diff --git a/recipe/activate.bat b/recipe/activate.bat
index 94f3a21..9af95ff 100755
--- a/recipe/activate.bat
+++ b/recipe/activate.bat
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-@@echo off
-setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
-
-:: save existing variables for deactivation script
-for %%X in (
-    CC CXX CMAKE_ARGS CMAKE_GENERATOR CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
-    CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH CONDA_BUILD_CROSS_COMPILATION DISTUTILS_USE_SDK INCLUDE
-    LIB MSSdk MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL MSYS2_ENV_CONV_EXCL PY_VCRUNTIME_REDIST
-    VS_MAJOR VS_VERSION VS_YEAR
-) do (
-    if defined %%X (
-        set "_CONDA_BACKUP_%%X=!%%X!"
-    )
-)
-
 @@echo on
 
 :: Set env vars that tell distutils to use the compiler that we put on path
@@ -171,16 +156,6 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 (
 )
 popd
 
-:: unset auxiliary variables
-set "CMAKE_GEN="
-set "CMAKE_PLAT="
-set "LATEST_VS="
-set "NEWER_VS_WITH_OLDER_VC="
-set "USE_NEW_CMAKE_GEN_SYNTAX="
-set "VCVARSBAT="
-set "VSINSTALLDIR="
-set "WindowsSDKVer="
-
 :GetWin10SdkDir
 call :GetWin10SdkDirHelper HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node > nul 2>&1
 if errorlevel 1 call :GetWin10SdkDirHelper HKCU\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node > nul 2>&1
diff --git a/recipe/deactivate.bat b/recipe/deactivate.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 572f7c8..0000000
--- a/recipe/deactivate.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-@@echo off
-setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
-
-:: restore variables
-for %%X in (
-    CC CXX CMAKE_ARGS CMAKE_GENERATOR CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
-    CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH CONDA_BUILD_CROSS_COMPILATION DISTUTILS_USE_SDK INCLUDE
-    LIB MSSdk MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL MSYS2_ENV_CONV_EXCL PY_VCRUNTIME_REDIST
-    VS_MAJOR VS_VERSION VS_YEAR
-) do (
-    if defined _CONDA_BACKUP_%%X (
-        set "%%X=!_CONDA_BACKUP_%%X!"
-        set "_CONDA_BACKUP_%%X="
-    ) else (
-        set "%%X="
-    )
-)
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 9e55feb..3c8bff0 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 {% set vcvars_ver_maj = cl_version.split(".")[0]|int - 5 %}
 {% set vcvars_ver_min = cl_version.split(".")[1]|int %}
 {% set vcvars_ver = vcvars_ver_maj ~ "." ~ vcvars_ver_min %}
-{% set build_num = 25 %}
+{% set build_num = 26 %}
 
 package:
   name: vs{{ vsyear }}
diff --git a/recipe/vc_repack.py b/recipe/vc_repack.py
index 8cf396e..5b257a5 100644
--- a/recipe/vc_repack.py
+++ b/recipe/vc_repack.py
@@ -371,12 +371,6 @@ def main():
             ) as w:
                 for line in r:
                     w.write(subs(line, args))
-        targetdir = os.path.join(env.prefix, "etc", "conda", "deactivate.d")
-        os.makedirs(targetdir)
-        shutil.copyfile(
-            os.path.join(env.recipe_dir, "deactivate.bat"),
-            os.path.join(targetdir, f"vs{args.activate_year}_compiler_vars.bat"),
-        )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":