diff --git a/recipes/howdesbt/build.sh b/recipes/howdesbt/build.sh
index 62863b82da693..e21428c57a6d5 100644
--- a/recipes/howdesbt/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/howdesbt/build.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-cd ${SRC_DIR}
-sed -i -e "s:~:\$\${PREFIX}:g" Makefile
-
-cd ${PREFIX}/include
-ln -s jellyfish-2.2.10/jellyfish jellyfish
-
-cd ${SRC_DIR}
-make
-
 mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/bin
+make CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$PREFIX/include/jellyfish-2.2.10" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lroaring -lsdsl -ljellyfish-2.0 -lpthread"
 cp howdesbt ${PREFIX}/bin
-
 chmod +x ${PREFIX}/bin/howdesbt
diff --git a/recipes/howdesbt/meta.yaml b/recipes/howdesbt/meta.yaml
index 793d69022d395..558790aedb75e 100644
--- a/recipes/howdesbt/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/howdesbt/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% set name = "HowDeSBT" %}
-{% set version = "1.00.00" %}
-{% set sha256 = "cd9bae56e01280397fa247ffcab493b87bcfb5e06350cb83ca41d90cfc7a7355" %}
+{% set version = "1.00.03" %}
+{% set sha256 = "70bc34742fc2aa9ea3dbc1ae134392c3eb105d825232dbd8b61175a461b981d4" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: 0
-  skip: true  # [win]
 
 requirements:
   build:
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-    - jellyfish >=2.2.0
-    - sdsl-lite
-    - croaring
   host:
     - jellyfish >=2.2.0
     - sdsl-lite