diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-book.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-book.yml
index 5502eea..6814778 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-book.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ jobs:
   deploy-book:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:
         environment-file: environment.yml
-        auto-activate-base: false
         activate-environment: arcdocs-jb
 
     # Build the book
@@ -32,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         publish_dir: ./book/_build/html
-        publish_branch: gh-pages
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+        publish_branch: gh-pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
index bfdef4a..336bba4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,28 @@
-# copied from https://jupyterbook.org/publish/gh-pages.html?highlight=github%20pages
-
-name: test-build
-
-# Only run this when a PR suggests changes to main branch
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-# This job installs dependencies and builds the book
-jobs:
-  deploy-book:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      # test build on multiple OS
-      matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
-      with:
-        environment-file: environment.yml
-        auto-activate-base: false
-        activate-environment: arcdocs-jb
-
-    # Build the book
-    - name: Build the book
-      shell: bash -l {0}
-      run: |
-        conda activate arcdocs-jb
-        jupyter-book build ./book/
-
+# copied from https://jupyterbook.org/publish/gh-pages.html?highlight=github%20pages
+
+name: test-build
+
+# Only run this when a PR suggests changes to main branch
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# This job installs dependencies and builds the book
+jobs:
+  deploy-book:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      with:
+        environment-file: environment.yml
+        activate-environment: arcdocs-jb
+
+    # Build the book
+    - name: Build the book
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        conda activate arcdocs-jb
+        jupyter-book build ./book/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5669696..0619cb3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,25 +18,9 @@ To build the html content locally you can use the `jupyter-book` command line to
 # navigate to the repository root
 $ cd template-jb-docs
 # sometimes worth running jupyter-book clean book/ to remove old files
+# build the book
 $ jupyter-book build book/
 ```
 ### Windows
 
-Jupyterbook now supports [Windows](https://jupyterbook.org/en/stable/advanced/windows.html) although the steps for configuring a development environment using Vagrant are available below:
-
-#### Set up a development environment using Vagrant
-
-To aid with this we have created a `Vagrantfile` that can allow Windows users who have a virtualisation provider installed (such as [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)) and [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) installed to create a headless virtual Linux machine that will build the jupyter book. You can do this with the following steps once you've installed a virtualisation provider and vagrant:
-```
-# within git-bash or powershell
-$ cd template-jb-docs
-$ vagrant up
-
-# to rebuild the site after changes with the vagrant box running
-$ vagrant reload --provision
-
-# don't forget to destroy the box when you're done
-$ vagrant destroy
-```
-
-This will build the jupyter-book html files on your Windows file system (by navigating via /vagrant) so your local build will still persist after you've destroyed your vagrant box.
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+Jupyterbook is no longer supported on [Windows](https://jupyterbook.org/en/stable/advanced/windows.html) (since Windows 10). The [official documentation](https://jupyterbook.org/en/stable/advanced/windows.html) suggests using [Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2).](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8938962..0000000
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: ruby -*-
-# vi: set ft=ruby :
-
-Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "hashicorp/bionic64"
-
-  config.vm.hostname = "arcdocsSite" 
-
-  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "vagrant/bootstrap.sh"
-end
diff --git a/vagrant/bootstrap.sh b/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d26373c..0000000
--- a/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-apt-get update
-apt-get install git
-wget -q https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
-chmod +x miniconda.sh
-./miniconda.sh -b -p /home/vagrant/miniconda
-# ensures conda loaded in shell
-echo "source /home/vagrant/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> /home/vagrant/.bashrc
-source /home/vagrant/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-chown -R vagrant:vagrant /home/vagrant/miniconda
-
-# create environment and build book
-cd /vagrant
-conda env create -f environment.yml
-conda activate arcdocs-jb
-jb clean book/
-jb build book/
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