diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 8318b6c1b8ef4aabae76b10fbdab7a60d7bd6296..e75bc05dbb19359ca30a436b826b7fe0888551fa 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% set name = "model_server" %}
 {% set version = "2024.7.1" %}
+{% set pyproject = load_file_data('../pyproject.toml') %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@ source:
   - path: ../dist/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
   - path: ../tests
     folder: tests
-#  - path: ../../fixtures_{{ version }}.tar.gz
-
 
 build:
   noarch: python
@@ -24,33 +23,30 @@ requirements:
     - pip
   run:
     - python >=3.9
-    - czifile
-    - fastapi>=0.101.*
-    - ilastik=1.4.*
-    - imagecodecs
-    - jupyterlab
-    - matplotlib
-    - numpy=1.*
-    - pandas=1.*
-    - pillow
-    - pydantic=1.10.*
-    - python=3.9.*
-    - pytorch=1.*
-    - scikit-image>=0.21.*
-    - scikit-learn>=1.3.*
-    - tifffile
-    - uvicorn>=0.23.*
-    - zstd=1.5.5
+#    - czifile
+#    - fastapi>=0.101.*
+#    - ilastik=1.4.*
+#    - imagecodecs
+#    - jupyterlab
+#    - matplotlib
+#    - numpy=1.*
+#    - pandas=1.*
+#    - pillow
+#    - pydantic=1.10.*
+#    - python=3.9.*
+#    - pytorch=1.*
+#    - scikit-image>=0.21.*
+#    - scikit-learn>=1.3.*
+#    - tifffile
+#    - uvicorn>=0.23.*
+#    - zstd=1.5.5
     - pip
 
 
 test:
-#  files:
-#    - ../../fixtures_{{ version }}.tar.gz
   imports:
     - model_server
   commands:
-#    -{{ PYTHON }} -m tarfile -e fixtures_{{ version }}.tar.gz
     -{{ PYTHON }} -m unittest model_server
   requires:
     - pip
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c200d314e9f56c673b64ce4b652d372f91a115d..03d685efa9c3417c3506dd15d2a18689b92cfad6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+
 [project]
 name = "model_server"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
@@ -12,6 +13,25 @@ authors = [
 description = "Service for analyzing microscope images"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
+dependencies = [
+  "czifile",
+  "fastapi>=0.101.*",
+  "ilastik=1.4.*",
+  "imagecodecs",
+  "jupyterlab",
+  "matplotlib",
+  "numpy=1.*",
+  "pandas=1.*",
+  "pillow",
+  "pydantic=1.10.*",
+  "python=3.9.*",
+  "pytorch=1.*",
+  "scikit-image>=0.21.*",
+  "scikit-learn>=1.3.*",
+  "tifffile",
+  "uvicorn>=0.23.*",
+  "zstd=1.5.5",
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://git.embl.de/rhodes/model_server"