diff --git a/recipes/ARIA-tools/build_base.sh b/recipes/ARIA-tools/build_base.sh
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-export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="$PKG_VERSION"
-$PYTHON -m pip install . -vv