diff --git a/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml b/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
index c296bfd580c1d8c9f2bf15b235fd4c00aba99dc3..cdae42b6cd22a42d160afc7f48913f84bbf18c18 100644
--- a/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: bob-devel
-  version: 2018.02.19
+  version: 2018.02.27
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ requirements:
     - sqlalchemy 1.1.13
     - toolz 0.8.2
     # the rest of the dependencies
-    - bob.buildout 2.1.5
     - boost 1.65.1
     - caffe 1.0  # [linux]
     - click-plugins 1.0.3