diff --git a/packages/xlrd/meta.yaml b/packages/xlrd/meta.yaml
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+package:
+  name: xlrd
+  version: 1.2.0
+source:
+  sha256: 546eb36cee8db40c3eaa46c351e67ffee6eeb5fa2650b71bc4c758a29a1b29b2
+  url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/aa/05/ec9d4fcbbb74bbf4da9f622b3b61aec541e4eccf31d3c60c5422ec027ce2/xlrd-1.2.0.tar.gz
+test:
+  imports:
+  - xlrd