diff --git a/images/spec.yml b/images/spec.yml
index 0c84a55a..36d1dbc5 100644
--- a/images/spec.yml
+++ b/images/spec.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 root: datascience-notebook
 
 images:
-  datascience-notebook:
-    image_name: ghcr.io/ucsd-ets/datascience-notebook
-    build_args:
-      PYTHON_VERSION: python-3.9.5
-      PY_VER_SHORT: "3.9"
-      JUPYTERHUB_VERSION: 1.4.1
-    info_cmds: [PY_VER, PIP_LIST, CONDA_INFO, CONDA_LIST, APT_PKG_LIST]
 
   rstudio-notebook:
     image_name: ghcr.io/ucsd-ets/rstudio-notebook
@@ -16,14 +9,6 @@ images:
     info_cmds: [PY_VER, PIP_LIST, CONDA_INFO, CONDA_LIST, APT_PKG_LIST]
     prune: true
 
-  scipy-ml-notebook:
-    image_name: ghcr.io/ucsd-ets/scipy-ml-notebook
-    depend_on: datascience-notebook
-    integration_tests: false
-    info_cmds: [PY_VER, PIP_LIST, CUDA_VERSION, CONDA_INFO, CONDA_LIST, APT_PKG_LIST]
-    prune: false # comment if scipy-ml stops being the last container
-    #prepull: false #-- uncomment to disable prepulling behavior for scipy-ml. gives you space on machine in exchange for build time.
-
 tag:
   prefix: "2023.4"