diff --git a/pkgs/libactpol/meta.yaml b/pkgs/libactpol/meta.yaml
index adacfaf..e7aea91 100644
--- a/pkgs/libactpol/meta.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/libactpol/meta.yaml
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ requirements:
     - _openmp_mutex * *_llvm
     - libopenblas * openmp_*
     - openblas * openmp_*
-    - cfitsio
+    # This constraint is to force compatibility with the healpy package.
+    # remove once healpy is building with cfitsio-4.4.x.
+    - cfitsio <4.4.0
     - wcslib
     - libactpol_deps
-    # This constraint is to enforce compatibility with older cfitsio
-    # Remove this once healpy package is using latest wcslib / cfitsio.
-    - healpy
     # Remove until this perl bug is fixed
     # https://github.com/conda-forge/perl-feedstock/issues/56
     - libxcrypt1   # [linux]
diff --git a/soconda.sh b/soconda.sh
index 55a71a9..2f15249 100755
--- a/soconda.sh
+++ b/soconda.sh
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ rm -rf "${conda_tmp}" &> /dev/null
 find "/tmp" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'pixell-*' -exec rm {} \;
 
 
-# Install local and upstream conda packages all at once.
+# Install upstream conda packages.
 echo -e "\n\n"
 echo "Installing conda packages..." | tee "log_conda"
-conda_exec install --yes ${local_pkgs} \
+conda_exec install --yes \
     --file "${scriptdir}/config/common.txt" \
     --file "${confdir}/packages_conda.txt" \
     2>&1 | tee -a "log_conda"
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@ conda_exec install --yes ${local_pkgs} \
 conda_exec deactivate
 conda_exec activate "${fullenv}"
 
+# Install local conda packages.
+echo -e "\n\n"
+echo "Installing local packages..." | tee -a "log_conda"
+conda_exec install --yes --use-local ${local_pkgs} \
+    2>&1 | tee -a "log_conda"
+
+conda_exec deactivate
+conda_exec activate "${fullenv}"
+
 
 # Install mpi4py
 echo -e "\n\n"