diff --git a/ml-notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/ml-notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py
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+import os
+
+# Configure nb_conda_kernels to avoid registering jupyter kernels in our conda
+# environment again.
+c.CondaKernelSpecManager.env_filter = f'.*envs/{os.environ["CONDA_ENV"]}.*'
diff --git a/pangeo-notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/pangeo-notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py
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+import os
+
+# Configure nb_conda_kernels to avoid registering jupyter kernels in our conda
+# environment again.
+c.CondaKernelSpecManager.env_filter = f'.*envs/{os.environ["CONDA_ENV"]}.*'