diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index d847fb2cdc6ac62733f0f6f2af50e1eeead2f4fb..679e793afeb697e81ef79e65fab2eed646978d70 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -48,19 +48,8 @@ test:
     # runs tests for package only, report only what is in the package
     # creates xml tests report and place it in a specific directory
     # creates html and xml coverage reports and place them in a specific directory
-    - ls -lah
-    - pytest --verbose --cov {{ name }} --cov-report term-missing --cov-report html:{{ project_dir }}/sphinx/coverage --cov-report xml:{{ project_dir }}/coverage.xml --junitxml={{ project_dir }}/test_results.xml --pyargs {{ name }}
-    - sphinx-build -aEW {{ project_dir }}/doc {{ project_dir }}/sphinx
-    - sphinx-build -aEb doctest {{ project_dir }}/doc sphinx
     - conda inspect linkages -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [not win]
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]
-  requires:
-    - pytest {{ pytest }}
-    - pytest-cov {{ pytest_cov }}
-    - coverage {{ coverage }}
-    - sphinx {{ sphinx }}
-    - sphinx_rtd_theme {{ sphinx_rtd_theme }}
-    - matplotlib {{ matplotlib }}
 
 about:
   home: {{ data['project']['urls']['homepage'] }}