diff --git a/test/integration/options/debug.spec.js b/test/integration/options/debug.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e7518283c4..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/options/debug.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var helpers = require('../helpers');
-var invokeMocha = helpers.invokeMocha;
-var DEFAULT_FIXTURE = helpers.DEFAULT_FIXTURE;
-
-describe('--debug', function() {
-  describe('Node.js v8+', function() {
-    before(function() {
-      if (process.version.substring(0, 2) === 'v6') {
-        this.skip();
-      }
-    });
-
-    it('should invoke --inspect', function(done) {
-      invokeMocha(
-        ['--debug', DEFAULT_FIXTURE],
-        function(err, res) {
-          if (err) {
-            return done(err);
-          }
-          expect(res, 'to contain output', /Debugger listening/i);
-          done();
-        },
-        'pipe'
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('should invoke --inspect-brk', function(done) {
-      var proc = invokeMocha(
-        ['--debug-brk', DEFAULT_FIXTURE],
-        function(err, res) {
-          if (err) {
-            return done(err);
-          }
-          expect(res, 'to contain output', /Debugger listening/i);
-          done();
-        },
-        'pipe'
-      );
-
-      // debugger must be manually killed
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGINT');
-      }, 2000);
-    });
-
-    it('should respect custom host/port', function(done) {
-      invokeMocha(
-        ['--debug=127.0.0.1:9229', DEFAULT_FIXTURE],
-        function(err, res) {
-          if (err) {
-            return done(err);
-          }
-          expect(
-            res,
-            'to contain output',
-            /Debugger listening on .*127.0.0.1:9229/i
-          );
-          done();
-        },
-        'pipe'
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('should warn about incorrect usage for version', function(done) {
-      invokeMocha(
-        ['--debug=127.0.0.1:9229', DEFAULT_FIXTURE],
-        function(err, res) {
-          if (err) {
-            return done(err);
-          }
-          expect(res, 'to contain output', /"--debug" is not available/i);
-          done();
-        },
-        'pipe'
-      );
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('Node.js v6', function() {
-    // note that v6.3.0 and newer supports --inspect but still supports --debug.
-    before(function() {
-      if (process.version.substring(0, 2) !== 'v6') {
-        this.skip();
-      }
-    });
-
-    it('should start debugger', function(done) {
-      var proc = invokeMocha(
-        ['--debug', DEFAULT_FIXTURE],
-        function(err, res) {
-          if (err) {
-            return done(err);
-          }
-          expect(res, 'to contain output', /Debugger listening/i);
-          done();
-        },
-        'pipe'
-      );
-
-      // debugger must be manually killed
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGINT');
-      }, 2000);
-    });
-
-    it('should respect custom host/port', function(done) {
-      var proc = invokeMocha(
-        ['--debug=127.0.0.1:9229', DEFAULT_FIXTURE],
-        function(err, res) {
-          if (err) {
-            return done(err);
-          }
-          expect(
-            res,
-            'to contain output',
-            /Debugger listening on .*127.0.0.1:9229/i
-          );
-          done();
-        },
-        'pipe'
-      );
-
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGINT');
-      }, 2000);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test/node-unit/cli/node-flags.spec.js b/test/node-unit/cli/node-flags.spec.js
index a66a17e4a2..e2b9b7c021 100644
--- a/test/node-unit/cli/node-flags.spec.js
+++ b/test/node-unit/cli/node-flags.spec.js
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ describe('node-flags', function() {
   });
 
   describe('impliesNoTimeouts()', function() {
-    it('should return true for debug/inspect flags', function() {
-      expect(impliesNoTimeouts('debug'), 'to be true');
+    it('should return true for inspect flags', function() {
       expect(impliesNoTimeouts('inspect'), 'to be true');
-      expect(impliesNoTimeouts('debug-brk'), 'to be true');
       expect(impliesNoTimeouts('inspect-brk'), 'to be true');
     });
   });