diff --git a/build-fail-blacklist b/build-fail-blacklist
index 1a81f4b636b21..63d32e3c04f49 100644
--- a/build-fail-blacklist
+++ b/build-fail-blacklist
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ recipes/sloika
 recipes/pycoqc
 
 # missing dep
-recipes/sistr_cmd
 recipes/oligotyping
 recipes/oligotyping/2.0
 
diff --git a/recipes/sistr_cmd/meta.yaml b/recipes/sistr_cmd/meta.yaml
index e658027373550..723bdb0dd4556 100644
--- a/recipes/sistr_cmd/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/sistr_cmd/meta.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+{% set name = "sistr_cmd" %}
+{% set version = "1.0.2" %}
+{% set file_ext = "tar.gz" %}
+{% set hash_type = "md5" %}
+{% set hash_value = "9a531cf6139a56613943627de267572c" %}
+
 package:
-  name: sistr_cmd
-  version: 1.0.2
+  name: '{{ name|lower }}'
+  version: '{{ version }}'
 
 source:
-  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/48/d5/bf992cf61aef67c9d89879a99000eb02f34ef612608b6f6e0c9394f915f7/sistr_cmd-1.0.2.tar.gz
-  md5: 9a531cf6139a56613943627de267572c
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.{{ file_ext }}
+  '{{ hash_type }}': '{{ hash_value }}'
 
 build:
-  number: 1
+  number: 2
   skip: True # [not linux]
 
 requirements:
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ requirements:
     - numpy >=1.11.1
     - pandas >=0.18.1
     - pytables >=3.3.0
-    - blast
+    - blast 2.5.*
     - mafft
     - mash
     - python-dateutil