diff --git a/recipes/fastq_utils/build.sh b/recipes/fastq_utils/build.sh
index 1bfaf41e7ce0a5..0c3a8ee69cc8ad 100644
--- a/recipes/fastq_utils/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/fastq_utils/build.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
 
 export C_INCLUDE_PATH="${PREFIX}/include:${PREFIX}/include/bam"
-#export CPP_INCLUDE_PATH="${PREFIX}/include"
 export CXX_INCLUDE_PATH="${PREFIX}/include"
-#export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${PREFIX}/include"
 export LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
 
-# Run the main install
+# Compile and install. Replace gcc with $CC
 
+sed -i.bak "s/gcc/\$CC/g" Makefile
 make
 make install
 
diff --git a/recipes/fastq_utils/meta.yaml b/recipes/fastq_utils/meta.yaml
index f7bdd1f276c636..1d0544afe99d94 100644
--- a/recipes/fastq_utils/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/fastq_utils/meta.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ requirements:
   build:
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - make
-    - libtool
     - zlib
   host:
     - samtools ==0.1.19