diff --git a/build-env.sh b/build-env.sh
index 59ffcf408ffb7b64f2e2cc4f962478084fc4a1d6..8bf50b4a3730eb4e9885f1d68b50e6ca68260f8a 100644
--- a/build-env.sh
+++ b/build-env.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 # source activate base
 basedir=$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P)
+conda env list
+echo installing environment...
 conda env create -f ${basedir}/environment.yml
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diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 61ce26e9583db4be3404964e091ca0040c5169d7..8cfc3cc131afffdc0d054a0d8cf466ad2397fa34 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -263,30 +263,4 @@ dependencies:
   - zict=3.0.0=pyhd8ed1ab_0
   - zipp=3.15.0=pyhd8ed1ab_0
   - zlib=1.2.13=hd590300_5
-  - zstd=1.5.2=h3eb15da_6
-  - pip:
-      - backoff==2.2.1
-      - boto3==1.26.156
-      - botocore==1.29.156
-      - chroma-py==0.1.0.dev1
-      - colour==0.1.5
-      - configparser==5.3.0
-      - cryptography==41.0.1
-      - geojson==3.0.1
-      - iniconfig==2.0.0
-      - jsonschema==4.17.3
-      - maappy==3.0.0
-      - mapboxgl==0.10.2
-      - moto==4.1.11
-      - mypy-boto3-s3==1.26.155
-      - pluggy==1.2.0
-      - pyrsistent==0.19.3
-      - pystac==1.7.3
-      - pystac-client==0.7.1
-      - pytest==7.3.2
-      - responses==0.23.1
-      - s3transfer==0.6.1
-      - types-pyyaml==6.0.12.10
-      - urllib3==1.26.16
-      - werkzeug==2.3.6
-      - xmltodict==0.13.0
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+  - zstd=1.5.2=h3eb15da_6
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