diff --git a/recipes/mosdepth/build.sh b/recipes/mosdepth/build.sh
index 640cf71758801..fa8d6b62ba88d 100755
--- a/recipes/mosdepth/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/mosdepth/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-nimble --localdeps build -y --verbose -d:release
+chmod +x mosdepth
 mkdir -p "${PREFIX}/bin"
 cp mosdepth "${PREFIX}/bin/"
diff --git a/recipes/mosdepth/meta.yaml b/recipes/mosdepth/meta.yaml
index 15241d2672b72..951ff4fd0d8f2 100755
--- a/recipes/mosdepth/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/mosdepth/meta.yaml
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 {% set version = "0.3.3" %}
-{% set sha256hash = "71edbefef8e3a43ddf41f79e24f4a11eb208e6fc0957e4431294a5e9517a3c14" %}
+{% set sha256hash = "59d302d60037763d632ce7e5daa1300058d92a4eea92637b6f40047d0b1c56fd" %}
 
 package:
   name: mosdepth
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  - url: https://github.com/brentp/mosdepth/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  - url: https://github.com/brentp/mosdepth/releases/download/v{{ version }}/mosdepth
     sha256: {{ sha256hash }}
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
+  noarch: generic
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - {{ compiler('c') }}
-    - git
-    - nim
   host:
-    - htslib
-    - htslib >=1.10
-    - pcre
   run:
 
 test:
@@ -33,7 +28,6 @@ about:
   dev_url: https://github.com/brentp/mosdepth
   doc_url: https://github.com/brentp/mosdepth
   license: MIT
-  license_file: LICENSE
   summary: 'Fast BAM/CRAM depth calculation for WGS, exome, or targetted sequencing.'
 
 extra: