diff --git a/grayskull/strategy/py_base.py b/grayskull/strategy/py_base.py
index a2e4eb28f..6c711940b 100644
--- a/grayskull/strategy/py_base.py
+++ b/grayskull/strategy/py_base.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 RE_DEPS_NAME = re.compile(r"^\s*([\.a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)", re.MULTILINE)
-PIN_PKG_COMPILER = {"numpy": "<{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}"}
+PIN_PKG_COMPILER = {}
 
 
 def search_setup_root(path_folder: Union[Path, str]) -> Path:
diff --git a/tests/test_py_base.py b/tests/test_py_base.py
index 3774220f1..70b36f070 100644
--- a/tests/test_py_base.py
+++ b/tests/test_py_base.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ def test_update_requirements_with_pin_mixed_numpy_pin_compatible():
         "run": ["numpy >=1.19.1,<2.0.0", "pyparsing >=2.4.7, <3.0.0", "python"],
     }
     update_requirements_with_pin(requirements)
-    assert "<{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}" in requirements["run"]
-    assert "numpy" not in requirements["run"]
+    assert "numpy >=1.19.1,<2.0.0" in requirements["run"]
 
 
 def test_ensure_pep440_stripping_empty_spaces():
diff --git a/tests/test_pypi.py b/tests/test_pypi.py
index 2b04ce725..8d840214d 100644
--- a/tests/test_pypi.py
+++ b/tests/test_pypi.py
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ def test_update_requirements_with_pin():
     assert req == {
         "build": ["<{ compiler('c') }}"],
         "host": ["python", "numpy"],
-        "run": ["python", "<{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}"],
+        "run": ["python", "numpy"],
     }
 
 
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ def test_ciso_recipe():
         ["cython", "numpy", "pip", "python"]
     )
     assert sorted(recipe["requirements"]["run"]) == sorted(
-        ["cython", "python", "<{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}"]
+        ["cython", "python", "numpy"]
     )
     assert recipe["test"]["commands"] == ["pip check"]
     assert recipe["test"]["requires"] == ["pip"]
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ def test_pymc_recipe_fortran():
     }
     assert set(recipe["requirements"]["host"]) == {"numpy", "python", "pip"}
     assert set(recipe["requirements"]["run"]) == {
-        "<{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}",
+        "numpy",
         "python",
     }
     assert not recipe["build"]["noarch"]