diff --git a/recipes/nanosim/build.sh b/recipes/nanosim/build.sh
index 99dcacedfa695..87b317b6f8ecc 100644
--- a/recipes/nanosim/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/nanosim/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 
 mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/bin
 cp src/*.py ${PREFIX}/bin/
-cp src/model_fitting.R ${PREFIX}/bin/
 
 chmod 0755 "${PREFIX}/bin/read_analysis.py"
 chmod 0755 "${PREFIX}/bin/simulator.py"
diff --git a/recipes/nanosim/meta.yaml b/recipes/nanosim/meta.yaml
index 7788288b0d63a..ed2632782c0fd 100644
--- a/recipes/nanosim/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/nanosim/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{% set version = "2.0.0" %}
-{% set sha256 = "c3dab667ed68f90b55118b8b10d37a0b064ff3fa53b0068dfee312356c5b2482" %}
+{% set version = "2.1.0" %}
+{% set sha256 = "f01888589a1712976925affdc50c8aadc0e0cb5b94b25f472ba7bb208a6d860c" %}
 
 package:
   name: nanosim
@@ -11,25 +11,26 @@ source:
 
 build:
   noarch: python
-  number: 1
+  number: 0
 
 requirements:
   host:
     - python
     - numpy
+    - scipy
     - six
     - htseq
     - minimap2
     - last
-    - r-base
+
   run:
     - python
     - numpy
+    - scipy
     - six
     - htseq
     - minimap2
     - last
-    - r-base
 
 test:
   commands: