diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
index a119040bbcf..5635f54ba20 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ requirements:
     - numba >=0.49.0
     - dlpack
     - pyarrow 1.0.1
-    - libcudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - libcudf {{ version }}
     - rmm {{ minor_version }}
     - cudatoolkit {{ cuda_version }}
   run:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
index cc3f30091bf..0acd9ec4bb2 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cudf_kafka/meta.yaml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - cython >=0.29,<0.30
     - setuptools
-    - cudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
-    - libcudf_kafka {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - cudf {{ version }}
+    - libcudf_kafka {{ version }}
   run:
-    - libcudf_kafka {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - libcudf_kafka {{ version }}
     - python-confluent-kafka
-    - cudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - cudf {{ version }}
 
 test:
   requires:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
index 8edca7a51d0..ffda6d0c3c6 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/custreamz/meta.yaml
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python
     - python-confluent-kafka
-    - cudf_kafka {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - cudf_kafka {{ version }}
   run:
     - python
-    - streamz
-    - cudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - streamz 
+    - cudf {{ version }}
     - dask >=2.22.0
     - distributed >=2.22.0
     - python-confluent-kafka
-    - cudf_kafka {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - cudf_kafka {{ version }}
 
 test:
   requires:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
index a8768e26056..66bffdfd61e 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/dask-cudf/meta.yaml
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ build:
 requirements:
   host:
     - python
-    - cudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - cudf {{ version }}
     - dask>=2021.3.1
     - distributed >=2.22.0
   run:
     - python
-    - cudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - cudf {{ version }}
     - dask>=2021.3.1
     - distributed >=2.22.0
-
+  
 test:
   requires:
     - cudatoolkit {{ cuda_version }}.*
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml
index 81ff922b8d7..5348ec471e9 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf_kafka/meta.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requirements:
   build:
     - cmake >=3.17.0
   host:
-    - libcudf {{ version }}=*_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    - libcudf {{ version }}
     - librdkafka >=1.5.0,<1.5.3
   run:
     - {{ pin_compatible('librdkafka', max_pin='x.x') }} #TODO: librdkafka should be automatically included here by run_exports but is not