diff --git a/recipes/phabox/meta.yaml b/recipes/phabox/meta.yaml
index 422f0bd4a6bf3..363151dac4aef 100644
--- a/recipes/phabox/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/phabox/meta.yaml
@@ -23,23 +23,22 @@ requirements:
     - python >=3.8
     - setuptools
   run:
-    - python =3.10.15
+    - python >=3.10
     - diamond =0.9.14
-    - blast =2.16.0
-    - mcl =22.282
-    - prodigal-gv =2.11.0
-    - biopython =1.84
-    - datasets =3.0.2
-    - kcounter =0.1.1
-    - fasttree =2.1.11
-    - mafft =7.525
-    - networkx =3.4.2
-    - numpy =1.26
-    - pandas =2.2.3
-    - prodigal-gv =2.11.0
-    - pyarrow =16.1.0
-    - pytorch =2.4.0
-    - scipy =1.14.1
+    - blast >=2.16.0
+    - mcl >=22.282
+    - prodigal-gv >=2.11.0
+    - biopython >=1.84
+    - datasets >=3.0.2
+    - kcounter >=0.1.1
+    - fasttree >=2.1.11
+    - mafft >=7.525
+    - networkx >=3.4.2
+    - numpy >=1.26
+    - pandas >=2.2.3
+    - pyarrow >=16.1.0
+    - pytorch >=2.4.0
+    - scipy >=1.14.1
     - seaborn-base >=0.13.2
     - transformers >=4.11.3
     - triton >=2.0.0
@@ -64,7 +63,3 @@ extra:
     - doi:10.1093/bioadv/vbad101
     - biotools:phabox
 
-channels:
-  - bioconda
-  - conda-forge
-  - defaults