diff --git a/dependencies/cyvlfeat/meta.yaml b/dependencies/cyvlfeat/meta.yaml
index 772d7787f5a54a85a7f83627c587e0a9ad91562c..6e7919831c1f00974cb4ed7e3416b8c49753e5e2 100644
--- a/dependencies/cyvlfeat/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/cyvlfeat/meta.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ package:
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: cyvlfeat-{{ version }}.zip
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/bb/f7/7243e001f6a524cef8ddd32e45a5c60984c2cdb39d267bfe11b03701b3d8/cyvlfeat-{{ version }}.zip
-  md5: 3c629cafe97ff55b698241197eefd7c3
+  git_rev: v{{ version }}
+  git_url: https://github.com/menpo/cyvlfeat.git
 
 build:
   number: 0
diff --git a/dependencies/ipdb/meta.yaml b/dependencies/ipdb/meta.yaml
index c0502f46c60a83185561dd805db15aebc8c449d3..3fc736e2d05b3d9279530431d2d3d103425534d1 100644
--- a/dependencies/ipdb/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/ipdb/meta.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+{% set version = "0.7.3" %}
+
 package:
   name: ipdb
-  version: "0.10.2"
+  version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: ipdb-0.10.2.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/e1/fa/446cc6443c0dd5bcce55af12b73e1a561b330913a3792d4037f4aa654ed2/ipdb-0.10.2.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/i/ipdb/ipdb-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   md5: 75aad4924214a8526e38aefd4d3099b1
 
 build:
diff --git a/dependencies/menpo/meta.yaml b/dependencies/menpo/meta.yaml
index 5ba00b481aa445418d9069b1c350717495593c24..d0e1829ba449fcd72395bd5ddfcbf0a7a383a71a 100644
--- a/dependencies/menpo/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/menpo/meta.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ package:
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: menpo-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/8a/2a/3c8fbe0618267ebd5ae44e452455d3c7a9b554f07e7209a9d41dca359021/menpo-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  md5: 0e720b11eda3f9df06965a1a3b6fb4ec
+  git_rev: v{{ version }}
+  git_url: https://github.com/menpo/menpo.git
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ requirements:
     - cyvlfeat >=0.4.3,<0.5
 
     # Visualization
-    - matplotlib >=1.4
+    - matplotlib >=1.4,<2.0
 
 test:
   requires:
diff --git a/dependencies/mne/meta.yaml b/dependencies/mne/meta.yaml
index bb7af760b06192f9b560f18f51de6275219bb700..72f9474727de7887b9a2073b9d1135c051390d82 100644
--- a/dependencies/mne/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/mne/meta.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ package:
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: mne-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2f/1f/f7db5c21d8815da1448bf947849b8b501e26d1a03716b27e60073c5fc187/mne-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  md5: 51cc1e955e96e7fa8c3f900895fc471a
+  git_url: https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python.git
+  git_rev: v{{ version }}
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -28,9 +27,20 @@ requirements:
     - pandas
 
 test:
+
   requires:
     - nose
 
+  source_files:
+    - mne/io/brainvision/tests/data/*
+    - mne/io/bti/tests/data/*
+    - mne/io/edf/tests/data/*
+    - mne/io/egi/tests/data/*
+    - mne/io/kit/tests/data/*
+    - mne/io/nicolet/tests/data/*
+    - mne/io/tests/data/*
+    - mne/preprocessing/tests/data/*
+
   imports:
     - mne
     - mne.beamformer
@@ -104,6 +114,9 @@ test:
     - mne.viz
     - mne.viz.tests
 
+  commands:
+    - nosetests -sv mne
+
 about:
   home: https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/
   summary: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Electroencephalography (EEG) in Python
diff --git a/dependencies/pathlib/meta.yaml b/dependencies/pathlib/meta.yaml
index b9798fd5c2322293f58aa0e63d39911d37425dbd..76d6970f7f4095cb144895e372a5098d667ec4cd 100644
--- a/dependencies/pathlib/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/pathlib/meta.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ package:
   version: 1.0
 
 source:
-  fn: pathlib-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pathlib/pathlib-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/p/pathlib/pathlib-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   md5: a0a834e2ac9e280f9cfc3a06f5ac1ca3
 
 build:
diff --git a/dependencies/pkgtools/meta.yaml b/dependencies/pkgtools/meta.yaml
index d1c01af52ae22994e1dc17578aa455bd689d83ba..4b609fd0050eec56a9f525c03a220f5434fb6dcd 100644
--- a/dependencies/pkgtools/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/pkgtools/meta.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+{% set version = "0.7.3" %}
+
 package:
   name: pkgtools
-  version: "0.7.3"
+  version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: pkgtools-0.7.3.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/1c/4c/2a68aae6f0bc194749c733f64fd7da4d273aa735407c44fee3dd74069852/pkgtools-0.7.3.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/p/pkgtools/pkgtools-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   md5: f23b4aaf2fb4893df8f5225a9edb6a07
 
 build:
diff --git a/dependencies/pyedflib/meta.yaml b/dependencies/pyedflib/meta.yaml
index 029066aab2439af4b5459b166a0e5c977db897b0..39cfc760c14dc80d63b3ac282f5855978d196dbc 100644
--- a/dependencies/pyedflib/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/pyedflib/meta.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ package:
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  fn: pyEDFlib-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/07/0c/2c9b2b94637952691e3cfc6b20752fdf02878eebf50f53fdbfca4d96727e/pyEDFlib-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/p/pyEDFlib/pyEDFlib-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   md5: 1a71a66b016a02c721b5ae59c830bd4f
 
 build:
diff --git a/dependencies/schema/meta.yaml b/dependencies/schema/meta.yaml
index 136a5f6ad867981a0a3a17f750ad3a5ca7f098c2..bfbc74623d5815293148d3cfd2af202acde04100 100644
--- a/dependencies/schema/meta.yaml
+++ b/dependencies/schema/meta.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ package:
   version: "0.6.5"
 
 source:
-  fn: schema-0.6.5.tar.gz
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2b/4a/b611e3dc7638c416be86c3bf179bbb9a9abb418f82b3fe32a4c5713c8993/schema-0.6.5.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/schema/schema-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   md5: 49966546df976a664b8b2be2764aa83a
 
 build: