diff --git a/conda-recepie/build_pylib.sh b/conda-recepie/build_pylib.sh
index 2a76776ee..72dced9bd 100755
--- a/conda-recepie/build_pylib.sh
+++ b/conda-recepie/build_pylib.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 # cp -r build/bin/sls_detector $PREFIX/lib/.
 
 #copy shared lib 
+echo "|<-------- starting python build"
 cp build/bin/_sls_detector* python/.
 
 cd python
-$PYTHON setup.py install 
\ No newline at end of file
+python setup.py install
+# $PYTHON setup.py install 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda-recepie/meta.yaml b/conda-recepie/meta.yaml
index e91c9eef1..78ebc3175 100755
--- a/conda-recepie/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recepie/meta.yaml
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ outputs:
         - pyzmq
         - libstdcxx-ng
         - libgcc-ng
-    test:
-      imports:
-        - sls_detector
+    # test:
+    #   imports:
+    #     - sls_detector
 
-    requirements:
-      build:
-        - {{ compiler('c') }}
-        - {{compiler('cxx')}}
+    # requirements:
+    #   build:
+    #     - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    #     - {{compiler('cxx')}}
 
   # - name: sls_detector_gui
   #   version: "developer"