diff --git a/conda/recipe/build.sh b/conda/recipe/build.sh
index 4b0d7b78843dd3b79be62380ce45f7cc3506c506..ad1ffef9986911bddebcb864fd02e99e4178ee25 100644
--- a/conda/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/conda/recipe/build.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 env | sort
 
-# TG: The "disabled" features are workaround for possible conda+configure bugs in library
-#     search: building is ok but linking with the .so doesn't find them (in conda-forge).
+# TG: The "disabled" features are workaround for possible
+#     conda+configure bugs in library search: building is ok but
+#     linking with the .so doesn't find them (in
+#     conda-forge). Possibly the LD path needs tweaks.
 
 # TODO: re-enable them and see. Also to do: install docs?
 
diff --git a/conda/run-conda-build.sh b/conda/run-conda-build.sh
index 71670f6cb9f129783be18862958ebfd0036c7ac7..557b43228f142222c96e198a00c45de7055368dd 100644
--- a/conda/run-conda-build.sh
+++ b/conda/run-conda-build.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ls -l $CONDA_HOME/conda-bld/$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-64
 export VERSION=`date +%Y.%m.%d`
 
 # Disabled because it fails
-if [[ -v CONDA_UPLOAD_TOKEN ]]; then
+if [[ -n "$CONDA_UPLOAD_TOKEN" ]]; then
     USER=tonigi			# fix this
     anaconda -t $CONDA_UPLOAD_TOKEN upload -u $USER -l testing \
 	     $CONDA_HOME/conda-bld/$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-64/plumed*.tar.bz2 --force