diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 31262485..408cf5bb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     "sphinx.ext.mathjax",
     "sphinx.ext.ifconfig",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
-    "myst_nb",
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ["_build"]
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "build"]
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/intro_tutorial.ipynb b/docs/tutorials/intro_tutorial.ipynb
index e749c803..624477fa 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/intro_tutorial.ipynb
+++ b/docs/tutorials/intro_tutorial.ipynb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
    "id": "0b098d27-39cd-41a3-b171-f525c6035d94",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "#Run this if in colab (make it is a code cell) \n",
+    "#Run this if in colab\n",
     "!pip install mesa --quiet\n",
     "!pip install mesa-geo --quiet\n",
     "!mkdir -p data\n",
@@ -1087,24 +1087,6 @@
     "# This is required to render the visualization in the Jupyter notebook\n",
     "page"
    ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "f789c49b-ae8c-49eb-8bcf-8231ccb33454",
-   "metadata": {
-    "has_explanation": false
-   },
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "da907e19-46de-4faa-8ba9-193c6530461c",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79018045..b84d893b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ docs = [
   "ipykernel", # necessary to ensure python3 kernel
   "pydata_sphinx_theme",
   "seaborn",
-  "myst-nb",
   "myst-parser",         # Markdown in Sphinx
 ]