diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index c6fa7eb273b74927b00793f407cbd02cdf8c0a21..fd006be590ea579f8578299d5effd808f17bf932 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - python >=3.9
-    - pip {{ pip }}
+    - pip
     - click >=8
     - click {{ click }}
     - tomli {{ tomli }}