diff --git a/docker_overlay/etc/neon/neon.yaml b/docker_overlay/etc/neon/neon.yaml
index f70153cd9..638bcfb41 100644
--- a/docker_overlay/etc/neon/neon.yaml
+++ b/docker_overlay/etc/neon/neon.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 language:
   supported_langs:
     - en
-    - uk
+# secondary_langs defines what languages are loaded in ovos-core intent services
+secondary_langs: [en-us]
+
 skills:
   wait_for_internet: false
   extra_directories:
@@ -45,4 +47,4 @@ ready_settings:
   - skills
 signal:
   use_signal_files: false
-  patch_imports: false
\ No newline at end of file
+  patch_imports: false
diff --git a/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml b/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml
index aabb77f2f..587e1190e 100644
--- a/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml
+++ b/neon_core/configuration/neon.yaml
@@ -338,4 +338,4 @@ location:
     code: America/Los_Angeles
     name: Pacific Standard Time
     dstOffset: 3600000
-    offset: -28800000
\ No newline at end of file
+    offset: -28800000
diff --git a/neon_core/util/skill_utils.py b/neon_core/util/skill_utils.py
index fc8d0cb8b..b34af4e49 100644
--- a/neon_core/util/skill_utils.py
+++ b/neon_core/util/skill_utils.py
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 from os.path import expanduser, join, isdir, dirname, islink
 from typing import List
 
-from ovos_utils.xdg_utils import xdg_data_home
-from ovos_utils.log import LOG
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG, deprecated
 
 from ovos_config.config import Configuration
 
 
+@deprecated("Internal function is deprecated", "25.09.01")
 def _write_pip_constraints_to_file(output_file: str):
     """
     Writes out a constraints file for OSM to use to prevent broken dependencies
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def _write_pip_constraints_to_file(output_file: str):
     LOG.info(f"Wrote core constraints to file: {output_file}")
 
 
+@deprecated("Internal function is deprecated", "25.09.01")
 def _install_skill_pip(skill_package: str, constraints_file: str) -> bool:
     """
     Pip install the specified package
@@ -92,16 +93,12 @@ def install_skills_from_list(skills_to_install: list, config: dict = None):
     :param skills_to_install: list of skills to install
     :param config: optional dict configuration
     """
-    constraints_file = join(xdg_data_home(), "neon", "constraints.txt")
-    _write_pip_constraints_to_file(constraints_file)
-
-    for spec in skills_to_install:
-        if "://" in spec and "git+" not in spec:
-            LOG.error(f"Got an invalid package spec to install: {spec}")
-        elif not _install_skill_pip(spec, constraints_file):
-            LOG.error(f"Pip installation failed for: {spec}")
-
-    LOG.info(f"Installed {len(skills_to_install)} skills")
+    from neon_utils.packaging_utils import install_packages_from_pip
+    ret_code = install_packages_from_pip("neon-core", skills_to_install, True)
+    if ret_code == 0:
+        LOG.info(f"Installed {len(skills_to_install)} skills")
+    else:
+        LOG.error(f"Error installing skills: {ret_code}")
 
 
 def install_skills_default(config: dict = None):
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 9ceaaf025..6c0b56062 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ovos-core[lgpl]~=0.1
 
 
-neon-utils[network]~=1.13,>=1.13.1a1
+neon-utils[network]~=1.13,>=1.13.1a4
 ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.38
 ovos-bus-client~=0.0,>=0.0.10
 neon-transformers~=1.0
diff --git a/test/test_skill_utils.py b/test/test_skill_utils.py
index 295e37bbe..57797a785 100644
--- a/test/test_skill_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_skill_utils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import unittest
 from os.path import dirname, join, exists, isdir
 from unittest.mock import patch
-from unittest import skip
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@
 ]
 
 TEST_SKILLS_WITH_PIP = [
-    "https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/skill-date_time/tree/dev",
+#    "https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/skill-date_time/tree/dev",
     "git+https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/malls-parser-skill",
     "neon-skill-support_helper"
 ]