diff --git a/ci/cpu/build.sh b/ci/cpu/build.sh
index e3badfdef..6f99d44b0 100644
--- a/ci/cpu/build.sh
+++ b/ci/cpu/build.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ export CUDA_REL=${CUDA_VERSION%.*}
 export GPUCI_CONDA_RETRY_MAX=1
 export GPUCI_CONDA_RETRY_SLEEP=30
 
-# Use Ninja to build
+# Use Ninja to build, setup conda build dir
 export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Ninja"
+export CONDA_BLD_DIR="${WORKSPACE}/.conda-bld"
 
 # Switch to project root; also root of repo checkout
 cd $WORKSPACE
@@ -69,19 +70,21 @@ conda config --set ssl_verify False
 if [ "$BUILD_LIBCUSPATIAL" == '1' ]; then
   gpuci_logger "Build conda pkg for libcuspatial"
   if [[ -z "$PROJECT_FLASH" || "$PROJECT_FLASH" == "0" ]]; then
-    gpuci_conda_retry build conda/recipes/libcuspatial
+    gpuci_conda_retry build --no-build-id --croot ${CONDA_BLD_DIR} conda/recipes/libcuspatial
   else
-    gpuci_conda_retry build --dirty --no-remove-work-dir conda/recipes/libcuspatial
+    gpuci_conda_retry build --no-build-id --croot ${CONDA_BLD_DIR} --dirty --no-remove-work-dir conda/recipes/libcuspatial
+    mkdir -p ${CONDA_BLD_DIR}/libcuspatial/work
+    cp -r ${CONDA_BLD_DIR}/work/* ${CONDA_BLD_DIR}/libcuspatial/work
   fi
 fi
 
 if [ "$BUILD_CUSPATIAL" == '1' ]; then
   gpuci_logger "Build conda pkg for cuspatial"
   if [[ -z "$PROJECT_FLASH" || "$PROJECT_FLASH" == "0" ]]; then
-    gpuci_conda_retry build conda/recipes/cuspatial
+    gpuci_conda_retry build --croot ${CONDA_BLD_DIR} conda/recipes/cuspatial
   else
-    gpuci_conda_retry build --dirty --no-remove-work-dir \
-        -c $WORKSPACE/ci/artifacts/cuspatial/cpu/conda-bld/ conda/recipes/cuspatial
+    gpuci_conda_retry build --croot ${CONDA_BLD_DIR} --dirty --no-remove-work-dir \
+        -c $WORKSPACE/ci/artifacts/cuspatial/cpu/.conda-bld/ conda/recipes/cuspatial
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/ci/cpu/upload.sh b/ci/cpu/upload.sh
index ecc61a05b..e11cdd942 100644
--- a/ci/cpu/upload.sh
+++ b/ci/cpu/upload.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ fi
 ################################################################################
 
 gpuci_logger "Get conda file output locations"
-export LIBCUSPATIAL_FILE=`conda build conda/recipes/libcuspatial  --output`
-export CUSPATIAL_FILE=`conda build conda/recipes/cuspatial --python=$PYTHON --output`
+export LIBCUSPATIAL_FILE=`conda build --no-build-id --croot ${CONDA_BLD_DIR} conda/recipes/libcuspatial  --output`
+export CUSPATIAL_FILE=`conda build --croot ${CONDA_BLD_DIR} conda/recipes/cuspatial --python=$PYTHON --output`
 
 ################################################################################
 # UPLOAD - Conda packages
diff --git a/ci/gpu/build.sh b/ci/gpu/build.sh
index 53f0e7ccd..ad5b2645d 100644
--- a/ci/gpu/build.sh
+++ b/ci/gpu/build.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export PARALLEL_LEVEL=${PARALLEL_LEVEL:-4}
 export CUDA_REL=${CUDA_VERSION%.*}
 export CUDF_HOME="${WORKSPACE}/cudf"
 export CUSPATIAL_HOME="${WORKSPACE}"
+export CONDA_ARTIFACT_PATH=${WORKSPACE}/ci/artifacts/cuspatial/cpu/.conda-bld/
 
 # Set home to the job's workspace
 export HOME=$WORKSPACE
@@ -130,11 +131,11 @@ else
 
     cd $WORKSPACE/python
     
-    CONDA_FILE=`find $WORKSPACE/ci/artifacts/cuspatial/cpu/conda-bld/ -name "libcuspatial*.tar.bz2"`
+    CONDA_FILE=`find ${CONDA_ARTIFACT_PATH} -name "libcuspatial*.tar.bz2"`
     CONDA_FILE=`basename "$CONDA_FILE" .tar.bz2` #get filename without extension
     CONDA_FILE=${CONDA_FILE//-/=} #convert to conda install
     gpuci_logger "Installing $CONDA_FILE"
-    conda install -c $WORKSPACE/ci/artifacts/cuspatial/cpu/conda-bld/ "$CONDA_FILE"
+    conda install -c ${CONDA_ARTIFACT_PATH} "$CONDA_FILE"
 
     export LIBCUGRAPH_BUILD_DIR="$WORKSPACE/ci/artifacts/cuspatial/cpu/conda_work/build"
     
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/meta.yaml
index 29ea18fcd..f9b6311f2 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/meta.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package:
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  path: ../../..
+  git_url: ../../..
 
 build:
   number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}