diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
index e1ac87b..b4ff262 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ pin_run_as_build:
 python:
 - 3.12.* *_cpython
 python_min:
-- '3.7'
+- '3.9'
diff --git a/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c9c40..0000000
--- a/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-python_min:
-- '3.7'
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 91217c3..280f3a2 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% set name = "pyhf" %}
 {% set version = "0.7.6" %}
+{% set python_min = "3.7" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ build:
   entry_points:
     - pyhf = pyhf.cli:cli
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv --no-deps --no-build-isolation
-  number: 3
+  number: 4
 
 requirements:
   host: