diff --git a/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.core.py b/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.core.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a965d759ec..0000000000
--- a/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.core.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2021, PyInstaller Development Team.
-#
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2
-# or later) with exception for distributing the bootloader.
-#
-# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-or-later WITH Bootloader-exception)
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# If numpy is built with MKL support it depends on a set of libraries loaded
-# at runtime. Since PyInstaller's static analysis can't find them they must be
-# included manually.
-#
-# See
-# https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/1881
-# https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/1969
-# for more information
-import os
-import os.path
-import re
-from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import get_package_paths
-from PyInstaller import log as logging 
-from PyInstaller import compat
-
-binaries = []
-
-# look for libraries in numpy package path
-pkg_base, pkg_dir = get_package_paths('numpy.core')
-re_anylib = re.compile(r'\w+\.(?:dll|so|dylib)', re.IGNORECASE)
-dlls_pkg = [f for f in os.listdir(pkg_dir) if re_anylib.match(f)]
-binaries += [(os.path.join(pkg_dir, f), '.') for f in dlls_pkg]
-
-# look for MKL libraries in pythons lib directory
-# TODO: check numpy.__config__ if numpy is actually depending on MKL
-# TODO: determine which directories are searched by the os linker
-if compat.is_win:
-    lib_dir = os.path.join(compat.base_prefix, "Library", "bin")
-else:
-    lib_dir = os.path.join(compat.base_prefix, "lib")
-if os.path.isdir(lib_dir):
-    re_mkllib = re.compile(r'^(?:lib)?mkl\w+\.(?:dll|so|dylib)', re.IGNORECASE)
-    dlls_mkl = [f for f in os.listdir(lib_dir) if re_mkllib.match(f)]
-    if dlls_mkl:
-        logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-        logger.info("MKL libraries found when importing numpy. Adding MKL to binaries")
-        binaries += [(os.path.join(lib_dir, f), '.') for f in dlls_mkl]
diff --git a/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.py b/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.py
index 4ad06052d4..a0b5023ada 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/hooks/hook-numpy.py
@@ -1,54 +1,59 @@
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2021, PyInstaller Development Team.
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# --- Copyright Disclaimer ---
+#
+# In order to support PyInstaller with numpy<1.20.0 this file will be
+# duplicated for a short period inside PyInstaller's repository [1]. However
+# this file is the intellectual property of the NumPy team and is under the
+# terms and conditions outlined their repository [2].
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2
-# or later) with exception for distributing the bootloader.
+# .. refs:
 #
-# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#   [1] PyInstaller: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/
+#   [2] NumPy's license: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
 #
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-or-later WITH Bootloader-exception)
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import os
-import glob
-from PyInstaller.compat import is_win, is_venv, base_prefix
-from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import get_module_file_attribute
-
-# numpy.testing is unconditionally imported by numpy, thus we can not exclude
-# .testing (which would be preferred). Anyway, this only saves about 7
-# modules. See also https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/17183
-#excludedimports = ["numpy.testing"]
-
-# FIXME check if this workaround is still necessary!
-if is_win:
-    from PyInstaller.utils.win32.winutils import extend_system_path
-    from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
-    # SciPy/Numpy Windows builds from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs
-    # contain some dlls in directory like C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\
-    numpy_core_paths = [os.path.join(get_python_lib(), 'numpy', 'core')]
-    # In virtualenv numpy might be installed directly in real prefix path.
-    # Then include this path too.
-    if is_venv:
-        numpy_core_paths.append(
-            os.path.join(base_prefix, 'Lib', 'site-packages', 'numpy', 'core')
-        )
-    extend_system_path(numpy_core_paths)
-    del numpy_core_paths
-
-# if we bundle the testing module, this will cause
-# `scipy` to be pulled in unintentionally but numpy imports
-# numpy.testing at the top level for historical reasons.
-# excludedimports = collect_submodules('numpy.testing')
-
-binaries = []
-
-# package the DLL bundle that official numpy wheels for Windows ship
-# The DLL bundle will either be in extra-dll on windows proper
-# and in .libs if installed on a virtualenv created from MinGW (Git-Bash
-# for example)
-if is_win:
-    extra_dll_locations = ['extra-dll', '.libs']
-    for location in extra_dll_locations:
-        dll_glob = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
-            get_module_file_attribute('numpy')), location, "*.dll")
-        if glob.glob(dll_glob):
-            binaries.append((dll_glob, "."))
+"""
+This hook should collect all binary files and any hidden modules that numpy
+needs.
+
+Our (some-what inadequate) docs for writing PyInstaller hooks are kept here:
+https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/hooks.html
+
+PyInstaller has a lot of NumPy users so we'd consider maintaining this hook to
+be high priority. Feel free to @mention either bwoodsend or Legorooj on Github
+for help keeping it working.
+"""
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_dynamic_libs
+from PyInstaller.compat import is_conda, is_pure_conda
+
+# Collect all DLLs inside numpy's installation folder, dump them into built
+# app's root.
+binaries = collect_dynamic_libs("numpy", ".")
+
+# If using Conda without any non-conda virtual environment manager:
+if is_pure_conda:
+    # Assume running the NumPy from Conda-forge and collect it's DLLs from the
+    # communal Conda bin directory. DLLs from NumPy's dependencies must also be
+    # collected to capture MKL, OpenBlas, OpenMP, etc.
+    from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import conda_support
+    datas = conda_support.collect_dynamic_libs("numpy", dependencies=True)
+
+# Submodules PyInstaller can't detect (probably because they're only imported
+# by extension modules which PyInstaller can't read).
+hiddenimports = ['numpy.core._dtype_ctypes']
+if is_conda:
+    hiddenimports.append("six")
+
+# Remove testing and building code and packages which are referenced throughout
+# NumPy but aren't really dependencies.
+excludedimports = [
+    "scipy",
+    "pytest",
+    "nose",
+    "distutils",
+    "f2py",
+    "setuptools",
+    "numpy.f2py",
+    "numpy.distutils",
+]
diff --git a/news/5168.hooks.rst b/news/5168.hooks.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for Conda Forge's distribution of ``NumPy``.