diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a5286b70..1b411c355 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ class build_usage(Command):
         pass
 
     def run(self):
-        import pdb
         print('generating usage docs')
         # XXX: gross hack: allows us to skip loading C modules during help generation
         os.environ['BORG_GEN_USAGE'] = "True"