diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4bc78323..c2968944 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ testing = [
 repl = [
   "pyperclip>=1.9.0",
   "prompt-toolkit>=3.0.50",
-  "xonsh>=0.22.8",
+  "xonsh>=0.23.8",
   "psutil>=7.0.0",
 ]
 lint = [
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ lint = [
 # xonsh = { git = 'https://github.com/anki-code/xonsh.git', branch = 'prompt_next_suggestion' }
 # ^ https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/pull/6048
 # xonsh = { git = 'https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh.git', branch = 'main' }
-xonsh = { path = "../xonsh", editable = true }
+# xonsh = { path = "../xonsh", editable = true }
 
 # [tool.uv.sources.pdbp]
 # XXX, in case we need to tmp patch again.
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a120d720..44d57ce0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=8.3.5" },
     { name = "stackscope", specifier = ">=0.2.2,<0.3" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=4.14.1" },
-    { name = "xonsh", editable = "../xonsh" },
+    { name = "xonsh", specifier = ">=0.23.8" },
 ]
 devx = [
     { name = "greenback", specifier = ">=1.2.1,<2" },
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ repl = [
     { name = "prompt-toolkit", specifier = ">=3.0.50" },
     { name = "psutil", specifier = ">=7.0.0" },
     { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.9.0" },
-    { name = "xonsh", editable = "../xonsh" },
+    { name = "xonsh", specifier = ">=0.23.8" },
 ]
 testing = [
     { name = "pexpect", specifier = ">=4.9.0,<5" },
@@ -832,85 +832,14 @@ wheels = [
 
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-
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-    { name = "distro", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux' and extra == 'full'" },
-    { name = "distro", marker = "extra == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "furo", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
-    { name = "furo", marker = "extra == 'doc'" },
-    { name = "gnureadline", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' and extra == 'full'" },
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-    { name = "myst-parser", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
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-    { name = "prompt-toolkit", marker = "extra == 'full'", specifier = ">=3.0.29" },
-    { name = "prompt-toolkit", marker = "extra == 'ptk'", specifier = ">=3.0.29" },
-    { name = "prompt-toolkit", marker = "extra == 'test'", specifier = ">=3.0.29" },
-    { name = "psutil", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
-    { name = "psutil", marker = "extra == 'doc'" },
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-
-[package.metadata.requires-dev]
-dev = [{ name = "xonsh", extras = ["dev"] }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zipp"