diff --git a/ci/conda-envs/test_env.yaml b/ci/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
index 6981b7e3..e7d61b77 100644
--- a/ci/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
+++ b/ci/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
 - python
 - six
-- numpy
-- scipy
-- matplotlib-base
-- pandas
+- numpy>=1.0
+- matplotlib
+- pandas>=0.17
 - numkit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 175dd7b5..34861230 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@
                         'numkit',       # numerical helpers
                         'matplotlib',
                         ],
-      tests_require=['pytest', 'numpy>=1.0', 'pandas>=0.17'],
+      tests_require=['pytest', 'pandas>=0.17'],
       zip_safe=True,
       )