diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 05681cc72c0e2b2e06b01b1683413f2a796f5ea3..024d3d71c118173cc84fbae7cf7404212579a2a9 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ test:
     - conda inspect linkages -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [not win]
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]
   requires:
-    - bob-devel {{ bob_devel }}.*
     - nose
     - coverage
     - sphinx