diff --git a/module_notebooks/03-indexing-graphs-with-vg.ipynb b/module_notebooks/03-indexing-graphs-with-vg.ipynb
index 4438cc3..bdd2634 100644
--- a/module_notebooks/03-indexing-graphs-with-vg.ipynb
+++ b/module_notebooks/03-indexing-graphs-with-vg.ipynb
@@ -369,12 +369,6 @@
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diff --git a/module_notebooks/04-read-mapping-with-vg.ipynb b/module_notebooks/04-read-mapping-with-vg.ipynb
index 4414aa7..3502134 100644
--- a/module_notebooks/04-read-mapping-with-vg.ipynb
+++ b/module_notebooks/04-read-mapping-with-vg.ipynb
@@ -370,12 +370,6 @@
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-   "kernel": "conda-env-nigms-pangenomics-nigms-pangenomics",
-   "name": "workbench-notebooks.m127",
-   "type": "gcloud",
-   "uri": "us-docker.pkg.dev/deeplearning-platform-release/gcr.io/workbench-notebooks:m127"
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diff --git a/module_notebooks/05-variant-calling-with-vg.ipynb b/module_notebooks/05-variant-calling-with-vg.ipynb
index 83b6a1c..14d9dfa 100644
--- a/module_notebooks/05-variant-calling-with-vg.ipynb
+++ b/module_notebooks/05-variant-calling-with-vg.ipynb
@@ -396,12 +396,6 @@
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