diff --git a/build-fail-blacklist b/build-fail-blacklist
index ca85d2c2eb580..46755de5a50a4 100644
--- a/build-fail-blacklist
+++ b/build-fail-blacklist
@@ -2191,6 +2191,5 @@ recipes/abricate/0.7
 recipes/abricate
 
 # clang
-recipes/nanopolish
 
 ####################### OSX errors above ###############
diff --git a/recipes/nanopolish/meta.yaml b/recipes/nanopolish/meta.yaml
index 5ed7783d7ccbb..3b86746df020d 100644
--- a/recipes/nanopolish/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/nanopolish/meta.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source:
 
 requirements:
   build:
-  - {{ compiler('c') }}
+  - gcc
   host:
   - fast5 ==0.6.5
   - htslib >1.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ requirements:
   - eigen
   - ncurses
   - bzip2
-
+  - openmp
   run:
   - python
   - hdf5
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ requirements:
   - eigen
   - ncurses
   - libdeflate
+  - openmp
+  - libgcc
 
 test:
   commands:
@@ -44,3 +46,7 @@ about:
   license: MIT
   license_file: LICENSE
   summary: 'Signal-level algorithms for MinION data.'
+
+extra:
+  skip-lints:
+    - should_use_compilers