diff --git a/build-fail-blacklist b/build-fail-blacklist
index 1a81f4b636b21..8d8140bef3409 100644
--- a/build-fail-blacklist
+++ b/build-fail-blacklist
@@ -971,3 +971,7 @@ recipes/bioconductor-adacgh2
 recipes/bioconductor-snapcgh
 recipes/bioconductor-italics
 recipes/bioconductor-biggr
+
+
+
+recipes/hicexplorer
diff --git a/recipes/cooler/meta.yaml b/recipes/cooler/meta.yaml
index 33953f7c17fc6..fe69521ca963a 100644
--- a/recipes/cooler/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/cooler/meta.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source:
   sha256: 53d2a98c581230be88e32da4938218104a39b6a6f5f7a04956ff9d7a21180332
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   entry_points:
     - cooler = cooler.cli:cli
 
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - setuptools
     - zlib
-
   run:
-    - zlib
     - hdf5
     - python
     - six
diff --git a/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml b/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml
index 80b289e8da5ef..43436d99eda81 100644
--- a/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/hicexplorer/meta.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ source:
   sha256: 552070da33caf48d137b3f0a43e4bb416bf943340fe4813be883ef852beb89fd
 
 build:
-  number: 0
-  skip: True #[py35]
+  number: 1
 
 requirements:
   host:
@@ -50,13 +49,30 @@ requirements:
     - unidecode
     - hicmatrix
     - pygenometracks
+    - hic2cool
 
 test:
   imports:
     - hicexplorer
   commands:
+    - findRestSite --version
+    - hicAggregateContacts --version
     - hicBuildMatrix --version
+    - hicCorrectMatrix --version
     - hicCorrelate --version
+    - hicFindEnrichedContacts --version
+    - hicFindTADs --version
+    - hicMergeMatrixBins --version
+    - hicPlotMatrix --version
+    - hicPlotDistVsCounts --version
+    - hicPlotTADs --version
+    - hicSumMatrices --version
+    - hicInfo --version
+    - hicConvertFormat --version
+    - hicAdjustMatrix --version
+    - hicNormalize --version
+    - hicAverageRegions --version
+    - hicPlotAverageRegions --version
 
 about:
   home: https://github.com/deeptools/HiCExplorer
diff --git a/recipes/hicmatrix/meta.yaml b/recipes/hicmatrix/meta.yaml
index 2209c5a61034e..ad913ce15f478 100644
--- a/recipes/hicmatrix/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/hicmatrix/meta.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package:
   name: hicmatrix
-  version: '6'
+  version: 6
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/deeptools/HiCMatrix/archive/6.tar.gz
   sha256: 19b052a8d3165d253eaf32d8a525fb565f5beacd269e6d3746f5504f4353d6e2
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   noarch: python
 
 requirements:
diff --git a/recipes/pairix/meta.yaml b/recipes/pairix/meta.yaml
index a58c95a430cba..733be4d1a50da 100644
--- a/recipes/pairix/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/pairix/meta.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source:
   md5: 72a9208377443c7abd4ea3c2418be890
 
 build:
-  number: 2
+  number: 4
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - setuptools
     - zlib
-
   run:
     - htslib
     - python
-    - zlib
 
 test:
   imports: