diff --git a/recipes/r-testthat/build.sh b/recipes/r-testthat/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# R refuses to build packages that mark themselves as Priority: Recommended
+mv DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION.old
+grep -v '^Priority: ' DESCRIPTION.old > DESCRIPTION
+
+$R CMD INSTALL --build .
+
+# Add more build steps here, if they are necessary.
+
+# See
+# http://docs.continuum.io/conda/build.html
+# for a list of environment variables that are set during the build process.
diff --git a/recipes/r-testthat/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-testthat/meta.yaml
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+# This file created by conda-build 2.0.7
+# meta.yaml template originally from:
+# /opt/recipe, last modified Sat Jun  3 21:05:01 2017
+# ------------------------------------------------
+
+package:
+    name: r-testthat
+    version: 1.0.2
+source:
+    fn: testthat_1.0.2.tar.gz
+    md5: 6c6a90c8db860292df5784a70e07b8dc
+    url:
+        - https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/testthat_1.0.2.tar.gz
+        - https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/testthat/testthat_1.0.2.tar.gz
+build:
+    number: '1'
+    rpaths:
+        - lib/R/lib/
+        - lib/
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - gcc
+        - 'r-base >=4.1,<4.2'
+        - r-crayon
+        - r-digest
+        - r-magrittr
+        - r-praise
+        - r-r6
+    run:
+        - 'r-base >=4.1,<4.2'
+        - r-crayon
+        - r-digest
+        - r-magrittr
+        - r-praise
+        - r-r6
+test:
+    commands:
+        - $R -e "library('testthat')"
+about:
+    home: https://github.com/hadley/testthat
+    license: MIT + file LICENSE
+    summary: A unit testing system designed to be fun, flexible and easy to set up.
diff --git a/recipes/r-testthat/meta.yaml.template b/recipes/r-testthat/meta.yaml.template
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+package:
+  name: r-testthat
+  # Note that conda versions cannot contain -, so any -'s in the version have
+  # been replaced with _'s.
+  version: "1.0.2"
+
+source:
+  fn: testthat_1.0.2.tar.gz
+  url:
+    - https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/testthat_1.0.2.tar.gz
+    - https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/testthat/testthat_1.0.2.tar.gz
+  md5: 6c6a90c8db860292df5784a70e07b8dc
+
+build:
+  number: 1
+
+  # This is required to make R link correctly on Linux.
+  rpaths:
+    - lib/R/lib/
+    - lib/
+
+# Suggests: devtools, withr, covr
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - gcc # [not win]
+    - r-base
+    - r-crayon
+    - r-digest
+    - r-magrittr
+    - r-praise
+    - r-r6
+
+  run:
+    - libgcc # [not win]
+    - r-base
+    - r-crayon
+    - r-digest
+    - r-magrittr
+    - r-praise
+    - r-r6
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    # You can put additional test commands to be run here.
+    - $R -e "library('testthat')" # [not win]
+    - "\"%R%\" -e \"library('testthat')\"" # [win]
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/hadley/testthat
+  license: MIT + file LICENSE
+  summary: A unit testing system designed to be fun, flexible and easy to set up.