diff --git a/recipe/build_base.sh b/recipe/build_base.sh
index f1226b3c..91f55c46 100644
--- a/recipe/build_base.sh
+++ b/recipe/build_base.sh
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ if [[ ${PY_INTERP_DEBUG} == yes ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Since these take very long to build in our emulated ci, disable for now
-if [[ ${target_platform} == linux-aarch64 ]]; then
-  _OPTIMIZED=no
-fi
 if [[ ${target_platform} == linux-ppc64le ]]; then
   _OPTIMIZED=no
 fi
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 69296440..e6bd58bb 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% set ver2 = '.'.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver2nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver3nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:3]) %}
-{% set build_number = 0 %}
+{% set build_number = 1 %}
 
 # this makes the linter happy
 {% set channel_targets = channel_targets or 'conda-forge main' %}