diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 77eb356fa..656147f53 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ outputs:
         - ripgrep
         - cmake
         - ninja
-        - cython
         - setuptools
         - {{ compiler('c') }}
         # Tried to use enable_language(C) to avoid needing this. It does not work.