diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 0c0eca4..fbaff76 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# if you want to use modelbench from modelbench-private, uncomment below line
-# NOTE: this will not work if you do not have access to that repo
-# USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH=true
-
 # postgres env for local mlflow tracking server
 # you don't need to set these if mlflow is already running somewhere else
 # (in that case, you don't need postgres at all)
diff --git a/.env.jupyteronly b/.env.jupyteronly
index ba49c53..260ab46 100644
--- a/.env.jupyteronly
+++ b/.env.jupyteronly
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# if you want to use modelbench from modelbench-private, uncomment below line
-# NOTE: this will not work if you do not have access to that repo
-USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH=true
-
 # THIS MUST BE SET
 MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI=https://modelplane.mlflow.dev.modelmodel.org
 
diff --git a/.env.nojupyter b/.env.nojupyter
index 3fb45be..e28d76e 100644
--- a/.env.nojupyter
+++ b/.env.nojupyter
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# if you want to use modelbench from modelbench-private, uncomment below line
-# NOTE: this will not work if you do not have access to that repo
-# USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH=true
-
 # postgres env for local mlflow tracking server
 # you don't need to set these if mlflow is already running somewhere else
 # (in that case, you don't need postgres at all)
diff --git a/Dockerfile.jupyter b/Dockerfile.jupyter
index 6cbca8c..bd68377 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.jupyter
+++ b/Dockerfile.jupyter
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
-ARG USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH
-
 ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
-ENV USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH=${USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH}
 # Used for the notebook server
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -18,12 +15,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /root/.ssh && chmod 700 /root/.ssh
 RUN git config --global core.sshCommand "ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/root/.ssh/known_hosts -o ForwardAgent=yes"
 RUN ssh-keyscan github.com > /root/.ssh/known_hosts
 
-# conditionally forward ssh key to install private dependencies
-RUN --mount=type=ssh if [ "$USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH" = "true" ]; then \
-        poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --no-root --extras modelbench-private; \
-    else \
-        poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --no-root; \
-    fi
+RUN poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --no-root
 
 COPY src/ ./src/
 RUN echo $(poetry env info --path)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a4c5e80..96be7eb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -60,13 +60,10 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.jupyter
-      args:
-        USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH: ${USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH}
     environment:
       MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI: ${MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI}
       MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME: ${MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME}
       MLFLOW_TRACKING_PASSWORD: ${MLFLOW_TRACKING_PASSWORD}
-      USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH: ${USE_PRIVATE_MODELBENCH}
       JUPYTER_TOKEN: ${JUPYTER_TOKEN}
       GIT_PYTHON_REFRESH: ${GIT_PYTHON_REFRESH}
       VLLM_API_KEY: ${VLLM_API_KEY}