diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 9a4be6f26c9148808d4fbcee7cc5f4110231da02..15676a51c02131a8cee35ea5d364a425a1ca4337 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   requires:
-    - sphinx_rtd_theme {{ sphinx_rtd_theme }}
-    - pytest {{ pytest }}
-    - pytest-cov {{ pytest_cov }}
+    - sphinx_rtd_theme
+    - pytest
+    - pytest-cov
   imports:
     - {{ name }}
   commands: