diff --git a/docs/notebooks/cordex-preprocessing.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/cordex-preprocessing.ipynb
index e3275ba..ef651b7 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/cordex-preprocessing.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/cordex-preprocessing.ipynb
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "import intake\n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "import xarray as xr\n",
-    "from tqdm.notebook import tqdm\n",
     "\n",
     "os.environ[\"HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING\"] = \"FALSE\"\n",
     "\n",
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "from dask.distributed import Client, progress\n",
+    "from dask.distributed import Client\n",
     "\n",
     "client = Client()"
    ]
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/domains.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/domains.ipynb
index 56b4f8c..cc4440c 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/domains.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/domains.ipynb
@@ -2700,7 +2700,6 @@
     "    %matplotlib inline\n",
     "    import cartopy.crs as ccrs\n",
     "    import cartopy.feature as cf\n",
-    "    import matplotlib.patheffects as pe\n",
     "    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
     "\n",
     "    plt.figure(figsize=(20, 10))\n",
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/esgf.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/esgf.ipynb
index cfe0227..330991f 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/esgf.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/esgf.ipynb
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "import pandas as pd\n",
     "\n",
     "from cordex import esgf_access\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/euro-cordex-ensemble.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/euro-cordex-ensemble.ipynb
index ef1a224..8be0157 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/euro-cordex-ensemble.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/euro-cordex-ensemble.ipynb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from dask.distributed import Client, progress\n",
+    "from dask.distributed import Client\n",
     "\n",
     "client = Client()"
    ]
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/mask.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/mask.ipynb
index 11a6449..780ed75 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/mask.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/mask.ipynb
@@ -3275,8 +3275,6 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "import hvplot.xarray\n",
-    "import seaborn\n",
     "\n",
     "tas_hamburg = tas.where(tas_mask >= 0)\n",
     "fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(13, 10))\n",
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/preprocessing.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/preprocessing.ipynb
index a95f7b7..f5b5391 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/preprocessing.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/preprocessing.ipynb
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import intake\n",
-    "import numpy as np\n",
-    "import xarray as xr\n",
-    "from tqdm.notebook import tqdm"
+    "import xarray as xr"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "from dask.distributed import Client, progress\n",
+    "from dask.distributed import Client\n",
     "\n",
     "client = Client()\n",
     "client"
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/prudence.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/prudence.ipynb
index 93e5ef1..b7c0c13 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/prudence.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/prudence.ipynb
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "import regionmask\n",
     "import xarray as xr\n",
-    "from tqdm.autonotebook import tqdm\n",
     "\n",
     "import cordex as cx\n",
     "\n",
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@
     "):\n",
     "    \"\"\"plot a domain using the right projections and transformations with cartopy\"\"\"\n",
     "    %matplotlib inline\n",
-    "    import cartopy.crs as ccrs\n",
     "    import cartopy.feature as cf\n",
     "    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
     "\n",
@@ -1010,7 +1008,7 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "from dask.distributed import Client, progress\n",
+    "from dask.distributed import Client\n",
     "\n",
     "client = Client()\n",
     "client"
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/weighted-masking.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/weighted-masking.ipynb
index 802b6b1..12ec88f 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/weighted-masking.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/weighted-masking.ipynb
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "import cf_xarray as cfxr\n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "import xarray as xr\n",
-    "import xesmf as xe\n",
     "\n",
     "import cordex as cx"
    ]
@@ -2161,7 +2159,6 @@
    ],
    "source": [
     "import cartopy.crs as ccrs\n",
-    "import cartopy.feature as cf\n",
     "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
     "\n",
     "plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))\n",