diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 82a589f..5c576de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import versioneer
 
-install_requires = ['jupyter', 'vpnotebook', 'numpy', 'ipykernel',
+install_requires = ['jupyter', 'numpy', 'ipykernel',
                     'autobahn>=18.8.2']
 
 if sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 5:
diff --git a/vpython.recipe/meta.yaml b/vpython.recipe/meta.yaml
index 6d4c940..b3a317c 100644
--- a/vpython.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/vpython.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - setuptools
     - jupyter
-    - vpnotebook
     - ujson
     - cython
     - wheel
@@ -39,12 +38,15 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python
     - jupyter
-    - vpnotebook
     - ujson
     - autobahn >=18.8.2
     - numpy
     - ipykernel
 
+test:
+  imports:
+    - vpython
+
 outputs:
     # Someday, maybe: - type: wheel
     - type: conda
diff --git a/vpython.recipe/run_test.py b/vpython.recipe/run_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e3e495..0000000
--- a/vpython.recipe/run_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-
-from jupyter_client import kernelspec
-
-
-# If we get this far, vpnotebook ought to have been installed and
-# we should have a vpython kernel.
-
-assert 'vpython' in kernelspec.find_kernel_specs().keys()
-
-# Python 2.7 and 3.4:
-major, minor = sys.version_info[0:2]
-if major == 2 or (major == 3 and minor == 4):
-    # Make sure vpython is installed. The import is expected to fail because it
-    # tries to connect to a jupyter comm, and we are not running a notebook.
-    # The test is really that the error message expected if that is the
-    # failure is the actual error message.
-    try:
-        import vpython
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert "The non-notebook version of vpython requires" in str(e)
-    except OSError as e:
-        if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
-            assert "The system cannot find the path specified" in str(e)
-        else:
-            assert "No such file or directory" in str(e)