diff --git a/conda-get.sh b/conda-get.sh
index 6a0d7134..27273f70 100755
--- a/conda-get.sh
+++ b/conda-get.sh
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ if [ ! -d $CONDA_PATH -o ! -z "$CI"  ]; then
         ./Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -p $CONDA_PATH -b -f
 fi
 export PATH=$CONDA_PATH/bin:$PATH
+
+echo "python==3.6" > $CONDA_PATH/conda-meta/pinned
+
 conda update -y conda
-if [ ! -z "$CONDA_BUILD_VERSION" ]; then
-	conda install -y conda-build==$CONDA_BUILD_VERSION
-	echo "conda-build==$CONDA_BUILD_VERSION" > $CONDA_PATH/conda-meta/pinned
-else
-	conda install -y conda-build
-	conda install -y conda-verify
-fi
+
+conda install -y conda-build
+conda install -y conda-verify
+
 conda install -y anaconda-client
 conda install -y jinja2