diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/build.sh b/conda/recipes/cudf/build.sh
index 9c7f66da040..4b35a4c0fa6 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/build.sh
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
 cd python
 $PYTHON setup.py build_ext --inplace
 $PYTHON setup.py install
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index 8377a9a33ba..2284c2796ec 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -13,22 +13,17 @@ build:
   number: {{ git_revision_count }}
   script_env:
     - CUDF_BUILD_NO_GPU_TEST
-    - BUILD_ABI
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - python x.x
+    - python
     - cython >=0.29,<0.30
     - setuptools
     - libcudf {{ version }}
-    - libcudf_cffi {{ version }}
     - numba >=0.40
     - nvstrings 0.7.*
   run:
-    - python x.x
-    - cython >=0.29,<0.30
-    - setuptools
-    - libcudf {{ version }}
+    - python
     - libcudf_cffi {{ version }}
     - pandas >=0.23.4
     - numba >=0.40
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf/build.sh b/conda/recipes/libcudf/build.sh
index 4f3aefd3d97..e054cacd62a 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf/build.sh
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf/build.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-CMAKE_COMMON_VARIABLES=" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX11_ABI=$BUILD_ABI"
-
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
-if [ -n "$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" ]; then
-    # C++11 requires 10.9
-    # but cudatoolkit 8 is build for 10.11
-    export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.11
-fi
+CMAKE_COMMON_VARIABLES=" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX11_ABI=$BUILD_ABI"
 
 # show environment
 printenv
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml
index 2f708512a9a..eaf4f9504f4 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf/meta.yaml
@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ build:
     - CXX
     - CUDAHOSTCXX
     - PARALLEL_LEVEL
-    - BUILD_ABI
+  run_exports:
+    - {{ pin_subpackage("libcudf", max_pin="x.x") }}
 
 requirements:
   build:
     - cmake >=3.12.4
-    - nvstrings 0.7.*
+  host:
+    - librmm 0.7.*
+    - libnvstrings 0.7.*
   run:
     - pyarrow 0.12.1
-    - nvstrings 0.7.*
 
 test:
   commands:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/build.sh b/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/build.sh
index fdd8859dd3a..b38fb3141d5 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/build.sh
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/build.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
-CMAKE_COMMON_VARIABLES=" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX11_ABI=$BUILD_ABI"
-
-
-# if [ -n "$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" ]; then
-#     # C++11 requires 10.9
-#     # but cudatoolkit 8 is build for 10.11
-#     export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.11
-# fi
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 # Cleanup local git
 git clean -xdf
 # Change directory for build process
-cd cpp
-# Use CMake-based build procedure
-mkdir build
-cd build
-# configure
-cmake $CMAKE_COMMON_VARIABLES ..
-# build
-make python_cffi
-# install
-make install_python
+cd cpp/python
+# build and install
+$PYTHON setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/meta.yaml
index 6fc813539fb..06d67981976 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf_cffi/meta.yaml
@@ -13,28 +13,20 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: {{ git_revision_count }}
-  string: cuda{{ cuda_version }}_py{{ py_version }}_{{ git_revision_count }}
+  string: py{{ py_version }}_{{ git_revision_count }}
   script_env:
     - CC
     - CXX
-    - CUDAHOSTCXX
-    - PARALLEL_LEVEL
-    - BUILD_ABI
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - cmake >=3.12.4
-    - python x.x
+    - python
     - cffi
     - setuptools
-    - nvstrings 0.7.*
-    - pycparser 2.19
-    - pyarrow 0.12.1
-  run:
     - libcudf {{ version }}
-    - python x.x
+  run:
+    - python
     - cffi
-    - pycparser 2.19
     - pyarrow 0.12.1
 
 test:
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index f04c44fa9e3..0815ceca2ca 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,22 +106,6 @@ else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "ZLib not found, please check your settings.")
 endif(ZLIB_FOUND)
 
-###################################################################################################
-# - add gtest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if(BUILD_TESTS)
-    include(CTest)
-    include(ConfigureGoogleTest)
-
-    if(GTEST_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Google C++ Testing Framework (Google Test) found in ${GTEST_ROOT}")
-        include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR})
-        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
-    else()
-        message(AUTHOR_WARNING "Google C++ Testing Framework (Google Test) not found: automated tests are disabled.")
-    endif(GTEST_FOUND)
-endif(BUILD_TESTS)
-
 ###################################################################################################
 # - RMM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -187,6 +171,22 @@ if (NVSTRINGS_INCLUDE AND NVTEXT_LIBRARY)
     set_target_properties(NVText PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${NVTEXT_LIBRARY})
 endif (NVSTRINGS_INCLUDE AND NVTEXT_LIBRARY)
 
+###################################################################################################
+# - add gtest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if(BUILD_TESTS)
+    include(CTest)
+    include(ConfigureGoogleTest)
+
+    if(GTEST_FOUND)
+        message(STATUS "Google C++ Testing Framework (Google Test) found in ${GTEST_ROOT}")
+        include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR})
+        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
+    else()
+        message(AUTHOR_WARNING "Google C++ Testing Framework (Google Test) not found: automated tests are disabled.")
+    endif(GTEST_FOUND)
+endif(BUILD_TESTS)
+
 ###################################################################################################
 # - include paths ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/cpp/python/libgdf_cffi/libgdf_build.py b/cpp/python/libgdf_cffi/libgdf_build.py
index 8d669743905..af0c6e15438 100644
--- a/cpp/python/libgdf_cffi/libgdf_build.py
+++ b/cpp/python/libgdf_cffi/libgdf_build.py
@@ -1,13 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2019, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
 import cffi
 import os
+import sys
+
+fnames = [
+    'types.h',
+    'convert_types.h',
+    'functions.h',
+    'io_types.h',
+    'io_functions.h'
+]
+
+cudf_include_dirs = [
+    os.environ.get('CUDF_INCLUDE_DIR', '../../include/cudf/'),
+    os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'include/cudf')
+]
 
-include_dir = os.environ.get('CUDF_INCLUDE_DIR', '../../include/cudf/')
+for cudf_include_dir in cudf_include_dirs:
+    if all([
+        os.path.isfile(os.path.join(cudf_include_dir, fname))
+        for fname in fnames
+    ]):
+        include_dir = cudf_include_dir
+        break
 
 ffibuilder = cffi.FFI()
 ffibuilder.set_source("libgdf_cffi.libgdf_cffi", None)
 
-for fname in ['types.h', 'convert_types.h', 'functions.h',
-              'io_types.h', 'io_functions.h']:
+for fname in fnames:
     with open(os.path.join(include_dir, fname), 'r') as fin:
         ffibuilder.cdef(fin.read())
 
diff --git a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c7a2ab28ef0..8fb5afd6b19 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ endfunction(ConfigureTest)
 ###################################################################################################
 # - include paths ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-include_directories("${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-                    "${ARROW_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-                    "${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-                    "${RMM_INCLUDE}"
-                    "${NVSTRINGS_INCLUDE}"
-                    "${CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}"
+include_directories("${CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}"
                     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include"
                     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
                     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
                     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
                     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/cub"
                     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/moderngpu/src"
-                    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/dlpack/include")
+                    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/dlpack/include"
+                    "${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+                    "${ARROW_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+                    "${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+                    "${RMM_INCLUDE}"
+                    "${NVSTRINGS_INCLUDE}")
 
 ###################################################################################################
 # - library paths ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------