diff --git a/lib/namespace_cache/extensions/gdbm.rb b/lib/namespace_cache/extensions/gdbm.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/namespace_cache/extensions/gdbm.rb
+++ b/lib/namespace_cache/extensions/gdbm.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ require_relative '../cache_api.rb'
 require 'gdbm'
 require 'benchmark'
 require 'uri'
-require 'pry'
 
 module OpenBEL
   module Namespace
remove pry require; development dependency

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