diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/NGSpeciesID/NGSpeciesID-0.1.2.1-foss-2021b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/NGSpeciesID/NGSpeciesID-0.1.2.1-foss-2021b.eb
index 85eaf6617e2..ded9e69beb6 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/NGSpeciesID/NGSpeciesID-0.1.2.1-foss-2021b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/NGSpeciesID/NGSpeciesID-0.1.2.1-foss-2021b.eb
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ dependencies = [
 download_dep_fail = True
 use_pip = True
 
-# strip away too strict version requirement for parasail and 
-preinstallopts = "sed -i 's/parasail==[0-9.]*/parasail/g' setup.py && "
-
 # no proper namespace for NGSpeciesID
 options = {'modulename': 'modules.consensus'}