diff --git a/recipes/popdel/build.sh b/recipes/popdel/build.sh
index 36448bcdcdb41..883edc14d8a69 100644
--- a/recipes/popdel/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/popdel/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-DATE=2018-12-06
-
-make CXX=${CXX} VERSION=${PKG_VERSION} DATE=${DATE}
+make CXX=${CXX}
 mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/bin
 cp popdel ${PREFIX}/bin
diff --git a/recipes/popdel/meta.yaml b/recipes/popdel/meta.yaml
index d9ed54e867f39..e04ea24582133 100644
--- a/recipes/popdel/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/popdel/meta.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package:
   name: popdel
-  version: "1.0.5"
+  version: "1.0.6"
 
 source:
-  url: https://github.com/kehrlab/PopDel/archive/v1.0.5.tar.gz
-  sha256: 7ab33573780b0f373787cfd9014b7a60d0451049956e072521670708b401109c
+  url: https://github.com/kehrlab/PopDel/archive/v1.0.6.tar.gz
+  sha256: f74a79788839dd9c1f99b65292c4cc959eec9df0ac456ea0ad2743fc6448f7bf
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -12,19 +12,17 @@ build:
 requirements:
   build:
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-
   host:
     - zlib
-
   run:
     - zlib
 
 test:
-    commands:
-        - popdel -h
+  commands:
+    - popdel -h
 
 about:
   home: https://github.com/kehrlab/PopDel
   license: GPL-3.0
   license_file: LICENSE
-  summary: Fast structural deletion calling on population-scale short read paired-end data.
+  summary: Fast structural deletion calling on population-scale short read paired-end germline WGS data.