diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index eaa19087dd613f22cb0bcda51f1284491d80b8ab..e2ba924bf6d876764817c7a822d815cfe782c0c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # .. Or update conda base environment to match specifications in environment.yml
 ADD environment.yml /tmp/environment.yml
-RUN sed -i "s|name\: jupyter-example-profile|name\: base|g" /tmp/environment.yml # we need to replace the name of the environment with base such that we can update the base environment here
 
 # All packages specified in environment.yml are installed in the base environment
 RUN conda env update -f /tmp/environment.yml && \
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 4ffd541e7618e5c982cf42bb1eda6d7eb3539a01..2b1fca3fa1a66ddb0b8f97222b41b9cccf3ac5bd 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: jupyter-example-profile
+name: base
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies: