diff --git a/.conda/voxelizer/build.sh b/.conda/voxelizer/build.sh
index 583dfbeec..783091b53 100644
--- a/.conda/voxelizer/build.sh
+++ b/.conda/voxelizer/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,23 @@
 source "$RECIPE_DIR/../cross-compile-setup.sh"
 export CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=$PATCHED_CXXFLAGS
 
-cd src/Voxelizer
 # Use the --prefix flag here because we are 
 # not using the *host* python to do this. We are (against Anaconda's recommendations)
 # using the *build* python here, since we actually need to do cross compilation
 # not really sure how to do the cross compilation with python.
-pip install --prefix=$PREFIX
+###DANpip install --prefix=$PREFIX
+
+cd src/Voxelizer
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake .. \
+      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RELEASE \
+      -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$PREFIX \
+      -D CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:STRING=17 \
+      -D VECTOR_ARCH_FLAGS="$VECTOR_ARCH_FLAGS" \
+      -D STANDALONE_VOXELIZER=ON \
+      $CMAKE_ARGS \
+      $SRC_DIR \
+      -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$PATCHED_CXXFLAGS" \
+
+make install
diff --git a/.conda/voxelizer/meta.yaml b/.conda/voxelizer/meta.yaml
index 7343ebf81..ac9179a93 100644
--- a/.conda/voxelizer/meta.yaml
+++ b/.conda/voxelizer/meta.yaml
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@ requirements:
     - cmake >=3.17.0
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}={{ linux_compiler_version }} # [linux]
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}={{ macos_compiler_version }} # [osx]
-    - python={{ python }}
-    - pybind11
-    - setuptools
+    - elements
+    #- python={{ python }}
+    #- pybind11
+    #- setuptools
   host:
-    - python={{ python }}
+    #- python={{ python }}
     - elements
-    - llvm-openmp
+    - llvm-openmp # [osx]
   run:
-    - python={{ python }}
-    - llvm-openmp
+    #- python={{ python }}
+    #- llvm-openmp # [osx]
 
 test:
   imports:
diff --git a/src/Voxelizer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Voxelizer/CMakeLists.txt
index d34f4ebc6..8e745786c 100644
--- a/src/Voxelizer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Voxelizer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 #find_package(Kokkos REQUIRED)
 #find_package(Matar REQUIRED)
 find_package(Elements REQUIRED)
+
+if (NOT STANDALONE_VOXELIZER)
 find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
 
 # Assume if the CXX compiler exists, the rest do too.
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ if(NOT DISTRIBUTION)
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS  "${Trilinos_C_COMPILER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
   set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS  "${Trilinos_Fortran_COMPILER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}")
 endif()
+include_directories(${Trilinos_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Trilinos_TPL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+link_directories(${Trilinos_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${Trilinos_TPL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+endif() # end non-standalone
 
 #add_definitions(-DHAVE_KOKKOS=1)
 
@@ -29,9 +34,6 @@ target_include_directories(voxelizer PUBLIC include)
 #target_link_libraries(voxelizer matar Kokkos::kokkos)
 target_link_libraries(voxelizer Elements)
 
-include_directories(${Trilinos_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Trilinos_TPL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-link_directories(${Trilinos_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${Trilinos_TPL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-
 add_executable(fierro-voxelizer src/main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(fierro-voxelizer voxelizer)
 #target_compile_options(fierro-voxelizer PRIVATE "-fopenmp")