diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index f87b30e..0499892 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           - '!.devcontainer/**'
           - '!CONTRIBUTING.md'
           - '!README.md'
-          - '!docs/**'
           - '!img/**'
           - '!mg_utils/**'
           - '!notebooks/**'
@@ -53,14 +52,12 @@ jobs:
           - '!.devcontainer/**'
           - '!CONTRIBUTING.md'
           - '!README.md'
-          - '!docs/**'
           - '!readme_pages/**'
         test_python:
           - '**'
           - '!.devcontainer/**'
           - '!CONTRIBUTING.md'
           - '!README.md'
-          - '!docs/**'
           - '!img/**'
           - '!notebooks/**'
           - '!readme_pages/**'
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c6f4955..526f91e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ VALIDARGS="
 HELP="$0 [<target> ...] [<flag> ...]
  where <target> is:
    clean                      - remove all existing build artifacts and configuration (start over)
-   uninstall                  - uninstall libcugraph and cugraph from a prior build/install (see also -n)
+   uninstall                  - uninstall libwholegraph and GNN Python packages from a prior build/install (see also -n)
    cugraph-pyg                - build the cugraph-pyg Python package
    cugraph-dgl                - build the cugraph-dgl extensions for DGL
    pylibwholegraph            - build the pylibwholegraph Python package
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 6782064..8faa75f 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ CURRENT_SHORT_TAG=${CURRENT_MAJOR}.${CURRENT_MINOR}
 NEXT_MAJOR=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[1]}')
 NEXT_MINOR=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[2]}')
 NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
-NEXT_UCX_PY_VERSION="$(curl -sL https://version.gpuci.io/rapids/${NEXT_SHORT_TAG})"
 
 echo "Preparing release $CURRENT_TAG => $NEXT_FULL_TAG"
 
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES=(
   cugraph
   cugraph-dgl
   cugraph-pyg
-  cugraph-service-server
-  cugraph-service-client
-  cuxfilter
   dask-cuda
   dask-cudf
   libcudf
@@ -65,21 +61,15 @@ DEPENDENCIES=(
   pylibcugraph
   pylibcugraphops
   pylibwholegraph
-  pylibraft
-  pyraft
-  raft-dask
   rmm
-  ucx-py
   rapids-dask-dependency
 )
 for DEP in "${DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
   for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml python/cugraph-{pyg,dgl}/conda/*.yaml; do
     sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*/g" "${FILE}"
-    sed_runner "/-.* ucx-py==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_UCX_PY_VERSION}.*/g" "${FILE}"
   done
   for FILE in python/**/pyproject.toml; do
     sed_runner "/\"${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*\"/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*\"/g" "${FILE}"
-    sed_runner "/\"ucx-py==/ s/==.*\"/==${NEXT_UCX_PY_VERSION}.*\"/g" "${FILE}"
   done
 done
 
diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 8559443..ec34fdf 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if hasArg "--run-python-tests"; then
 
     echo "Python pytest for cugraph-dgl (single-GPU only)..."
     cd ${CUGRAPH_ROOT}/python/cugraph-dgl
-    pytest -sv --cache-clear --junitxml=${CUGRAPH_ROOT}/junit-cugraph-service-pytests.xml --benchmark-disable -k "not mg" ./tests
+    pytest -sv --cache-clear --junitxml=${CUGRAPH_ROOT}/junit-cugraph-dgl-pytests.xml --benchmark-disable -k "not mg" ./tests
     echo "Ran Python pytest for cugraph-dgl : return code was: $?, test script exit code is now: $EXITCODE"
 fi
 
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 33af47b..bd59b0e 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pre-commit
 - pydantic
 - pylibcugraphops==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- pylibraft==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - pytest
 - pytest-benchmark
 - pytest-cov
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pytorch-cuda=11.8
 - pytorch>=2.3
 - pytorch_geometric>=2.5,<2.6
-- raft-dask==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
 - rmm==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - scikit-build-core>=0.10.0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-121_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-121_arch-x86_64.yaml
index caed57c..d6a2e3f 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-121_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-121_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pre-commit
 - pydantic
 - pylibcugraphops==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- pylibraft==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - pytest
 - pytest-benchmark
 - pytest-cov
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pytorch-cuda=12.1
 - pytorch>=2.3
 - pytorch_geometric>=2.5,<2.6
-- raft-dask==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
 - rmm==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - scikit-build-core>=0.10.0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-124_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-124_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 53c8825..54c95a3 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-124_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-124_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pre-commit
 - pydantic
 - pylibcugraphops==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- pylibraft==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - pytest
 - pytest-benchmark
 - pytest-cov
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ dependencies:
 - pytorch-cuda=12.4
 - pytorch>=2.3
 - pytorch_geometric>=2.5,<2.6
-- raft-dask==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - rapids-build-backend>=0.3.0,<0.4.0.dev0
 - rmm==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - scikit-build-core>=0.10.0
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
index 7855603..0f73943 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function(find_and_configure_raft)
                 "RAFT_COMPILE_DIST_LIBRARY OFF"
                 "BUILD_TESTS OFF"
                 "BUILD_BENCH OFF"
+                "BUILD_PRIMS_BENCH OFF"
                 "RAFT_ENABLE_cuco_DEPENDENCY OFF"
     )
 
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 0e08523..85bdac9 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ files:
       - depends_on_cugraph
       - depends_on_cudf
       - depends_on_dask_cudf
-      - depends_on_pylibraft
-      - depends_on_raft_dask
       - depends_on_pylibcugraphops
       - depends_on_cupy
       - depends_on_pytorch
@@ -592,56 +590,6 @@ dependencies:
               - dask-cudf-cu11==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - {matrix: null, packages: [*dask_cudf_unsuffixed]}
 
-  depends_on_pylibraft:
-    common:
-      - output_types: conda
-        packages:
-          - &pylibraft_unsuffixed pylibraft==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-      - output_types: requirements
-        packages:
-          # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
-          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com
-          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
-    specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
-        matrices:
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "12.*"
-              cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
-              - pylibraft-cu12==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "11.*"
-              cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
-              - pylibraft-cu11==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - {matrix: null, packages: [*pylibraft_unsuffixed]}
-
-  depends_on_raft_dask:
-    common:
-      - output_types: conda
-        packages:
-          - &raft_dask_unsuffixed raft-dask==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-      - output_types: requirements
-        packages:
-          # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
-          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com
-          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
-    specific:
-      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
-        matrices:
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "12.*"
-              cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
-              - raft-dask-cu12==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - matrix:
-              cuda: "11.*"
-              cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
-              - raft-dask-cu11==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - {matrix: null, packages: [*raft_dask_unsuffixed]}
-
   depends_on_pylibcugraph:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
diff --git a/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt b/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt
index fd26fa9..18a9846 100644
--- a/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/pylibwholegraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ include(../../cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake)
 ##############################################################################
 # - Dependencies  ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
-
-#include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../cmake/thirdparty/nanobind.cmake)
-
 # use <package>_ROOT here to take precedence over any other package
 if (DEFINED ENV{LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR})
   set(wholegraph_ROOT "$ENV{LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR}")
@@ -158,7 +154,3 @@ message(STATUS "PYLIBWHOLEGRAPH: CXX_DEFINITIONS='${CXX_DEFINITIONS}'")
 set(WHOLEGRAPH_CPP_TARGET "wholegraph::wholegraph" CACHE STRING "libwholegraph target name")
 
 add_subdirectory(pylibwholegraph/binding)
-
-# when used without setup.py, command is like:
-# export LIBWHOLEGRAPH_DIR=`pwd`/../../cpp/build/install
-# cmake ../ -DSKBUILD=ON