diff --git a/module_notebooks/02-building-graphs-with-pggb.ipynb b/module_notebooks/02-building-graphs-with-pggb.ipynb
index 5382294..f2f6d7a 100644
--- a/module_notebooks/02-building-graphs-with-pggb.ipynb
+++ b/module_notebooks/02-building-graphs-with-pggb.ipynb
@@ -579,31 +579,7 @@
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-   "type": "gcloud",
-   "uri": "us-docker.pkg.dev/deeplearning-platform-release/gcr.io/workbench-notebooks:m126"
-  },
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-   "language": "python",
-   "name": "conda-env-nigms-pangenomics-nigms-pangenomics"
-  },
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-   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
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 }