diff --git a/wikiextractor/extract.py b/wikiextractor/extract.py
index 5a3bd5a..34445f2 100644
--- a/wikiextractor/extract.py
+++ b/wikiextractor/extract.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from urllib.parse import quote as urlencode
 from html.entities import name2codepoint
 import logging
 import time
-import pdb                      # DEBUG
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ def clean(extractor, text, expand_templates=False, html_safe=True):
     if expand_templates:
         # expand templates
         # See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
-        pdb.set_trace()         # DEBUG
         text = extractor.expandTemplates(text)
     else:
         # Drop transclusions (template, parser functions)