diff --git a/news/req.rst b/news/req.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Update requirements to use full release `libdiffpy` and remove wrong build dependencies.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/requirements/build.txt b/requirements/build.txt
index dde224f..e69de29 100644
--- a/requirements/build.txt
+++ b/requirements/build.txt
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-python
-boost
-numpy
-# libobjcryst (if libdiffpy built with objcryst)
diff --git a/requirements/conda.txt b/requirements/conda.txt
index a9b021c..0f11dbe 100644
--- a/requirements/conda.txt
+++ b/requirements/conda.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libdiffpy=1.4.1rc1
+libdiffpy
 libboost-devel
 libobjcryst
 pyobjcryst