size(), 0u);
 
   // Match each flag in script output with help message
-  for (std::string flag : flags)
+  for (const auto &flag : flags)
   {
     EXPECT_NE(std::string::npos, helpOutput.find(flag)) << helpOutput;
   }