diff --git a/distributed/utils_test.py b/distributed/utils_test.py
index ccdffdf137f..ed9c3e25d43 100644
--- a/distributed/utils_test.py
+++ b/distributed/utils_test.py
@@ -1707,7 +1707,6 @@ def check_thread_leak():
 
             bad_thread = bad_threads[0]
             call_stacks = profile.call_stack(sys._current_frames()[bad_thread.ident])
-            breakpoint()
             assert False, (bad_thread, call_stacks)