diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 25845012a40a4e3d30098d7fa860060b9085d744..cd42e1d060c3f6854592be089cffb5624c17a1f3 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ requirements:
     - python {{ python }}
     - setuptools {{ setuptools }}
     - pip {{ pip }}
-    - bob.extension
     - bob.io.base
     - exposed
     - numpy {{ numpy }}
@@ -32,10 +31,8 @@ requirements:
     - tabulate {{ tabulate }}
     - numba {{ numba }}
   run:
-    # - bob.extension  #not required, has run_exports
     - python
     - setuptools
-    - bob.extension
     - bob.io.base
     - exposed
     - {{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2096f20c98459a44a924f990c1c89d5ccf96da8c..93f56475fc492ba4662bb6f001e709401447bdc8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     dependencies = [
         "setuptools",
         "numpy",
-        "bob.extension",
         "bob.io.base",
         "exposed",
         "scipy",