diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cab9c40..02b1c6b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@
   [**@Sherwin-14**](https://github.com/betolink),
   [**@mfisher87**](https://github.com/mfisher87)
 
-
-
 ### Fixed
 
 - Removed Broken Link "Introduction to NASA earthaccess"
   ([#779](https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/issues/779))
   ([**@Sherwin-14**](https://github.com/Sherwin-14))
 
+### Removed
+
+- Remove `binder/` directory, as we no longer need a special [binder](https://mybinder.org)
+  environment with the top-level `environment.yml` introduced in
+  [#733](https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/issues/733)
+  ([@jhkennedy](https://github.com/jhkennedy))
+
 ## [0.10.0] 2024-07-19
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 95c0496b..00000000
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: earthaccess
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - python=3.9
-  - xarray>=0.19
-  - dask>=2022.1
-  - rioxarray>=0.3
-  - matplotlib-base>=3.3
-  - cartopy>=0.18.0
-  - ipyleaflet>=0.15
-  - netcdf4>=1.5
-  - h5netcdf>=0.11
-  - h5py>=3.2
-  - geopandas>=0.9
-  - zarr>=2.9.5
-  - jupyterlab>=3
-  - hvplot
-  - holoviews
-  - panel
-
-  - pip
-  - pip:
-      - "."
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e0eb49b3..fa8a3362 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-name: earthaccess-dev
+name: earthaccess
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   # This environment bootstraps pip, the actual dev environment
   # is installed and managed with pip
-  - python=3.10
-
+  - python
   - pip
   - pip:
-      - --editable .[dev,test,docs]
+      - --editable ".[dev,test,docs]"
 variables:
   # Allow pip installs when conda environment is active
   PIP_REQUIRE_VENV: 0