diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ebcbecc2..bf8c5e58 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ dependencies:
   - metpy
   - geocat-viz>=2023.10.0
   - colorcet
-  - hvplot
-  - plotly
-  - seaborn
   - uxarray
   - datashader
   - geocat-datafiles
diff --git a/notebooks/1-comparison.ipynb b/notebooks/1-comparison.ipynb
index 70c26087..18c7109e 100644
--- a/notebooks/1-comparison.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/1-comparison.ipynb
@@ -270,10 +270,12 @@
    ]
   },
   {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "cell_type": "raw",
+   "metadata": {
+    "vscode": {
+     "languageId": "raw"
+    }
+   },
    "source": [
     "import plotly.express as px\n",
     "\n",
@@ -295,10 +297,12 @@
    ]
   },
   {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "cell_type": "raw",
+   "metadata": {
+    "vscode": {
+     "languageId": "raw"
+    }
+   },
    "source": [
     "import seaborn as sns\n",
     "sns.set_theme()\n",
@@ -350,10 +354,12 @@
    ]
   },
   {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "cell_type": "raw",
+   "metadata": {
+    "vscode": {
+     "languageId": "raw"
+    }
+   },
    "source": [
     "import pandas as pd\n",
     "import hvplot.pandas\n",