diff --git a/packages/oppulance/package.py b/packages/oppulance/package.py
index 159140c739d05136b3293a925d762b99a83ba988..5934d9093cd5d167b8968bd07e1a5d7ac61d3056 100644
--- a/packages/oppulance/package.py
+++ b/packages/oppulance/package.py
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ class Oppulance(Package):
     depends_on('gettext')
     depends_on('zlib')
     depends_on('bison')
-    depends_on('flex')
+    depends_on('flex@2.6.4:')
     depends_on('m4')
     depends_on('texinfo')
     depends_on('wget')
-    conflicts('flex', when='@2.6.3', msg='Binutils 2.25 for Nux doesn\'t build with flex 2.6.3.')
 
     releases = [
         {