diff --git a/recipes/biosimspace/recipe.yaml b/recipes/biosimspace/recipe.yaml
index abdcd771..964f5097 100644
--- a/recipes/biosimspace/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/biosimspace/recipe.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ tests:
   - python:
       imports:
         - BioSimSpace
+      # AmberTools can be pulled in transitively, and installs tools into
+      # site-packages whose metadata still pins numpy <2, so 'pip check'
+      # fails even though nothing here uses them.
+      pip_check: false
   - script:
       - if: unix
         then: PYTHONPATH=. pytest -vvv --color=yes --import-mode=importlib ./tests