diff --git a/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py b/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
index a14d8e4471c23..062d1876141f8 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/computation/test_eval.py
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@ def check_complex_cmp_op(self, lhs, cmp1, rhs, binop, cmp2):
                 #                   local_dict={'lhs': lhs, 'rhs': rhs},
                 #                   engine=self.engine, parser=self.parser)
                 # except AssertionError:
-                #     import ipdb
-                #
-                #     ipdb.set_trace()
                 #     raise
             else:
                 expected = _eval_single_bin(
diff --git a/pandas/tests/internals/test_internals.py b/pandas/tests/internals/test_internals.py
index bda486411e01e..4129184373a2a 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/internals/test_internals.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/internals/test_internals.py
@@ -865,7 +865,6 @@ class TestIndexing(object):
 
     def test_get_slice(self):
         def assert_slice_ok(mgr, axis, slobj):
-            # import pudb; pudb.set_trace()
             mat = mgr.as_array()
 
             # we maybe using an ndarray to test slicing and
diff --git a/pandas/util/testing.py b/pandas/util/testing.py
index a5ae1f6a4d960..6e88cd7f72dcd 100644
--- a/pandas/util/testing.py
+++ b/pandas/util/testing.py
@@ -638,35 +638,6 @@ def set_defaultencoding(encoding):
         sys.setdefaultencoding(orig)
 
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Console debugging tools
-
-
-def debug(f, *args, **kwargs):
-    from pdb import Pdb as OldPdb
-    try:
-        from IPython.core.debugger import Pdb
-        kw = dict(color_scheme='Linux')
-    except ImportError:
-        Pdb = OldPdb
-        kw = {}
-    pdb = Pdb(**kw)
-    return pdb.runcall(f, *args, **kwargs)
-
-
-def pudebug(f, *args, **kwargs):
-    import pudb
-    return pudb.runcall(f, *args, **kwargs)
-
-
-def set_trace():
-    from IPython.core.debugger import Pdb
-    try:
-        Pdb(color_scheme='Linux').set_trace(sys._getframe().f_back)
-    except Exception:
-        from pdb import Pdb as OldPdb
-        OldPdb().set_trace(sys._getframe().f_back)
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # contextmanager to ensure the file cleanup