@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ call deactivate
 @rem Display root environment (for debugging)
 conda list
 @rem Scipy, CFFI, jinja2 and IPython are optional dependencies, but exercised in the test suite
-conda create -n %CONDA_ENV% -q -y python=%PYTHON% numpy=%NUMPY% cffi pip jinja2 ipython gitpython pyyaml
+conda create -n %CONDA_ENV% -q -y python=%PYTHON% numpy=%NUMPY% cffi pip scipy jinja2 ipython gitpython pyyaml
 
 call activate %CONDA_ENV%
-@rem Scipy comes from conda-forge for NumPy 1.23
-if %NUMPY% == "1.23" (%CONDA_INSTALL% conda-forge::scipy) else (%CONDA_INSTALL% scipy)
 @rem Install latest llvmlite build
 %CONDA_INSTALL% -c numba/label/dev llvmlite=0.40
 @rem Install required backports for older Pythons
 
@@ -48,12 +48,7 @@ if [ "${VANILLA_INSTALL}" != "yes" ]; then
     # dependencies, but exercised in the test suite
     # pexpect is used to run the gdb tests.
     # ipykernel is used for testing ipython behaviours.
-    $CONDA_INSTALL ${EXTRA_CHANNELS} cffi jinja2 ipython ipykernel pygments pexpect
-    if [[ "$NUMPY" == "1.23" ]] ; then
-        $CONDA_INSTALL ${EXTRA_CHANNELS} conda-forge::scipy
-    else
-        $CONDA_INSTALL ${EXTRA_CHANNELS} scipy
-    fi
+    $CONDA_INSTALL ${EXTRA_CHANNELS} cffi jinja2 ipython ipykernel scipy pygments pexpect
 fi
 
 # Install the compiler toolchain and gdb (if available)