diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7970db..502a59a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
+* Removed `numpy-base` dependency and `USE_NUMPY_BASE` environment variable from conda recipe [gh-124](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl_random/pull/124)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 4abefcd..4de995a 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Intel numpy-base is still needed for internal wheels CI, so we control its use with this optional toggle
-{% set use_numpy_base = environ.get('USE_NUMPY_BASE', 'true').lower() == 'true' %}
-
 package:
     name: mkl_random
     version: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG }}
@@ -26,22 +23,14 @@ requirements:
       - setuptools >=77
       - mkl-devel
       - cython
-      {% if use_numpy_base %}
-      - numpy-base
-      {% else %}
       - numpy
-      {% endif %}
       - pip
       - wheel  >=0.41.3
     run:
       - python
       - python-gil     # [py>=314]
       - {{ pin_compatible('mkl', min_pin="x.x", max_pin="x") }}
-      {% if use_numpy_base %}
-      - numpy-base
-      {% else %}
       - numpy >=1.26.4
-      {% endif %}
 
 test:
     commands: