diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 6e0bd6adb5a851e9943e36b50cc3272553df415f..003f49215543cd4286b53178ed3a4e2a49a14556 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ source:
 
 build:
   noarch: python
-  number: 3
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . --no-deps -vv
 
 requirements: