diff --git a/recipe/install_shared.sh b/recipe/install_shared.sh
index 5dafbd13f..3a3323fa3 100644
--- a/recipe/install_shared.sh
+++ b/recipe/install_shared.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ VERABI_NO_DBG=${VER}${THREAD}
 # Install the shared library (for people who embed Python only, e.g. GDB).
 # Linking module extensions to this on Linux is redundant (but harmless).
 # Linking module extensions to this on Darwin is harmful (multiply defined symbols).
+mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/lib
 shopt -s extglob
 cp -pf ${_buildd_shared}/libpython*${SHLIB_EXT}!(.lto) ${PREFIX}/lib/
 shopt -u extglob
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 19ee9cbf6..6e8d0d6db 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% set ver2 = '.'.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver2nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver3nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:3]) %}
-{% set build_number = 1 %}
+{% set build_number = 2 %}
 
 # this makes the linter happy
 {% set channel_targets = channel_targets or 'conda-forge main' %}
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ outputs:
       build:
         - {{ stdlib('c') }}
         - {{ compiler('c') }}
-        - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
     test:
       commands:
         - VER=${PKG_VERSION%.*}    # [not win]