diff --git a/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml b/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
index 7e41f5f17144d..9b76059563fa7 100644
--- a/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
@@ -16,31 +16,6 @@ build:
   number: 0
   skip: true  # [osx or win]
 
-requirements:
-  build:
-    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-    - {{ stdlib('c') }}
-    - cmake >=3.0
-    - ninja
-    - qwt
-    # OpenMP
-    - llvm-openmp  # [osx]
-    - libgomp      # [linux]
-    # libGL
-    - {{ cdt('mesa-libgl-devel') }}  # [linux]
-    - {{ cdt('mesa-dri-drivers') }}  # [linux]
-    - {{ cdt('libxdamage') }}        # [linux]
-    - {{ cdt('libxxf86vm') }}        # [linux]
-    - {{ cdt('libxext') }}           # [linux]
-  host:
-    - qt
-    - openssl
-    - libzlib
-    - zlib
-    - freetype
-    - libglu                         # [linux]
-    - glew                           # [windows]
-
 test:
   commands:
     - wb_view -help
@@ -49,7 +24,6 @@ test:
 
 outputs:
   - name: {{ name }}-gui
-    # build/host requirements should exactly match the root requirements
     requirements:
       build: &build
         - {{ compiler('cxx') }}