diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9ab2f209..a7cb42f3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -113,9 +113,14 @@
 
 # If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
 # keep_warnings = False
+# --- Options for nbsphinx -----------------------------------------------
 
+# prevents cell run time taking too long
 nb_execution_timeout = 60
+# uses cached information
 nb_execution_mode = "cache"
+# ensures there is not a conflict if user has multiple kernels
+nbsphinx_kernel_name = 'python-upstream-dev'
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/make.bat b/docs/make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index dc1312ab..00000000
--- a/docs/make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-
-pushd %~dp0
-
-REM Command file for Sphinx documentation
-
-if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
-	set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
-)
-set SOURCEDIR=source
-set BUILDDIR=build
-
-%SPHINXBUILD% >NUL 2>NUL
-if errorlevel 9009 (
-	echo.
-	echo.The 'sphinx-build' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx
-	echo.installed, then set the SPHINXBUILD environment variable to point
-	echo.to the full path of the 'sphinx-build' executable. Alternatively you
-	echo.may add the Sphinx directory to PATH.
-	echo.
-	echo.If you don't have Sphinx installed, grab it from
-	echo.https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
-	exit /b 1
-)
-
-if "%1" == "" goto help
-
-%SPHINXBUILD% -M %1 %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
-goto end
-
-:help
-%SPHINXBUILD% -M help %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
-
-:end
-popd