diff --git a/recipes/gembs/build.sh b/recipes/gembs/build.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 73b16ce7bb839..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/gembs/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#instead of installing software from submodules, let them be dependencies
-
-$PYTHON setup.py install --minimal --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
-
diff --git a/recipes/gembs/meta.yaml b/recipes/gembs/meta.yaml
index b229b39a5ca3c..5444aff42236b 100644
--- a/recipes/gembs/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/gembs/meta.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ source:
     folder: tools/bcftools
 
 build:
-  number: 1
+  number: 2
   skip: True # [py2k]
+  script: $PYTHON setup.py install --minimal --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ requirements:
     - samtools =1.8
     - gem3-mapper =3.6.1
     - bs_call =2.02
+    - ucsc-bedtobigbed
+    - ucsc-wigtobigwig
     - curl
     - wget