diff --git a/.docs/prolog.rst b/.docs/prolog.rst
index f80f86e4bb..3efa2ef7d0 100644
--- a/.docs/prolog.rst
+++ b/.docs/prolog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
     .. note::
 
-        | This page was generated from `{{ docname[:-6] }}`__. Download as :download:`a Jupyter notebook (.ipynb) <../{{ docname }}>` or :download:`Python script (.py) <../{{ docname[:-6] }}.py>` or launch interactively with Binder :raw-html:`<a href="https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/modflowpy/flopy.git/develop?urlpath=lab/tree/.docs/{{ docname }}"><img alt="Binder badge" src="https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg" style="vertical-align:text-bottom"></a>.`
+        | This page was generated from `{{ docname[:-6] }}`__. Download as :download:`a Jupyter notebook (.ipynb) <../{{ docname }}>` or :download:`Python script (.py) <../{{ docname[:-6] }}.py>`.
 
         __ https://github.com/modflowpy/flopy/blob/develop/.docs/{{ docname[:-6] }}.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 113a79949e..eace01e9f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 [![PyPI Status](https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/flopy.png)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flopy)
 [![PyPI Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/flopy.png)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flopy)
 
-[![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/modflowpy/flopy.git/develop)
-
 Introduction
 -----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
deleted file mode 100755
index 0d53a66c18..0000000000
--- a/binder/postBuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# install modflow & related executables to the Python bindir
-get-modflow :python
-
-# required for jupytext
-# https://jupytext.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#can-i-use-jupytext-with-jupyterhub-binder-nteract-colab-saturn-or-azure
-jupyter lab build  
diff --git a/scripts/update_version.py b/scripts/update_version.py
index c7ecdd369a..19390073da 100644
--- a/scripts/update_version.py
+++ b/scripts/update_version.py
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@ def update_readme_markdown(
                 "(https://coveralls.io/github/modflowpy/"
                 "flopy?branch=develop)"
             )
-        elif "[Binder]" in line:
-            # [![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/modflowpy/flopy.git/develop)
-            line = (
-                "[![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)]"
-                "(https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/modflowpy/flopy.git/develop)"
-            )
         elif "doi.org/10.5066/F7BK19FH" in line:
             line = get_software_citation(timestamp, version, approved)
         elif "Disclaimer" in line: