diff --git a/pretext/constants.py b/pretext/constants.py
index 461b12e7..7de74be5 100644
--- a/pretext/constants.py
+++ b/pretext/constants.py
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@
     "pretext-cli.yml": Path(".github", "workflows", "pretext-cli.yml"),
     "pretext-deploy.yml": Path(".github", "workflows", "pretext-deploy.yml"),
     "installPandoc.sh": Path(".devcontainer", "installPandoc.sh"),
-    "installSage.sh": Path(".devcontainer", "installSage.sh"),
 }
 
 DEPRECATED_PROJECT_RESOURCES = {
@@ -270,6 +269,7 @@
     ".devcontainer.json": Path(".devcontainer.json"),
     "installPretext": Path(".devcontainer", "installPretext"),
     "installLatex": Path(".devcontainer", "installLatex"),
+    "installSage.sh": Path(".devcontainer", "installSage.sh"),
 }
 
 GIT_RESOURCES = [
@@ -278,5 +278,4 @@
     "pretext-deploy.yml",
     "devcontainer.json",
     "installPandoc.sh",
-    "installSage.sh",
 ]
diff --git a/templates/devcontainer.json b/templates/devcontainer.json
index f55a55aa..b6cac9dd 100644
--- a/templates/devcontainer.json
+++ b/templates/devcontainer.json
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
         "editor.quickSuggestions": {
           "other": "off"
         },
-        "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
+        "editor.suggest.showProperties": false,
         "editor.snippetSuggestions": "bottom",
+        "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
         "xml.validation.enabled": true,
         "redhat.telemetry.enabled": false,
         "CodeChat.CodeChatServer.Command": "CodeChat_Server"
diff --git a/templates/installPandoc.sh b/templates/installPandoc.sh
index d283b1a3..dd5c18ea 100644
--- a/templates/installPandoc.sh
+++ b/templates/installPandoc.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This file was automatically generated with PreTeXt {VERSION}.
 # If you modify this file, PreTeXt will no longer automatically update it.
 
-wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.6.4/pandoc-3.6.4-1-amd64.deb -O pandoc.deb
+wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.8.3/pandoc-3.8.3-1-amd64.deb -O pandoc.deb
 
 # wait for 60 second and then double check that no other script is using apt-get:
 sleep 60
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ while fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock >/dev/null 2>&1; do
     sleep 15
 done
 # Install pandoc
-sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ./pandoc.deb 
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ./pandoc.deb 
 
 rm pandoc.deb
diff --git a/templates/installSage.sh b/templates/installSage.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c66c497a..00000000
--- a/templates/installSage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This file was automatically generated with PreTeXt {VERSION}.
-# If you modify this file, PreTeXt will no longer automatically update it.
-
-# Conda should already be installed in the codespace.  We need to add the conda-forge channel
-
-conda config --add channels conda-forge
-conda config --set channel_priority strict
-
-# We don't want conda to open the base environment always:
-conda config --set auto_activate_base false
-
-# Now create a conda environment for sage (called sage):
-conda create --yes -n sage sage python=3.12
-
-conda init
-
-echo 'conda activate sage' >> ~/.bashrc
-
-source ~/.bashrc