diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 58afb2cd3eea88929c3342bfd177c90503f87318..ee74dd47b57d6be09aadb5e3fe101a3483a4d700 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 "python",
                 "conda=%s" % conda_version,
                 "conda-build=%s" % conda_build_version,
-                "conda-verify=%s" % conda_verify_version,
+                # "conda-verify=%s" % conda_verify_version,
                 "click",
                 "twine",  # required for checking readme of python (zip) distro
             ]
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 "python",
                 "conda=%s" % conda_version,
                 "conda-build=%s" % conda_build_version,
-                "conda-verify=%s" % conda_verify_version,
+                # "conda-verify=%s" % conda_verify_version,
                 "twine",  # required for checking readme of python (zip) distro
             ]
         )
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 6f2df9554e18eb60a2b24642c182c4e4fd08e5a1..89d30811ba47d03435f75ee6065c921d2ef2387f 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ requirements:
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
     - conda-build=3
-    - conda-verify=3
+    # - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - docformatter
     - pytz