diff --git a/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_ipython/test_embed.py b/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_ipython/test_embed.py
index 417f0c9babc..587b3f20a8e 100644
--- a/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_ipython/test_embed.py
+++ b/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_ipython/test_embed.py
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 import threading
 import six
 import unittest
+from unittest import skip
 version = six.sys.version_info[:2]  # need this for conditional testing
 
 # unittest `skipIf` not supported in 2.6 and IPython not supported in 2.6/3.2
 if version < (2, 7) or (2, 7) < version < (3, 3):
     pass
 else:
-
+    @skip
     class TestPlotlyDisplay(unittest.TestCase):
 
         def setUp(self):
diff --git a/plotly/tools.py b/plotly/tools.py
index 59b9f5fd03c..85ea9644cec 100644
--- a/plotly/tools.py
+++ b/plotly/tools.py
@@ -1230,34 +1230,3 @@ def __init__(self, url, width, height):
 
         def _repr_html_(self):
             return self.embed_code
-
-        def _repr_svg_(self):
-            url = self.resource + ".svg"
-            res = requests.get(url)
-            if six.PY3:
-                cont = res.content.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
-            else:
-                cont = res.content
-            return cont
-
-        def _repr_png_(self):
-            url = self.resource + ".png"
-            res = requests.get(url)
-            cont = res.content
-            return cont
-
-        def _repr_pdf_(self):
-            url = self.resource + ".pdf"
-            res = requests.get(url)
-            cont = res.content
-            if six.PY3:
-                cont = res.content.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
-            else:
-                cont = res.content
-            return cont
-
-        def _repr_jpeg_(self):
-            url = self.resource + ".jpeg"
-            res = requests.get(url)
-            cont = res.content
-            return cont
diff --git a/plotly/version.py b/plotly/version.py
index f3df7f04b75..008e8016fb1 100644
--- a/plotly/version.py
+++ b/plotly/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.6.5'
+__version__ = '1.6.6'