diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/meta.yaml
index 9e92ccece..9dea3f6c4 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/meta.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ requirements:
     - glog {{ glog_version }}
     - h5py {{ h5py_version }}
     - matplotlib-base
+    - mkl =2023
     - numpy >=1.23,<3.0a0
     - pandas
     - pyyaml
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/meta.yaml
index 31061e8dd..a83297098 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/meta.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ requirements:
     - cuvs {{ version }}
     - h5py {{ h5py_version }}
     - matplotlib-base
+    - mkl =2023  # [linux64]
     - pandas
     - pyyaml
     # rmm is needed to determine if package is gpu-enabled
@@ -104,9 +105,6 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - requests
     - rmm ={{ minor_version }}
-    - libaio  # [linux64]
-    - libboost-devel=1.87  # [linux64]
-    - mkl-devel=2023  # [linux64]
     - sklearn>=1.5
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