diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce9b96394f..ae3111fef6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,5 +38,3 @@ holoviews/.vscode/settings.json
 dist
 
 examples/getting_started/*.html
-
-scratch
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index bfceddae29..8c9d9ad02a 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "holoviews"
-channels = ["pyviz/label/dev", "conda-forge"]
+channels = ["pyviz/label/dev", "bokeh", "conda-forge"]
 platforms = ["linux-64", "osx-arm64", "osx-64", "win-64"]
 
 [tasks]
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ plotly = ">=4.0"
 
 [feature.py39.dependencies]
 python = "3.9.*"
-ffmpeg = "<7"
 
 [feature.py310.dependencies]
 python = "3.10.*"