diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 81429f6dc24ae3184bfda43af052cf12d35c3dfa..d64006ed4f1e9c244da0db3503a0494dbbd662b7 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ requirements:
     # - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - docformatter
-    - git
+    - git  # [linux]
     - pytz
     - python-dateutil
     - gitpython