diff --git a/src/resources/jupyter/lang/julia/setup.jl b/src/resources/jupyter/lang/julia/setup.jl
index 5d092330f..94687394f 100644
--- a/src/resources/jupyter/lang/julia/setup.jl
+++ b/src/resources/jupyter/lang/julia/setup.jl
@@ -28,30 +28,6 @@ end
 fig_width = fig_width * fig_dpi
 fig_height = fig_height * fig_dpi
 
-# Intialize Plots w/ default fig width/height
-try
-  import Plots
-
-  # Plots.jl doesn't support PDF output for versions < 1.28.1
-  # so use png (if the DPI remains the default of 300 then set to 96)
-  if (Plots._current_plots_version < v"1.28.1") & (fig_format == :pdf)
-    Plots.gr(size=(fig_width, fig_height), fmt = :png, dpi = fig_dpi)
-  else
-    Plots.gr(size=(fig_width, fig_height), fmt = fig_format, dpi = fig_dpi)
-  end
-catch e
-  # @warn "Plots init" exception=(e, catch_backtrace())
-end
-
-# Initialize CairoMakie with default fig width/height
-try
-  import CairoMakie
-  
-  CairoMakie.activate!(type = string(fig_format))
-  CairoMakie.update_theme!(resolution=(fig_width, fig_height))
-catch e
-    # @warn "CairoMakie init" exception=(e, catch_backtrace())
-end
   
 # Set run_path if specified
 try
@@ -71,29 +47,5 @@ function isinstalled(pkg::String)
   any(x -> x.name == pkg && x.is_direct_dep, values(Pkg.dependencies()))
 end
 
-# ojs_define
-if isinstalled("JSON") && isinstalled("DataFrames")
-  import JSON, DataFrames
-  global function ojs_define(; kwargs...)
-    convert(x) = x
-    convert(x::DataFrames.AbstractDataFrame) = Tables.rows(x)
-    content = Dict("contents" => [Dict("name" => k, "value" => convert(v)) for (k, v) in kwargs])
-    tag = "<script type='ojs-define'>$(JSON.json(content))</script>"
-    IJulia.display(MIME("text/html"), tag)
-  end
-elseif isinstalled("JSON")
-  import JSON
-  global function ojs_define(; kwargs...)
-    content = Dict("contents" => [Dict("name" => k, "value" => v) for (k, v) in kwargs])
-    tag = "<script type='ojs-define'>$(JSON.json(content))</script>"
-    IJulia.display(MIME("text/html"), tag)
-  end
-else
-  global function ojs_define(; kwargs...)
-    @warn "JSON package not available. Please install the JSON.jl package to use ojs_define."
-  end
-end
-
-
 # don't return kernel dependencies (b/c Revise should take care of dependencies)
 nothing