diff --git a/glue_jupyter/conftest.py b/glue_jupyter/conftest.py
index bf881d25..ddae2346 100644
--- a/glue_jupyter/conftest.py
+++ b/glue_jupyter/conftest.py
@@ -68,20 +68,31 @@ def app(dataxyz, datax, dataxz, data_volume, data_image):
     return app
 
 
-ORIGINAL_DISPLAY = None
+try:
+    import solara  # noqa: F401
+except ImportError:
+    SOLARA_INSTALLED = False
+else:
+    SOLARA_INSTALLED = True
 
 
-def noop(*args, **kwargs):
-    pass
+# Tweak IPython's display to not print out lots of __repr__s for widgets to
+# standard output. However, if we are using solara, we shouldn't do this as
+# it seems to cause issues.
 
+if not SOLARA_INSTALLED:
 
-def pytest_configure(config):
-    global ORIGINAL_DISPLAY
-    import IPython.display as idisp
-    ORIGINAL_DISPLAY = idisp.display
-    idisp.display = noop
+    ORIGINAL_DISPLAY = None
 
+    def noop(*args, **kwargs):
+        pass
 
-def pytest_unconfigure(config):
-    import IPython.display as idisp
-    idisp.display = ORIGINAL_DISPLAY
+    def pytest_configure(config):
+        global ORIGINAL_DISPLAY
+        import IPython.display as idisp
+        ORIGINAL_DISPLAY = idisp.display
+        idisp.display = noop
+
+    def pytest_unconfigure(config):
+        import IPython.display as idisp
+        idisp.display = ORIGINAL_DISPLAY
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 191892e9..a2231aff 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ deps =
     notebooks: astroquery
     notebooks: pyyaml
     devdeps: git+https://github.com/glue-viz/glue
-    # Pin pydantic to 1.x for now: https://github.com/widgetti/solara/issues/187
-    visual: pydantic<2
-    visual: git+https://github.com/widgetti/solara
 extras =
     test: test
     notebooks: test