diff --git a/conda/migrate.py b/conda/migrate.py
index 184b7abba7c6db108695ddee2dcbf173ac89a92d..1d58534a28cb34d08b18f126da6afe2126b92299 100755
--- a/conda/migrate.py
+++ b/conda/migrate.py
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ def migrate(template_recipe_path, old_recipe_path, build_variant_path,
   test_requires = test_requires.strip()
   if test_requires:
     test_requires = '    ' + test_requires + '\n'
-    test_requires = add_variant(test_requires)
+    if recipe.name() == 'bob.buildout':
+      test_requires = add_variant(test_requires)
   if recipe.name() == 'bob.buildout':
     final_recipe = final_recipe.replace(
         '    - bob-devel {{ bob_devel }}.*\n', '')
diff --git a/templates/meta.yaml b/templates/meta.yaml
index c0ae4772e909dcc5304c041ec92e99c042a42a23..6bbd7792b93aaff648bd5980a98943fa245ef090 100644
--- a/templates/meta.yaml
+++ b/templates/meta.yaml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ test:
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]
   requires:
     - bob-devel {{ bob_devel }}.*
-    - nose {{ nose }}.*
-    - coverage {{ coverage }}.*
-    - sphinx {{ sphinx }}.*
-    - sphinx_rtd_theme {{ sphinx_rtd_theme }}.*
+    - nose
+    - coverage
+    - sphinx
+    - sphinx_rtd_theme
     <TEST_DEPS>
 
 about: