diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 0a4936db..83b1ed3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -29,17 +29,12 @@ jobs:
           mamba-version: "*"
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           environment-file: environment.yml
-          channels: neutrons,mantid/label/nightly,conda-forge
 
       - name: Apt install deps
         run: |
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt-get install xvfb freeglut3-dev libglu1-mesa
 
-      - name: Conda install deps
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: mamba install --file requirements-dev.txt
-
       - name: Mantid pre-requisites
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
@@ -58,7 +53,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          pip install py
           python -c "import mantid"
           python -c "import qtpy"
           python -c "import mantidqt"
@@ -77,11 +71,11 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           # set up environment
-          export VERSION=$(versioningit)
           conda install -y anaconda-client conda-build conda-verify boa
           cd conda.recipe
+          echo "versioningit $(versioningit ../)"
           # build the package
-          conda mambabuild --output-folder . . -c neutrons -c mantid/label/nightly
+          VERSION=$(versioningit ../) conda mambabuild --output-folder . . -c neutrons -c mantid/label/nightly
           conda verify noarch/addie*.tar.bz2
 
       - name: Deploy to Anaconda
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a027def..aab1cf37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 | CI     | Release | Other |
 |--------|---------|-------|
 | [![GitHub Actions](https://github.com/neutrons/addie/actions/workflows/actions.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/neutrons/addie/actions/workflows/actions.yml) | [![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/neutrons/addie/badges/version.svg)](https://anaconda.org/neutrons/addie) | [![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
-|  | [![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/neutrons/addie/badges/platforms.svg)](https://anaconda.org/neutrons/addie) | 
+|  | [![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/neutrons/addie/badges/platforms.svg)](https://anaconda.org/neutrons/addie) |
 
 
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ conda deactivate
 conda remove -n addie_env --all
 ```
 
-## Launch 
+## Launch
 
 To launch ADDIE, run the following from the command line:
 
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ MANTIDPATH=/path/to/mantid/build/bin PATH=$MANTIDPATH:$PATH PYTHONPATH=$MANTIDPA
 
 
 ### Installation development environment using Conda
-```
-conda env create
+
+```bash
+conda env create --file environment.yml
 conda activate addie
 pip install -e .
 ```
@@ -76,29 +77,22 @@ This will use the configuration in the `environment.yml` file for setting up the
 `addie` conda environment. If one needs to change the conda environment name,
 simply edit the `addie` to something else in the `environment.yml` file.
 
-An alternative way to set up a dev environment for ADDIE is to follow the steps
-below,
-
-```
-conda config --add channels conda-forge
-conda create -n addie_env
-conda activate addie_env
-pip install -e .
-conda install mantidworkbench -c mantid/label/nightly
-conda install -q -y -c neutrons mantid-total-scattering-python-wrapper
-pip install https://oncat.ornl.gov/packages/pyoncat-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl
-```
-
 Then suppose one is located in the main directory of the ADDIE repo, executing
 the following command will start up ADDIE,
 
-```
+```bash
 python addie/main.py
 ```
 
-### Uninstall
+or just
 
+```bash
+addie
 ```
+
+### Uninstall
+
+```bash
 conda deactivate
 conda remove -n addie --all
 ```
@@ -135,7 +129,7 @@ addie that way as well. After creating the virtual environment, run
 ```
 
 which will add a file, `mantid.pth` to your environment with the
-location of mantid. Then you need to setup for development: 
+location of mantid. Then you need to setup for development:
 
 ```bash
 python setup.py develop
@@ -160,16 +154,3 @@ pipenv --two
 echo layout_pipenv > .envrc
 direnv allow
 ```
-
-## Creating RPMs
-
-Python generated `srpm` are not as flexible as they should be. To
-generate one that is run `buildrpm` and look for the files in the
-`dist` directory.
-```bash
-$ ./buildrpm
-```
- The `rpm`s are available on
-[copr](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/peterfpeterson/addie/).
-
-
diff --git a/buildrpm b/buildrpm
deleted file mode 100755
index 470df341..00000000
--- a/buildrpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-python setup.py bdist_rpm --spec-only
-patch dist/addie.spec addie.spec.patch
-
-python setup.py pyuic
-python setup.py sdist
-mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
-cp dist/addie-*.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
-
-rpmbuild -ba dist/addie.spec
-cp ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS/addie-*.src.rpm dist/
-cp ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/addie-*.noarch.rpm dist/
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 2f9d2f24..2179373f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
 - build
 - configparser
+- flake8
 - mantid-total-scattering-python-wrapper
 - mantidworkbench
+- mock
 - periodictable
 - psutil
 - pystog
-- setuptools
+- pytest
+- pytest-mpl
+- pytest-qt
+- qtpy
+- setuptools>=48
 - simplejson
+- typing
+- versioningit
 - pip
 - pip:
     - https://oncat.ornl.gov/packages/pyoncat-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e7aa3c48..c1d5770c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ distance-dirty = "{next_version}.dev{distance}+d{build_date:%Y%m%d%H%M}"
 
 [tool.versioningit.write]
 file = "addie/_version.py"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = [
+ '.'
+ ]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cfc99d5..00000000
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-build
-flake8
-mock
-periodictable
-psutil
-pystog
-qtpy
-simplejson
-pytest
-pytest-mpl
-pytest-qt<=3.3.0
-setuptools>=48
-typing
-versioningit
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dbbab857..634799be 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ exclude =
    *.qrc
    *.json
 
-[bdist]
-formats = rpm
-
-[bdist_rpm]
-requires = python, numpy, python-matplotlib, python-periodictable, PyQt5, mantidnightly
-build_requires = python, python-setuptools, PyQt5, versioningit
-doc_files = README.md
-
 [flake8]
 ignore = E114,E115,E116,E121,E123,E126,E133,E2,E704,E722,E741,E743,W503,F403,F405,F999
 exclude = addie/icons/icons_rc.py