diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 37d3a67fdc3eafc59c814eaf1f8e6beffd731ebf..0eb4878eb7f3004f73224a49e3a75238042575f8 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ dependencies:
   - fsspec
   - zarr
   - s3fs
-  - intake-xarray
+  #- intake-xarray
   - cfgrib
-  - pydap
+  #- pydap
   - h5netcdf
   # - netcdf4#==1.5.1  # see https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4925
   - pip
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
     - climetlab_s2s_ai_challenge
     - configargparse # for weatherbench
     - rechunker
-    - netcdf4==1.5.1  # see https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4925
+    - netcdf4 # ==1.5.1  # see https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4925
     # - git+https://github.com/xarray-contrib/xskillscore.git
     - git+https://github.com/phausamann/sklearn-xarray.git@develop
     #- dask-labextension