diff --git a/meta.yaml b/meta.yaml
index af4bdb7d..1217965f 100644
--- a/meta.yaml
+++ b/meta.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ build:
   script: 
     - {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
   number: 1
-#  noarch: python
-# from https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/latest/resources/define-metadata.html#architecture-independent-packages
-# since python-cdo links to cdo, which is written in C, this isn't a pure python package.
-# the conda-forge::cdo does not have a noarch specification --> worried this is influencing the pipeline
+  noarch: python
 
 channels:
     - defaults