diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic.yml b/.github/workflows/basic.yml
index 12a811009..7f4d230ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ jobs:
             environments: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
             activate-environment: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-        - name: Install IBCDFO
+        - name: Install minq
           run: |
-            pixi run -e ${{ matrix.python-version }} ./install/install_ibcdfo.sh
+            pixi run -e ${{ matrix.python-version }} ./install/install_minq.sh
 
         - name: Install libEnsemble, test flake8
           run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/extra.yml b/.github/workflows/extra.yml
index fe097be96..9a4688756 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extra.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Install other testing dependencies
           run: |
-            pixi run -e ${{ matrix.python-version }} install/install_ibcdfo.sh
+            pixi run -e ${{ matrix.python-version }} install/install_minq.sh
 
         - name: Install libEnsemble, flake8, lock environment
           run: |
diff --git a/install/find_mpi.py b/install/find_mpi.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3749fd351..000000000
--- a/install/find_mpi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-import mpi4py
-from mpi4py import MPI
-from pathlib import Path
-
-path = Path(mpi4py.__path__[0])
-print("\nmpi4py path found is:", path)
-
-configfile = path / "mpi.cfg"
-print("\nShowing config file: ", configfile, "\n")
-
-with open(configfile, "r") as confile_handle:
-    print(confile_handle.read())
-
-with open(configfile, "r") as infile:
-    for line in infile:
-        if line.startswith("mpicc ="):
-            mpi4py_mpicc = line[8:-1]
-            cmd_line = str(mpi4py_mpicc) + " -v"
-            print(cmd_line, ":\n")
-            os.system(cmd_line)
-            break
-
-size = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size()
-rank = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()
-name = MPI.Get_processor_name()
-
-assert size == 1
-assert rank == 0
-assert len(name)
-
-print("Passed")
diff --git a/install/gen_deps_environment.yml b/install/gen_deps_environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 50b88b6b5..000000000
--- a/install/gen_deps_environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: condaenv
-
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-
-dependencies:
-  - pip
-  - numpy>=2
-  - scipy
-  - superlu_dist
-  - hypre
-  - mumps-mpi
-  - DFO-LS
-  - mpmath
-  - ax-platform==0.5.0
-  - petsc
-  - petsc4py
diff --git a/install/install_ibcdfo.sh b/install/install_minq.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from install/install_ibcdfo.sh
rename to install/install_minq.sh
diff --git a/install/misc_feature_requirements.txt b/install/misc_feature_requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 29adc6689..000000000
--- a/install/misc_feature_requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-globus-compute-sdk==4.9.0
diff --git a/install/testing_requirements.txt b/install/testing_requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 281619ac2..000000000
--- a/install/testing_requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-flake8==7.3.0
-coverage>=7.5
-pytest==9.0.2
-pytest-cov==7.1.0
-pytest-timeout==2.4.0
-mock==5.2.0
-python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
-anyio==4.13.0
-matplotlib==3.10.8
-mpmath==1.4.1
-rich==14.3.3
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index 098ba20f5..fa0463f68 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c7f473ad72a7c038dee9ec8d3dbe035f6e96e3cfe2f95e2c0522e0e937912da5
-size 1056784
+oid sha256:6f36ea99b2026285c2a6747765a74fc5535cb37bd6bdeacf412d3a258bcce15e
+size 1056789
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d094eb54a..a612f0839 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ibcdfo = { git = "https://github.com/POptUS/IBCDFO.git", subdirectory = "ibcdfo_
 # "dev" dependencies needed for basic CI
 flake8 = ">=7.3.0,<8"
 coverage = ">=7.13.0,<8"
-pytest = ">=9.0.3,<10"
+pytest = ">=9.0.3, <10"
 
 pytest-cov = ">=7.0.0,<8"
 pytest-timeout = ">=2.4.0,<3"
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ python = "3.14.*"
 ax-platform = "==0.5.0"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.py311e.dependencies]
-globus-compute-sdk = ">=4.3.0,<5"
+globus-compute-sdk = ">=4.10.2,<5"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.py312e.target.linux-64.dependencies]
 ax-platform = "==0.5.0"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.py312e.dependencies]
-globus-compute-sdk = ">=4.3.0,<5"
+globus-compute-sdk = ">=4.10.2,<5"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.py313e.target.linux-64.dependencies]
 ax-platform = "==0.5.0"