diff --git a/.ci_support/migrations/libabseil20230802_libgrpc157_libprotobuf4234.yaml b/.ci_support/migrations/libabseil20230802_libgrpc157_libprotobuf4234.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3781ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci_support/migrations/libabseil20230802_libgrpc157_libprotobuf4234.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+__migrator:
+  build_number: 1
+  kind: version
+  migration_number: 1
+libabseil:
+- 20230802
+libgrpc:
+- "1.57"
+libprotobuf:
+- 4.23.4
+MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:  # [osx and x86_64]
+- "10.13"                  # [osx and x86_64]
+migrator_ts: 1692632590.658328
diff --git a/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bca92be..0000000
--- a/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# following google's C++ support policy, protobuf only support MacOS >=10.13, see:
-# https://github.com/google/oss-policies-info/blob/main/foundational-cxx-support-matrix.md
-# https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/v24.0/Protobuf-C%2B%2B.podspec#L29
-MACOSX_SDK_VERSION:        # [osx and x86_64]
-  - "10.13"                # [osx and x86_64]
-MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:  # [osx and x86_64]
-  - "10.13"                # [osx and x86_64]
-
-# manual pin because we're linking migrations
-libabseil:
-  - 20230802
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 0a87eb0..600f4bb 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ outputs:
         # breaks tools like grpc_plugin_cpp if they get the wrong libprotoc at runtime, see
         # https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-forge-pinning-feedstock/issues/4075
         - {{ pin_subpackage('libprotobuf', max_pin='x.x.x') }}
+        - __osx >={{ MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET }}  # [osx and x86_64]
       ignore_run_exports_from:
         - jsoncpp
     requirements:
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ outputs:
         - zlib
       run:
         - ucrt  # [win]
+        # following google's C++ support policy, protobuf only support MacOS >=10.13, see:
+        # https://github.com/google/oss-policies-info/blob/main/foundational-cxx-support-matrix.md
+        # https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/v24.0/Protobuf-C%2B%2B.podspec#L29
         - __osx >={{ MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET }}  # [osx and x86_64]
     test:
       requires: