diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 1a53e8a2..34452b27 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # load information from setup.cfg/setup.py
 {% set data = load_setup_py_data() %}
-{% set license = data.get('license') %}
 {% set description = data.get('description') %}
 {% set url = data.get('url') %}
 # this will get the version set by environment variable
 {% set version = environ.get('VERSION') %}
-{% set version_number = environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', '0') | string %}
+{% set git_describe_number = environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', '0') | string %}
 
 
 package:
   name: shiver
-  version: {{ version_number }}
+  version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
   path: ..
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ source:
 build:
   noarch: python
   linux-64: python
-  number: {{ version_number }}
+  number: {{ git_describe_number }}
   string: py{{py}}
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . --no-deps --ignore-installed -vvv
 
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ requirements:
 
 about:
   home: {{ url }}
-  license: {{ license }}
   license_family: GPL
   license_file: ../LICENSE
   summary: {{ description }}