diff --git a/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py b/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py
index 565a1b90bbe28db4535b01360b2c163fa94f9970..b97d1938d71408c96830a9295c6b5a2c5f588a0e 100644
--- a/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py
+++ b/validphys2/src/validphys/config.py
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ class CoreConfig(configparser.Config):
         Loads the theory covmat from the correct file according to how it
         was generated by vp-setupfit. 
         """
-        import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
         if theory_covmat_flag is False:
             return np.array([])
         #Load correct file according to how the thcovmat was generated by vp-setupfit
diff --git a/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py b/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py
index 2d1ee8dc8a5d7d8ecb8ab3243586655a1f1c1719..002062808e3d9ceacbffd1d75e3986f1001db5e1 100644
--- a/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py
+++ b/validphys2/src/validphys/theorycovariance/construction.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from __future__ import generator_stop
 import logging
 
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
-import pdb
 import numpy as np
 import scipy.linalg as la
 import pandas as pd