diff --git a/base/Dockerfile b/base/Dockerfile
index 6c3d4eca5fc07a3e73d6db740b2d36a1068d4049..d36f8554d5125ab20a7b5051136d1205c8939267 100644
--- a/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/Dockerfile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y nodejs
 # install min texlive (necessary for nb exports)
 RUN apt-get update --yes && \
     apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
+    wget \
     texlive-xetex \
     texlive-fonts-recommended \
     texlive-plain-generic && \
diff --git a/base/requirements.txt b/base/requirements.txt
index cd7a118063edc943c279279da71c5876a3943a59..b91b155b1851f4ee04068375ba3f1a45731ac7be 100644
--- a/base/requirements.txt
+++ b/base/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Cython==0.29.26
 cffi==1.14.5
 cryptography==36.0.1
 ebrains-drive==0.5.0
-elephant==0.10.0
 h5py==3.6.0
 ipympl==0.8.5
 ipywidgets==7.6.5
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ mpi4py==3.1.3
 nbdime==3.1.1
 nbgitpuller==1.0.2
 nbresuse==0.4.0
-neo==0.10.0
 neurom==3.1.0
 nglview==3.0.3
 nibabel==3.2.1