diff --git a/containers/sandbox/Dockerfile b/containers/sandbox/Dockerfile
index 15daf99e46..4aaeeba5c8 100644
--- a/containers/sandbox/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/sandbox/Dockerfile
@@ -19,9 +19,3 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN service ssh start
-
-RUN pip install jupyterlab notebook jupyter_kernel_gateway
-# Add common data science utils
-RUN pip install transformers[torch]
-RUN pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-RUN pip install boilerpy3 pandas datasets sympy scikit-learn matplotlib seaborn
diff --git a/opendevin/sandbox/exec_box.py b/opendevin/sandbox/exec_box.py
index a24f6f824f..fa88af3154 100644
--- a/opendevin/sandbox/exec_box.py
+++ b/opendevin/sandbox/exec_box.py
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ class DockerExecBox(Sandbox):
                 return -1, f'Command: "{cmd}" timed out'
         return exit_code, logs.decode('utf-8')
 
-    def execute_python(self, code: str) -> str:
-        raise NotImplementedError('execute_python is not supported in DockerExecBox')
-
     def execute_in_background(self, cmd: str) -> BackgroundCommand:
         result = self.container.exec_run(
             self.get_exec_cmd(cmd), socket=True, workdir=SANDBOX_WORKSPACE_DIR
diff --git a/opendevin/sandbox/jupyter_kernel.py b/opendevin/sandbox/jupyter_kernel.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 617f0e70ce..0000000000
--- a/opendevin/sandbox/jupyter_kernel.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,238 +0,0 @@
-import re
-import os
-import tornado
-import asyncio
-from tornado.escape import json_encode, json_decode, url_escape
-from tornado.websocket import websocket_connect, WebSocketClientConnection
-from tornado.ioloop import PeriodicCallback
-from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient, HTTPRequest
-
-from opendevin.logger import opendevin_logger as logger
-from uuid import uuid4
-
-
-def strip_ansi(o: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Removes ANSI escape sequences from `o`, as defined by ECMA-048 in
-    http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-048.pdf
-
-    # https://github.com/ewen-lbh/python-strip-ansi/blob/master/strip_ansi/__init__.py
-
-    >>> strip_ansi("\\033[33mLorem ipsum\\033[0m")
-    'Lorem ipsum'
-
-    >>> strip_ansi("Lorem \\033[38;25mIpsum\\033[0m sit\\namet.")
-    'Lorem Ipsum sit\\namet.'
-
-    >>> strip_ansi("")
-    ''
-
-    >>> strip_ansi("\\x1b[0m")
-    ''
-
-    >>> strip_ansi("Lorem")
-    'Lorem'
-
-    >>> strip_ansi('\\x1b[38;5;32mLorem ipsum\\x1b[0m')
-    'Lorem ipsum'
-
-    >>> strip_ansi('\\x1b[1m\\x1b[46m\\x1b[31mLorem dolor sit ipsum\\x1b[0m')
-    'Lorem dolor sit ipsum'
-    """
-
-    # pattern = re.compile(r'/(\x9B|\x1B\[)[0-?]*[ -\/]*[@-~]/')
-    pattern = re.compile(r'\x1B\[\d+(;\d+){0,2}m')
-    stripped = pattern.sub('', o)
-    return stripped
-
-
-class JupyterKernel:
-    def __init__(self, url_suffix, convid, lang='python'):
-        self.base_url = f'http://{url_suffix}'
-        self.base_ws_url = f'ws://{url_suffix}'
-        self.lang = lang
-        self.kernel_id = None
-        self.convid = convid
-        logger.info(
-            f'Jupyter kernel created for conversation {convid} at {url_suffix}'
-        )
-
-        self.heartbeat_interval = 10000  # 10 seconds
-        self.heartbeat_callback = None
-
-    async def initialize(self):
-        await self.execute(r'%colors nocolor')
-        # pre-defined tools
-        # self.tools_to_run = [
-        #     # TODO: You can add code for your pre-defined tools here
-        # ]
-        # for tool in self.tools_to_run:
-        #     # logger.info(f"Tool initialized:\n{tool}")
-        #     await self.execute(tool)
-
-    async def _send_heartbeat(self):
-        if not hasattr(self, 'ws') or not self.ws:
-            return
-        try:
-            self.ws.ping()
-            logger.debug('Heartbeat sent...')
-        except tornado.iostream.StreamClosedError:
-            logger.info('Heartbeat failed, reconnecting...')
-            try:
-                await self._connect()
-            except ConnectionRefusedError:
-                logger.info(
-                    'ConnectionRefusedError: Failed to reconnect to kernel websocket - Is the kernel still running?'
-                )
-
-    async def _connect(self):
-        if hasattr(self, 'ws') and self.ws:
-            self.ws.close()
-            self.ws: WebSocketClientConnection = None
-
-        client = AsyncHTTPClient()
-        if not self.kernel_id:
-            n_tries = 5
-            while n_tries > 0:
-                try:
-                    response = await client.fetch(
-                        '{}/api/kernels'.format(self.base_url),
-                        method='POST',
-                        body=json_encode({'name': self.lang}),
-                    )
-                    kernel = json_decode(response.body)
-                    self.kernel_id = kernel['id']
-                    break
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error('Failed to connect to kernel')
-                    logger.exception(e)
-                    logger.info('Retrying in 5 seconds...')
-                    # kernels are not ready yet
-                    n_tries -= 1
-                    await asyncio.sleep(5)
-
-            if n_tries == 0:
-                raise ConnectionRefusedError('Failed to connect to kernel')
-
-        ws_req = HTTPRequest(
-            url='{}/api/kernels/{}/channels'.format(
-                self.base_ws_url, url_escape(self.kernel_id)
-            )
-        )
-        self.ws = await websocket_connect(ws_req)
-        logger.info('Connected to kernel websocket')
-
-        # Setup heartbeat
-        if self.heartbeat_callback:
-            self.heartbeat_callback.stop()
-        self.heartbeat_callback = PeriodicCallback(
-            self._send_heartbeat, self.heartbeat_interval
-        )
-        self.heartbeat_callback.start()
-
-    async def execute(self, code, timeout=60):
-        if not hasattr(self, 'ws') or not self.ws:
-            await self._connect()
-
-        msg_id = uuid4().hex
-        self.ws.write_message(
-            json_encode(
-                {
-                    'header': {
-                        'username': '',
-                        'version': '5.0',
-                        'session': '',
-                        'msg_id': msg_id,
-                        'msg_type': 'execute_request',
-                    },
-                    'parent_header': {},
-                    'channel': 'shell',
-                    'content': {
-                        'code': code,
-                        'silent': False,
-                        'store_history': False,
-                        'user_expressions': {},
-                        'allow_stdin': False,
-                    },
-                    'metadata': {},
-                    'buffers': {},
-                }
-            )
-        )
-        logger.info(f'EXECUTE REQUEST SENT:\n{code}')
-
-        outputs = []
-
-        async def wait_for_messages():
-            execution_done = False
-            while not execution_done:
-                msg = await self.ws.read_message()
-                msg = json_decode(msg)
-                msg_type = msg['msg_type']
-                parent_msg_id = msg['parent_header'].get('msg_id', None)
-
-                if parent_msg_id != msg_id:
-                    continue
-
-                if os.environ.get('DEBUG', False):
-                    logger.info(
-                        f"MSG TYPE: {msg_type.upper()} DONE:{execution_done}\nCONTENT: {msg['content']}"
-                    )
-
-                if msg_type == 'error':
-                    traceback = '\n'.join(msg['content']['traceback'])
-                    outputs.append(traceback)
-                    execution_done = True
-                elif msg_type == 'stream':
-                    outputs.append(msg['content']['text'])
-                elif msg_type in ['execute_result', 'display_data']:
-                    outputs.append(msg['content']['data']['text/plain'])
-                    if 'image/png' in msg['content']['data']:
-                        # use markdone to display image (in case of large image)
-                        # outputs.append(f"\n<img src=\"data:image/png;base64,{msg['content']['data']['image/png']}\"/>\n")
-                        outputs.append(
-                            f"![image](data:image/png;base64,{msg['content']['data']['image/png']})"
-                        )
-
-                elif msg_type == 'execute_reply':
-                    execution_done = True
-            return execution_done
-
-        async def interrupt_kernel():
-            client = AsyncHTTPClient()
-            interrupt_response = await client.fetch(
-                f'{self.base_url}/api/kernels/{self.kernel_id}/interrupt',
-                method='POST',
-                body=json_encode({'kernel_id': self.kernel_id}),
-            )
-            logger.info(f'Kernel interrupted: {interrupt_response}')
-
-        try:
-            execution_done = await asyncio.wait_for(wait_for_messages(), timeout)
-        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-            await interrupt_kernel()
-            return f'[Execution timed out ({timeout} seconds).]'
-
-        if not outputs and execution_done:
-            ret = '[Code executed successfully with no output]'
-        else:
-            ret = ''.join(outputs)
-
-        # Remove ANSI
-        ret = strip_ansi(ret)
-
-        if os.environ.get('DEBUG', False):
-            logger.info(f'OUTPUT:\n{ret}')
-        return ret
-
-    async def shutdown_async(self):
-        if self.kernel_id:
-            client = AsyncHTTPClient()
-            await client.fetch(
-                '{}/api/kernels/{}'.format(self.base_url, self.kernel_id),
-                method='DELETE',
-            )
-            self.kernel_id = None
-            if self.ws:
-                self.ws.close()
-                self.ws = None
diff --git a/opendevin/sandbox/local_box.py b/opendevin/sandbox/local_box.py
index d7a358ee03..9ee4089dad 100644
--- a/opendevin/sandbox/local_box.py
+++ b/opendevin/sandbox/local_box.py
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ class LocalBox(Sandbox):
         except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
             return -1, 'Command timed out'
 
-    def execute_python(self, code: str) -> str:
-        raise NotImplementedError('execute_python is not supported in LocalBox')
-
     def execute_in_background(self, cmd: str) -> BackgroundCommand:
         process = subprocess.Popen(
             cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
diff --git a/opendevin/sandbox/sandbox.py b/opendevin/sandbox/sandbox.py
index 7909231424..211f0b28bd 100644
--- a/opendevin/sandbox/sandbox.py
+++ b/opendevin/sandbox/sandbox.py
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ class Sandbox(ABC):
     def execute(self, cmd: str) -> Tuple[int, str]:
         pass
 
-    @abstractmethod
-    def execute_python(self, code: str) -> str:
-        pass
-
     @abstractmethod
     def execute_in_background(self, cmd: str):
         pass
diff --git a/opendevin/sandbox/ssh_box.py b/opendevin/sandbox/ssh_box.py
index 4f86a73079..d78046a154 100644
--- a/opendevin/sandbox/ssh_box.py
+++ b/opendevin/sandbox/ssh_box.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import platform
 import sys
 import time
 import uuid
-import asyncio
 from collections import namedtuple
 from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ from opendevin.sandbox.sandbox import Sandbox, BackgroundCommand
 from opendevin.schema import ConfigType
 from opendevin.utils import find_available_tcp_port
 from opendevin.exceptions import SandboxInvalidBackgroundCommandError
-from opendevin.sandbox.jupyter_kernel import JupyterKernel
 
 InputType = namedtuple('InputType', ['content'])
 OutputType = namedtuple('OutputType', ['content'])
@@ -267,11 +265,6 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
         except docker.errors.NotFound:
             return False
 
-    def _get_port_mapping(self):
-        return {
-            f'{self._ssh_port}/tcp': self._ssh_port
-        }
-
     def restart_docker_container(self):
         try:
             self.stop_docker_container()
@@ -286,10 +279,9 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
                 network_kwargs['network_mode'] = 'host'
             else:
                 # FIXME: This is a temporary workaround for Mac OS
-
-                network_kwargs['ports'] = self._get_port_mapping()
+                network_kwargs['ports'] = {f'{self._ssh_port}/tcp': self._ssh_port}
                 logger.warning(
-                    ('Using port forwarding. '
+                    ('Using port forwarding for Mac OS. '
                      'Server started by OpenDevin will not be accessible from the host machine at the moment. '
                      'See https://github.com/OpenDevin/OpenDevin/issues/897 for more information.'
                      )
@@ -348,56 +340,11 @@ class DockerSSHBox(Sandbox):
             except docker.errors.NotFound:
                 pass
 
-    def execute_python(self, code: str) -> str:
-        raise NotImplementedError('execute_python is not supported in DockerSSHBox. Please use DockerSSHJupyterBox.')
-
-
-class DockerSSHJupyterBox(DockerSSHBox):
-    _jupyter_port: int
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        container_image: str | None = None,
-        timeout: int = 120,
-        sid: str | None = None,
-    ):
-        self._jupyter_port = find_available_tcp_port()
-        super().__init__(container_image, timeout, sid)
-        self.setup_jupyter()
-
-    def _get_port_mapping(self):
-        return {
-            f'{self._ssh_port}/tcp': self._ssh_port,
-            '8888/tcp': self._jupyter_port,
-        }
-
-    def setup_jupyter(self):
-        # Setup Jupyter
-        self.jupyer_background_cmd = self.execute_in_background(
-            'jupyter kernelgateway --KernelGatewayApp.ip=0.0.0.0 --KernelGatewayApp.port=8888'
-        )
-        self.jupyter_kernel = JupyterKernel(
-            url_suffix=f'{SSH_HOSTNAME}:{self._jupyter_port}',
-            convid=self.instance_id,
-        )
-        logger.info(f'Jupyter Kernel Gateway started at {SSH_HOSTNAME}:{self._jupyter_port}: {self.jupyer_background_cmd.read_logs()}')
-
-        # initialize the kernel
-        logger.info('Initializing Jupyter Kernel Gateway...')
-        time.sleep(1)  # wait for the kernel to start
-        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-        loop.run_until_complete(self.jupyter_kernel.initialize())
-        logger.info('Jupyter Kernel Gateway initialized')
-
-    def execute_python(self, code: str) -> str:
-        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-        return loop.run_until_complete(self.jupyter_kernel.execute(code))
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     try:
-        ssh_box = DockerSSHJupyterBox()
+        ssh_box = DockerSSHBox()
     except Exception as e:
         logger.exception('Failed to start Docker container: %s', e)
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -406,7 +353,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         "Interactive Docker container started. Type 'exit' or use Ctrl+C to exit.")
 
     bg_cmd = ssh_box.execute_in_background(
-        "while true; do echo 'dot ' && sleep 5; done"
+        "while true; do echo 'dot ' && sleep 1; done"
     )
 
     sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -424,12 +371,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 ssh_box.kill_background(bg_cmd.id)
                 logger.info('Background process killed')
                 continue
-            if user_input.startswith('py:'):
-                output = ssh_box.execute_python(user_input[3:])
-                logger.info(output)
-                sys.stdout.flush()
-                continue
-            print('JUPYTER LOG:', ssh_box.jupyer_background_cmd.read_logs())
             exit_code, output = ssh_box.execute(user_input)
             logger.info('exit code: %d', exit_code)
             logger.info(output)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 599574512b..1f656fe5e3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3391,7 +3391,6 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:90c6fca2acf139569e74e8781709dccb6fe25940488755716d1d354d6bc58bce"},
-    {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:c7adfc142dac335d8c1e0dcbd37eb8617eac386596eb9e1a1b77791cf2498238"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:4abfe0be0d7221be4f12552995e58723c7422c80a659da13ca382697de830c08"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8635c16bf3d99040fdf3ca3db669a7250ddf49c55dc4aa8fe0ae0fa8d6dcc1f0"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp310-cp310-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:40ae1dffb3967a52203105a077415a86044a2bea011b5f321c6aa64b379a3f51"},
@@ -3412,7 +3411,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:43498c0bdb43d55cb162cdc8c06fac328ccb5d2eabe3cadeb3529ae6f0517c32"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:d187d355ecec3629624fccb01d104da7d7f391db0311145817525281e2804d23"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0ca6377b8fca51815f382bd0b697a0814c8bda55115678cbc94c30aacbb6eff2"},
-    {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:9057e6aa78a584bc93a13f0a9bf7e753a5e9770a30b4d758b8d5f2a62a9433cd"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:001910ad31abc7bf06f49dcc903755d2f7f3a9186c0c040b827e522e9cef0863"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:66b479b0bd07204e37583c191535505410daa8df638fd8e75ae1b383851fe921"},
     {file = "pandas-2.2.2-cp39-cp39-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a77e9d1c386196879aa5eb712e77461aaee433e54c68cf253053a73b7e49c33a"},
@@ -5178,26 +5176,6 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.8.0"
 opt-einsum = ["opt-einsum (>=3.3)"]
 optree = ["optree (>=0.9.1)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tornado"
-version = "6.4"
-description = "Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at FriendFeed."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">= 3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:02ccefc7d8211e5a7f9e8bc3f9e5b0ad6262ba2fbb683a6443ecc804e5224ce0"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:27787de946a9cffd63ce5814c33f734c627a87072ec7eed71f7fc4417bb16263"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:f7894c581ecdcf91666a0912f18ce5e757213999e183ebfc2c3fdbf4d5bd764e"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_5_i686.manylinux1_i686.manylinux_2_17_i686.manylinux2014_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:e43bc2e5370a6a8e413e1e1cd0c91bedc5bd62a74a532371042a18ef19e10579"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_5_x86_64.manylinux1_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:f0251554cdd50b4b44362f73ad5ba7126fc5b2c2895cc62b14a1c2d7ea32f212"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:fd03192e287fbd0899dd8f81c6fb9cbbc69194d2074b38f384cb6fa72b80e9c2"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:88b84956273fbd73420e6d4b8d5ccbe913c65d31351b4c004ae362eba06e1f78"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:71ddfc23a0e03ef2df1c1397d859868d158c8276a0603b96cf86892bff58149f"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:6f8a6c77900f5ae93d8b4ae1196472d0ccc2775cc1dfdc9e7727889145c45052"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4-cp38-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:10aeaa8006333433da48dec9fe417877f8bcc21f48dda8d661ae79da357b2a63"},
-    {file = "tornado-6.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:72291fa6e6bc84e626589f1c29d90a5a6d593ef5ae68052ee2ef000dfd273dee"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tqdm"
 version = "4.66.2"
@@ -5992,4 +5970,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "ba00c1217b404cad1139884cdaa2072ab9c416ff95aff1d5f525e562ee7d1350"
+content-hash = "3a5ca3c8b47e0e43994032d1620d85a8d602c52a93790d192b9fdb3a8ac36d97"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc6572d4e7..2ffe09ecfc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ numpy = "*"
 json-repair = "*"
 playwright = "*"
 pexpect = "*"
-tornado = "*"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.llama-index.dependencies]
 llama-index = "*"