diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index a7fdc6ca..0835d016 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -140,16 +140,12 @@ outputs:
         - CONDA_FORGE=no
 {% endif %}
       missing_dso_whitelist:   # [win]
-        - '**/MSVCR71.dll'  # [win]
-        - '**/MSVCR80.dll'  # [win]
         # I have no idea why this is not in C:\Windows\System32\downlevel
         - '**/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll'  # [win]
     requirements:
       build:
         - {{ compiler('c') }}
         - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-        - {{ cdt('xorg-x11-proto-devel') }}  # [linux]
-        - {{ cdt('libx11-devel') }}  # [linux]
         - make  # [not win]
         - libtool  # [unix]
         - pkg-config  # [not win]
diff --git a/recipe/yum_requirements.txt b/recipe/yum_requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8991c682..00000000
--- a/recipe/yum_requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-libx11
-libXext-devel
-libXrender-devel	
-libSM-devel	
-libX11-devel