diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 3ed43ff6a6..6e2fc21862 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ requirements:
     - cloudpickle >=1.6.0,<=3.1.1,!=2.1.0,!=2.2.0
     - snowflake-connector-python >=3.17.0,<5.0.0
     - typing-extensions >=4.1.0,<5.0.0
-    # need to pin libffi because of problems in cryptography.
-    # This might no longer hold true but keep it just to avoid it from biting us again
-    - libffi <=3.4.4
     - pyyaml
     # Snowpark IR
     - protobuf >=3.20,<6.34    # [py<314]