diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index f8074711b88..005792d187f 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ requirements:
     - cython >=0.29,<0.30
     - scikit-build >=0.13.1
     - setuptools
-    - numba >=0.56.4,<0.57
     - dlpack >=0.5,<0.6.0a0
     - pyarrow =11
     - libcudf ={{ version }}
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ requirements:
     - numpy >=1.21,<1.24  # Temporarily upper bound numpy to avoid overflow deprecations
     - {{ pin_compatible('pyarrow', max_pin='x.x.x') }}
     - libcudf {{ version }}
-    - fastavro >=0.22.0
     - {{ pin_compatible('rmm', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - fsspec >=0.6.0
     - {{ pin_compatible('cudatoolkit', max_pin='x', min_pin='x') }}