diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcudf/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcudf/recipe.yaml
index dd270e50d2c..d594947492f 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcudf/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcudf/recipe.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ cache:
   build:
     script:
       content: |
-        cudf_ROOT="$(realpath ./cpp/build)"
-        export cudf_ROOT
         ./build.sh -n -v \
             libcudf libcudf_kafka benchmarks tests \
             --build_metrics --incl_cache_stats --allgpuarch \