diff --git a/jupyter-nersc/app-monitoring/Dockerfile b/jupyter-nersc/app-monitoring/Dockerfile
index bbdd021..67cc5d5 100644
--- a/jupyter-nersc/app-monitoring/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyter-nersc/app-monitoring/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ RUN \
     curl -s -o /tmp/miniconda3.sh https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh    &&  \
     bash /tmp/miniconda3.sh -f -b -p /opt/anaconda3         &&  \
     rm -rf /tmp/miniconda3.sh                               &&  \
-    echo "python 3.6.*" >> /opt/anaconda3/conda-meta/pinned &&  \
     /opt/anaconda3/bin/conda update --yes conda             &&  \
     /opt/anaconda3/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir               \
         pika==0.13.1