diff --git a/devel/bin/mccode-create-conda-yml b/devel/bin/mccode-create-conda-yml
index 0bdeb32616..f39906d8b1 100755
--- a/devel/bin/mccode-create-conda-yml
+++ b/devel/bin/mccode-create-conda-yml
@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ def create_deplist( cfg ):
     if cfg.is_win:
         deps += ['mslex']
 
-    pyqt_with_version = 'pyqt >=5'
     if cfg.include_mcgui:
-        deps += [pyqt_with_version, 'qscintilla2']
+        deps += ['qtpy', 'qscintilla2']
     if cfg.include_vis:
         deps += ['matplotlib-base',
                  'tornado >=5',
                  'scipy','pillow','pyqtgraph',
-                 pyqt_with_version,
                  'qtpy',
                  'nodejs','ply','jinja2',
                  'mcstasscript','jupytext','jupyterlab' ]