diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index bbd9961320a..06c74ba146e 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
-  string: cuda_{{ cuda_major }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+  string: cuda{{ cuda_major }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
   script_env:
     - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
     - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
diff --git a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
index 79f1f09858a..86c56843b28 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
-  string: cuda_{{ cuda_major }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+  string: cuda{{ cuda_major }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
   script_env:
     - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
     - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY