diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/openimageio/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/openimageio/recipe.toml
index b36b96f1f45d8109dd38d91b7df57bea1c89d48e..e88f3a4f42fd0ff96e6918e75d4eba1c8df3e88c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/openimageio/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/openimageio/recipe.toml
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 #TODO missing script for building, see https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/blob/master/INSTALL.md#building-openimageio-on-linux-or-os-x
+# optional dependencies are disabled to make the program work with less effort
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO"
 rev = "5c29caab40a3913d415ac5d37cd84983e824c75b"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
-    "boost",
+    "imath",
     "libtiff",
     "libjpeg-turbo",
-    "libpng",
     "openexr",
     "libfmt",
-    "opencv4",
-    "ffmpeg6",
-    "libwebp",
-    "freetype2",
-    "libraw",
-    "openjpeg",
-    "tbb",
-    "libgif",
-    "libheif",
-    "libwebp",
+    #"libpng",
+    #"boost",
+    #"opencv4",
+    #"ffmpeg6",
+    #"libwebp",
+    #"freetype2",
+    #"libraw",
+    #"openjpeg",
+    #"tbb",
+    #"libgif",
+    #"libheif",
+    #"libwebp",
 ]