diff --git a/recipes/deepmicrobes/meta.yaml b/recipes/deepmicrobes/meta.yaml
index 044903bb747a61..697279a768389b 100644
--- a/recipes/deepmicrobes/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/deepmicrobes/meta.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ requirements:
     - tensorflow-gpu=1.9.0
     - tensorboard=1.9.0
     - tensorflow=1.9.0
-    - tensorflow-base=1.9.0
     - absl-py=0.3.0
     - biopython=1.70
     - numpy=1.13.3