diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py
index 09a07c83f4b..2906b5803cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py
@@ -532,8 +532,6 @@ def test_extract_empty_context_returns_invalid_context(self):
         try:
             carrier = {}
 
-            from ipdb import set_trace
-            set_trace()
             ctx = self.shim.extract(opentracing.Format.HTTP_HEADERS, carrier)
             self.assertEqual(ctx.unwrap(), trace.INVALID_SPAN_CONTEXT)
         finally: