diff --git a/jupyter-book/_config.yml b/jupyter-book/_config.yml
index 2d5db28f..00b81d4a 100644
--- a/jupyter-book/_config.yml
+++ b/jupyter-book/_config.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,3 @@ repository:
   url: https://github.com/theislab/single-cell-best-practices
   path_to_book: jupyter-book
   branch: master
-
-binder:
-  binderhub_url: "https://mybinder.org"
-  text: "Launch binder"