diff --git a/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml b/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
index ad10e96fa166a..7e41f5f17144d 100644
--- a/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ outputs:
   - name: {{ name }}-gui
     # build/host requirements should exactly match the root requirements
     requirements:
-      build:
+      build: &build
         - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
         - {{ stdlib('c') }}
         - cmake >=3.0
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ outputs:
         - {{ cdt('libxdamage') }}        # [linux]
         - {{ cdt('libxxf86vm') }}        # [linux]
         - {{ cdt('libxext') }}           # [linux]
-      host:
+      host: &host
         - qt
         - openssl
         - libzlib
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ outputs:
         - freetype
         - libglu                         # [linux]
         - glew                           # [windows]
-      run:
+      run: &run
         - qt-main
-        - libgl                             # [linux]
-        - libglu                            # [linux]
+        - libgl                          # [linux]
+        - libglu                         # [linux]
     files:
       include:
         - bin/wb_view
@@ -85,35 +85,10 @@ outputs:
       commands:
         - wb_view -help
   - name: {{ name }}-cli
-    # build/host requirements should exactly match the root requirements
     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]
-      run:
-        - qt-main
-        - libgl                             # [linux]
-        - libglu                            # [linux]
+      build: *build
+      host: *host
+      run: *run
     files:
       include:
         - bin/wb_command