diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 442daa7e7..818055a02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "ignore:The following exception was caught when calculating",
     "ignore:Usage of the parameter log_options",
 ]
-addopts = ["--doctest-modules", "-s"]
+addopts = ["--doctest-modules", "--pdbcls=pdbp:Pdb"]
 markers = [
     "wip: Tests that are work-in-progress.",
     "slow: Tests that take a long time to run and are skipped in continuous integration.",
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ norecursedirs = ["docs", ".tools"]
 # ======================================================================================
 # Misc configuration
 # ======================================================================================
-[tool.pytask]
-infer_latex_dependencies = true
-
 [tool.yamlfix]
 line_length = 88
 sequence_style = "block_style"
diff --git a/src/estimagic/__init__.py b/src/estimagic/__init__.py
index 056f823e4..44a640486 100644
--- a/src/estimagic/__init__.py
+++ b/src/estimagic/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import contextlib
 import warnings
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
-try:
-    import pdbp  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    contextlib.suppress(Exception)
-
 from estimagic import utilities
 from estimagic.bootstrap import BootstrapResult, bootstrap
 from estimagic.estimate_ml import LikelihoodResult, estimate_ml
diff --git a/src/optimagic/__init__.py b/src/optimagic/__init__.py
index e1cbd6a3c..28e912234 100644
--- a/src/optimagic/__init__.py
+++ b/src/optimagic/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import contextlib
-
-try:
-    import pdbp  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    contextlib.suppress(Exception)
-
 from optimagic import constraints, mark, utilities
 from optimagic.algorithms import algos
 from optimagic.benchmarking.benchmark_reports import (