diff --git a/conda_recipe/xspec-modelsonly-linux/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda_recipe/xspec-modelsonly-linux/conda_build_config.yaml
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+c_compiler:
+  - gcc # [linux]
+
+cxx_compiler:
+  - gxx # [linux]