diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_.yaml
index 4e6ea7e..f97a142 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,3 @@ channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
 docker_image:
 - condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
-pin_run_as_build:
-  python:
-    min_pin: x.x
-    max_pin: x.x
-python:
-- 3.6.* *_cpython
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 8a4af44..5b14787 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ conda-build:
 
 CONDARC
 
-conda install --yes --quiet conda-forge-ci-setup=2 conda-build -c conda-forge
+conda install --yes --quiet conda-forge-ci-setup=3 conda-build pip -c conda-forge
+
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ conda build "${RECIPE_ROOT}" -m "${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml" \
     --clobber-file "${CI_SUPPORT}/clobber_${CONFIG}.yaml"
 
 if [[ "${UPLOAD_PACKAGES}" != "False" ]]; then
-    upload_package "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
+    upload_package  "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 fi
 
 touch "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}/build_artifacts/conda-forge-build-done-${CONFIG}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 61d5291..e640214 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ source:
   sha256: 1fb85ae78fa2882c172668adc73199d2478580d1faeb9224197105ae481fc175
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   noarch: python
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . --no-deps -vv
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - python
+    - python >=3.5
     - pip
 
   run:
-    - python
+    - python >=3.5
 
 test:
   imports: