diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index ac58248e86eeeb5c7d5edff9d306fea0cf8e0250..f565e26b5ecd0a5e8da4f64f44045733f82bef07 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def do_hack(project_dir):
     """
     This function is supposed to be for temporary usage.
 
-    It implements hacks for the issues: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112
-    and https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)
+    It implements hacks for the issue:
+    https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112
 
     """
 
@@ -62,47 +62,13 @@ def do_hack(project_dir):
 
     git_ignore_file = os.path.join(project_dir, ".gitignore")
     if os.path.exists(git_ignore_file):
-        logger.warning('Removing ".gitignore" to overcome issues with ripgrep')
         logger.warning(
-            "See https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112"
+            "Removing .gitignore to avoid issue with ripgrep (see "
+            "https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112)"
         )
         os.unlink(git_ignore_file)
     #### END OF HACK
 
-    #### HACK that avoids this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767
-    license_file = os.path.join(project_dir, "LICENSE")
-    if not os.path.exists(license_file):
-        license_file = os.path.join(project_dir, "LICENSE.AGPL")
-
-    recipe_dir = os.path.join(project_dir, "conda")
-    if os.path.exists(license_file) and os.path.exists(recipe_dir):
-        logger.warning(
-            "Copying LICENSE file to `./conda` dir to avoid issue with conda build (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)"
-        )
-        logger.warning(
-            "Replacing ../LICENSE to LICENSE (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)"
-        )
-        shutil.copyfile(
-            license_file,
-            os.path.join(recipe_dir, os.path.basename(license_file)),
-        )
-
-        # Checking COPYING file just in case
-        copying_file = os.path.join(project_dir, "COPYING")
-        if os.path.exists(copying_file):
-            shutil.copyfile(copying_file, os.path.join(recipe_dir, "COPYING"))
-
-        meta_file = os.path.join(recipe_dir, "meta.yaml")
-        recipe = open(meta_file).readlines()
-        recipe = [
-            l.replace("../COPYING", "COPYING")
-            .replace("../LICENSE", "LICENSE")
-            .replace("../LICENSE.AGPL", "LICENSE.AGPL")
-            for l in recipe
-        ]
-        open(meta_file, "wt").write("".join(recipe))
-    #### END OF HACK
-
 
 def set_environment(name, value, env=os.environ):
     """Function to setup the environment variable and print debug message.
diff --git a/bob/devtools/build.py b/bob/devtools/build.py
index 101379960fdb1a9c4608dfb01259500849de98a1..35a184756afd9ab77720b07784fa519de6f6e267 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/build.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def exists_on_channel(channel_url, basename):
         candidate = urls[other_build_numbers.index(self_build_number)]
         pkg_type = '.conda' if basename.endswith('.conda') else '.tar.bz2'
         if candidate.endswith(pkg_type):  #match
-            return "".join(channel_url, candidate)
+            return "".join((channel_url, candidate))
 
 
 def remove_pins(deps):
diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml b/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml
index 3a8517fdf42ea69bfd0c2b476a7d34b62014ed37..575b699784c46cdca1041b38fe7ef74c59cdbccd 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/templates/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -56,4 +56,3 @@ about:
   home: https://www.idiap.ch/software/(( group ))/
   license: (% if license == 'gplv3' %)GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)(% else %)BSD 3-Clause(% endif %)
   license_family: (% if license == 'gplv3' %)GPL(% else %)BSD(% endif %)
-  license_file: (% if license == 'gplv3' %)../COPYING(% else %)../LICENSE(% endif %)
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index df6141cd536413625bc1e6434408f5e7af3c74ba..43c37974c39fb2029f9895f6ff8013d2e7979b68 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test:
     - bdt dav clean-betas --help
     - bdt dav upload --help
     - bdt gitlab process-pipelines --help
-    - bdt gitlab get-pipelines --help    
+    - bdt gitlab get-pipelines --help
     - sphinx-build -aEW ${PREFIX}/share/doc/{{ name }}/doc sphinx
     - if [ -n "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" ]; then mv sphinx "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/"; fi
 
@@ -112,4 +112,3 @@ about:
   license: BSD 3-Clause
   summary: Tools for development and CI integration of Bob packages
   license_family: BSD
-  license_file: ../LICENSE