diff --git a/conda-recipe/build.sh b/conda-recipe/build.sh
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--- a/conda-recipe/build.sh
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@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-mkdir build
-cd build
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/
-export CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/
-export PATH=$PREFIX/bin:$PATH
-
-export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=
-
-# 
-# Previous iterations have ahd trouble with hdf build vs. link
-# versions. Something like the following has helped in the past.
-#
-#### hack fix for hdf5 issues
-### if [[  `uname` == 'Linux' ]]; then
-###   ln -s $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5.so.9 $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5.so.8
-###   ln -s $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.9 $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.8
-### else
-###   ln -s $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5.9.dylib $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5.8.dylib
-###   ln -s $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5_hl.9.dylib $PREFIX/lib/libhdf5_hl.8.dylib
-### fi
-
-if [[  `uname` == 'Linux' ]]; then
-    cmake .. \
-	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX \
-	-DHDF5_ROOT=$PREFIX \
-	-DBOOST_ROOT=$PREFIX \
-	-DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=$PREFIX/lib \
-	-DBoost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS=ON \
-	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-	-DLAPACK_LIBRARIES=$PREFIX/lib/liblapack.so \
-	-DBLAS_LIBRARIES=$PREFIX/lib/libblas.so
-else
-    echo $CFLAGS
-    echo $LDFLAGS
-    export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/lib
-    export LDFLAGS="-headerpad_max_install_names -headerpad"
-    export CFLAGS="-headerpad_max_install_names -headerpad"
-    export CXXFLAGS=
-    cmake .. \
-	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX \
-	-DHDF5_ROOT=$PREFIX \
-	-DCOIN_ROOT_DIR=$PREFIX \
-	-DBOOST_ROOT=$PREFIX \
-	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-	-DLAPACK_LIBRARIES=$PREFIX/lib/liblapack.dylib \
-	-DBLAS_LIBRARIES=$PREFIX/lib/libblas.dylib
-fi
-
-make VERBOSE=1
-make install
-
-cd ..
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
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--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
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-package:
-  name: cyclus
-  version: 0.0
-
-# Only use fn and url for polyphemus compatability
-source:
-  fn: cyclus-src.tar.gz # ["TRAVIS" not in environ] 
-  url: https://github.com/cyclus/cyclus/archive/develop.tar.gz # ["TRAVIS" not in environ]
-  path: ..  # ["TRAVIS" in environ]
-
-requirements:
-   build:
-    - sigcpp
-    - glibmm
-    - libxmlpp 
-    - coincbc
-    - boost
-    - hdf5
-    - mylibxml2 # [osx]
-    - libxml2  #  [linux]
-    - myglib   # [osx]  
-    - libffi # [osx]
-    - gettext # [osx]
-    - pkg-config-lite # [osx]
-    - cmake
-    - python
-   run:
-    - sigcpp
-    - glibmm
-    - libxmlpp
-    - coincbc
-    - boost
-    - hdf5
-    - mylibxml2 # [osx]
-    - libxml2  #  [linux]
-    - myglib   # [osx]  
-    - libffi # [osx]
-    - gettext # [osx]
-    - pkg-config-lite # [osx]
-
-build:
-  string: nightly
-
-test:
-  requires:
-    - nose
-    - pytables
-
-about:
-  home: Cyclus
-  license: BSD Clause 3
diff --git a/conda-recipe/post-link.sh b/conda-recipe/post-link.sh
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--- a/conda-recipe/post-link.sh
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# This script replaces the cyclus and cyclus_unit_tests commands with simple
-# wrappers that will modify the user's environment as needed to point
-# cyclus-sepcific envrionment variables to the conda install location $PREFIX.
-# Conda packaging has three phases which come to a head here.
-#
-#   1. builing the package on a builder's computer
-#   2. installing the package on the user's machine, where this script is run
-#   3. runtime, when the wrapper script(s) execute.
-#
-# At install time (2), the conda post-link phase will define some extra
-# environment variables, such as $PREFIX, that are not available elsewhere.
-# These variables are descriped at http://conda.pydata.org/docs/building/build-scripts.html
-# Otherwise envrionment variables in the wrapper script (eg $CYCLUS_PATH)
-# must be escaped here so that they are evaluated at run time (3) rather
-# than at build (1) or install (2).
-echo "post-link.sh, PREFIX: $PREFIX"
-
-mv $PREFIX/bin/cyclus $PREFIX/bin/cyclus_base
-echo "#!/bin/bash
-export CYCLUS_PATH=\"\$CYCLUS_PATH:\$HOME/.local/lib/cyclus:$PREFIX/lib/cyclus\"
-if [ -z \"\$CYCLUS_NUC_DATA\" ]; then
-  export CYCLUS_NUC_DATA=\"$PREFIX/share/cyclus/cyclus_nuc_data.h5\"
-fi
-if [ -z \"\$CYCLUS_RNG_SCHEMA\" ]; then
-  export CYCLUS_RNG_SCHEMA=\"$PREFIX/share/cyclus/cyclus.rng.in\"
-fi
-
-$PREFIX/bin/cyclus_base \$*
-" > $PREFIX/bin/cyclus
-chmod 755 $PREFIX/bin/cyclus
-
-# The library path modifications are here because cyclus installs
-# libgtest and libbaseagentunittests into the lib/cyclus directory.
-# We make this directory the last possible location to be searched.
-mv $PREFIX/bin/cyclus_unit_tests $PREFIX/bin/cyclus_unit_tests_base
-echo "#!/bin/bash
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$PREFIX/lib/cyclus\"
-export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH:$PREFIX/lib/cyclus\"
-export CYCLUS_PATH=\"\$CYCLUS_PATH:\$HOME/.local/lib/cyclus:$PREFIX/lib/cyclus\"
-if [ -z \"\$CYCLUS_NUC_DATA\" ]; then
-  export CYCLUS_NUC_DATA=\"$PREFIX/share/cyclus/cyclus_nuc_data.h5\"
-fi
-if [ -z \"\$CYCLUS_RNG_SCHEMA\" ]; then
-  export CYCLUS_RNG_SCHEMA=\"$PREFIX/share/cyclus/cyclus.rng.in\"
-fi
-
-$PREFIX/bin/cyclus_unit_tests_base \$*
-" > $PREFIX/bin/cyclus_unit_tests
-chmod 755 $PREFIX/bin/cyclus_unit_tests
-