diff --git a/recipes/svtopovz/meta.yaml b/recipes/svtopovz/meta.yaml
index d97406380bd63..d885d82b8a86a 100644
--- a/recipes/svtopovz/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/svtopovz/meta.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ requirements:
     - cython >=3.0.10
     - setuptools
   run:
-    - pip
     - python >=3.10
     - matplotlib-base >=3.8.4
     - numpy ==1.26.4