diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 66eef96d5e2f36036f6f7618fe6d9c906000f6a3..40905f3988938115328d8128bd51c615411b863b 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ source:
 
 build:
   noarch: python
-  number: 2
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . --no-deps -vv
 
 requirements: