diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 396b89b7b..78b4ba048 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -181,12 +181,6 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
 
-      - run:
-          name: Deploy a11y
-          command: |
-            hubploy deploy --timeout 30m a11y hub ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}
-          no_output_timeout: 30m
-
       - run:
           name: Deploy astro
           command: |
@@ -289,12 +283,6 @@ jobs:
 #            hubploy deploy --timeout 30m logodev hub ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}
 #          no_output_timeout: 30m
 
-      - run:
-          name: Deploy nature
-          command: |
-            hubploy deploy --timeout 30m nature hub ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}
-          no_output_timeout: 30m
-
       - run:
           name: Deploy prob140
           command: |
@@ -335,15 +323,6 @@ workflows:
   version: 2
   test-build-images:
     jobs:
-      - hubploy/build-image:
-          deployment: a11y
-          name: a11y image build
-          # Filters can only be per-job? wtf
-          filters:
-              branches:
-                ignore:
-                - staging
-                - prod
       - hubploy/build-image:
           deployment: astro
           name: astro image build
@@ -472,15 +451,6 @@ workflows:
 #                ignore:
 #                - staging
 #                - prod
-      - hubploy/build-image:
-          deployment: nature
-          name: nature image build
-          # Filters can only be per-job? wtf
-          filters:
-              branches:
-                ignore:
-                - staging
-                - prod
       - hubploy/build-image:
           deployment: publichealth
           name: publichealth image build
@@ -511,15 +481,6 @@ workflows:
 
   deploy:
     jobs:
-      - hubploy/build-image:
-          deployment: a11y
-          name: a11y image build
-          push: true
-          # Filters can only be per-job? wtf
-          filters:
-              branches:
-                only:
-                - staging
       - hubploy/build-image:
           deployment: astro
           name: astro image build
@@ -645,15 +606,6 @@ workflows:
 #              branches:
 #                only:
 #                - staging
-      - hubploy/build-image:
-          deployment: nature
-          name: nature image build
-          push: true
-          # Filters can only be per-job? wtf
-          filters:
-              branches:
-                only:
-                - staging
       - hubploy/build-image:
           deployment: publichealth
           name: publichealth image build
@@ -686,7 +638,6 @@ workflows:
       # CI level, we also make prod deploys go faster!
       - deploy:
           requires:
-              - a11y image build
               - astro image build
               - biology image build
               - cee image build
@@ -701,7 +652,6 @@ workflows:
               - ischool image build
               - julia hub image build
 #              - logodev image build
-              - nature image build
               - publichealth image build
               - shiny image build
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-hubs.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-hubs.yaml
index 969ae17a5..436bc3250 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-hubs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-hubs.yaml
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
         run: |
           while read deployment; do
-            echo "Pretending to deploy base hub image to ${deployment}  :P"
+            echo "Depoying base hub image to ${deployment}"
             hubploy --verbose deploy --timeout 30m ${deployment} hub staging
-          done < <(python .github/scripts/determine-hub-deployments.py --only-deploy logodev stat159 stat20)
+            echo
+          done < <(python .github/scripts/determine-hub-deployments.py --only-deploy logodev stat159 stat20 nature a11y)
 
   deploy-hubs-to-prod:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/prod'
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
         run: |
           while read deployment; do
-            echo "Pretending to deploy base hub image to ${deployment}  :P"
+            echo "Deploying base hub image to ${deployment}"
             hubploy --verbose deploy --timeout 30m ${deployment} hub prod
-          done < <(python .github/scripts/determine-hub-deployments.py --only-deploy logodev stat159 stat20)
+            echo
+          done < <(python .github/scripts/determine-hub-deployments.py --only-deploy logodev stat159 stat20 nature a11y)
diff --git a/deployments/a11y/hubploy.yaml b/deployments/a11y/hubploy.yaml
index 1815bec43..995406af6 100644
--- a/deployments/a11y/hubploy.yaml
+++ b/deployments/a11y/hubploy.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 images:
   images:
-    - name: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/ucb-datahub-2018/user-images/a11y-user-image
-      path: image/
-      repo2docker:
-        base_image: docker.io/library/buildpack-deps:jammy
-  registry:
-    provider: gcloud
-    gcloud:
-      project: ucb-datahub-2018
-      service_key: gcr-key.json
+    - name: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/ucb-datahub-2018/user-images/a11y-user-image:1967ba9bc53f
 
 cluster:
   provider: gcloud
diff --git a/deployments/a11y/image/README.md b/deployments/a11y/image/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ac9c2c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/a11y/image/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# a11y Image
+
+This image is now located [in its own repo](https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/a11y-user-image).
+
+Please see [the contribution guide](https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/a11y-user-image/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on how to propose changes to the image.
diff --git a/deployments/a11y/image/apt.txt b/deployments/a11y/image/apt.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 24dad6eac..000000000
--- a/deployments/a11y/image/apt.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Some linux packages for basic terminal work, particularly
-# oriented at users new to Unix/cmd line environments.
-
-# installing less as more just isn't enough
-less
-
-# Download tools
-curl
-wget
-vim
-
-# for easily managing multiple repositories with one command (perl-doc
-# is needed for its help pages to work)
-mr
-perl-doc
-
-# Regular build tools for compiling common stuff
-build-essential
-
-# Dependencies for nbconvert
-texlive-xetex
-texlive-fonts-recommended
-texlive-plain-generic
-# https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/3719
-texlive-lang-chinese
-lmodern
-
-# Other useful document-related tools
-pandoc
-latexdiff
-
-# Some useful git utilities use basic Ruby
-ruby
-
-# Other niceties for command-line work and life
-rsync
-
-# Add chromium to the a11y image for testing with pa11y
-chromium-browser
-
diff --git a/deployments/a11y/image/environment.yml b/deployments/a11y/image/environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8723ab955..000000000
--- a/deployments/a11y/image/environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: a11y
-
-channels:
-- conda-forge
-
-dependencies:
-- python==3.11.*
-- git==2.40.0
-- coverage==7.2.2
-- jupyter-archive==3.4.0
-- jupyter_server==2.7.0
-- jupyter-book==0.15.1
-- jupyter-resource-usage==0.7.1
-- jupyterhub==4.1.6
-- matplotlib==3.7.1
-- nbgitpuller==1.2.1
-- nbclassic==1.0.0
-- nbconvert==7.14.2
-- numpy==1.24.2
-- plotly==5.13.1
-- pyopenssl==23.1.0
-- requests==2.32.3
-- urllib3==2.2.2
-- websockify==0.11.0
-- pip==23.0.1
-- jupyterthemes==0.20.0
-- jupyterlab-accessible-themes==0.1.1
-- jupyterlab_pygments==0.2.2
-- pip:
-  #- -r infra-requirements.txt
-  # Upgrade separate from what everyone else uses for now
-  # https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/3693
-  - notebook==7.1.0a1
-  - jupyterlab==4.1.0b0
-  - nbconvert-a11y==2023.12.6
-  - nb2pdf==0.6.2
-  - nbpdfexport==0.2.1
-  - jupyterlab-a11y-checker==0.1.2
-  # pulled in by ottr, if not pinned to 1.16.2, 1.16.3 causes DH-323
-  - jupytext==1.16.2
-  # ###
-  # The items below are from infra-requirements, however lab conflicts with the
-  # alpha notebook.
-  # We disable infre-requirements.txt above and manually enable some of what it
-  # provides below.
-  # ###
-  # Matches version in images/hub/Dockerfile
diff --git a/deployments/a11y/image/infra-requirements.txt b/deployments/a11y/image/infra-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fb0bd930..000000000
--- a/deployments/a11y/image/infra-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# WARNING: Original source at scripts/infra-packages/requirements.txt
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT ELSEWHERE
-# After editing scripts/infra-packages/requirements.txt, please run
-# scripts/infra-packages/sync.bash.
-
-# This file pins versions of notebook related python packages we want
-# across all hubs. This makes sure we don't need to upgrade them
-# everwhere one by one.
-
-# FIXME: Freeze this to get exact versions of all dependencies
-notebook==7.0.7
-jupyterlab==4.0.11
-nbgitpuller==1.2.1
-jupyter-resource-usage==1.0.1
-# Matches version in images/hub/Dockerfile
-jupyterhub==4.1.6
-appmode==0.8.0
-ipywidgets==8.0.7
-jupyter-tree-download==1.0.1
-git-credential-helpers==0.2
-# Measure popularity of different packages in our hubs
-# https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/request-for-implementation-instrument-libraries-actively-used-by-users-on-a-jupyterhub/7994?u=yuvipanda
-git+https://github.com/shaneknapp/python-popularity-contest.git@add-error-handling
-# RISE is useful for presentations - see https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/2527
-RISE==5.7.1
-# syncthing for dropbox-like functionality
-jupyter-syncthing-proxy==1.0.3
-# jupyter archival tool for easy user downloads
-jupyter-archive==3.4.0
diff --git a/deployments/a11y/image/postBuild b/deployments/a11y/image/postBuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ec5f61cb1..000000000
--- a/deployments/a11y/image/postBuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -eux
-
-# install pa11y tools for DH-169
-
-npm install -g pa11y-ci@3.1.0
-npm install -g pa11y@6.2.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployments/nature/hubploy.yaml b/deployments/nature/hubploy.yaml
index 1ae5a7106..61a4e283e 100644
--- a/deployments/nature/hubploy.yaml
+++ b/deployments/nature/hubploy.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 images:
   images:
-    - name: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/ucb-datahub-2018/user-images/nature-user-image
-      path: image/
-      repo2docker:
-        base_image: docker.io/library/buildpack-deps:jammy
-  registry:
-    provider: gcloud
-    gcloud:
-      project: ucb-datahub-2018
-      service_key: gcr-key.json
+    - name: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/ucb-datahub-2018/user-images/nature-user-image:9ad22965ad22
 
 cluster:
   provider: gcloud
diff --git a/deployments/nature/image/README.md b/deployments/nature/image/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce36af3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/nature/image/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# nature Image
+
+This image is now located [in its own repo](https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/nature-user-image).
+
+Please see [the contribution guide](https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/nature-user-image/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on how to propose changes to the image.
diff --git a/deployments/nature/image/apt.txt b/deployments/nature/image/apt.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a990f28e0..000000000
--- a/deployments/nature/image/apt.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Some linux packages for basic terminal work, particularly
-# oriented at users new to Unix/cmd line environments.
-
-# installing less as more just isn't enough
-less
-
-# Download tools
-curl
-wget
-vim
-
-# for easily managing multiple repositories with one command (perl-doc
-# is needed for its help pages to work)
-mr
-perl-doc
-
-# Regular build tools for compiling common stuff
-build-essential
-
-# Dependencies for nbconvert
-texlive-xetex
-texlive-fonts-recommended
-texlive-plain-generic
-texlive-lang-chinese
-lmodern
-
-# Other useful document-related tools
-pandoc
-latexdiff
-
-# Some useful git utilities use basic Ruby
-ruby
-
-# Other niceties for command-line work and life
-rsync
-
-# playwright deps https://jira-secure.berkeley.edu/browse/DH-325
-libnss3
-libnspr4
-libdbus-1-3
-libatk1.0-0
-libatk-bridge2.0-0
-libcups2
-libdrm2
-libxkbcommon0
-libatspi2.0-0
-libxcomposite1
-libxdamage1
-libxfixes3
-libxrandr2
-libgbm1
-libasound2
diff --git a/deployments/nature/image/environment.yml b/deployments/nature/image/environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index edf33ca3b..000000000
--- a/deployments/nature/image/environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-name: nature
-
-channels:
-- conda-forge
-
-dependencies:
-
-# Items required for basic level functionality
-- gh-scoped-creds==4.1
-- git==2.46.0
-- jupyter-resource-usage=1.1.0
-- jupyterhub==4.1.6
-- jupyterlab==4.2.5
-- jupyter_server==2.14.2
-- jupyterlab-git==0.50.1
-- jupytext==1.16.4
-- nbgitpuller==1.2.1
-- notebook==7.2.2
-- python==3.11.*
-
-# vscode
-- code-server==4.23.1
-- jupyter-vscode-proxy==0.6
-
-# other packages
-- altair==5.4.1
-- earthaccess==0.10.0
-- ibis-framework[pandas,duckdb]==9.3.0
-- jupyterlab-myst==2.4.2
-- leafmap==0.36.10
-- seaborn==0.13.2
-- streamlit==1.38.0
- 
-# pip installed packages, conda is prefered
-- pip==24.2
-- pip:
-  - nbconvert[webpdf]==7.16.4
diff --git a/deployments/nature/image/postBuild b/deployments/nature/image/postBuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f8d71f964..000000000
--- a/deployments/nature/image/postBuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# installing chromium browser to enable webpdf conversion using nbconvert
-export PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=${CONDA_DIR}
-playwright install chromium
diff --git a/deployments/nature/image/start b/deployments/nature/image/start
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a978b7f..000000000
--- a/deployments/nature/image/start
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# See https://jira-secure.berkeley.edu/browse/DH-305
-export PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=${CONDA_DIR}
-exec "$@"