diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
index acb56c464e4..56f2730db7a 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python
     - libcudf_kafka {{ version }}
-    - python-confluent-kafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0=py{{ py_version_numeric }}*
+    - python-confluent-kafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0
     - cudf {{ version }}
 
 test:                                   # [linux64]
diff --git a/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
index 8bcdd1ec61e..ddeaa2ccd7b 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - python
-    - python-confluent-kafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0=py{{ py_version_numeric }}*
+    - python-confluent-kafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0
     - cudf_kafka {{ version }}
   run:
     - python
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ requirements:
     - cudf {{ version }}
     - dask>=2021.11.1,<=2021.11.2
     - distributed>=2021.11.1,<=2021.11.2
-    - python-confluent-kafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0=py{{ py_version_numeric }}*
+    - python-confluent-kafka >=1.7.0,<1.8.0a0
     - cudf_kafka {{ version }}
 
 test:                                   # [linux64]