diff --git a/odoo/tools/__init__.py b/odoo/tools/__init__.py
index 4bc5254382d..f08fc9bf412 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/__init__.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
-
+SUPPORTED_DEBUGGER = {'pdb', 'ipdb', 'wdb', 'pudb'}
 from . import _monkeypatches
 from . import appdirs
 from . import cloc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from . import win32
 from .barcode import *
 from .config import config
 from .date_utils import *
-from .debugger import *
 from .float_utils import *
 from .func import *
 from .image import *
diff --git a/odoo/tools/config.py b/odoo/tools/config.py
index 37731d7c4ec..b4aadec0d66 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/config.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/config.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
         group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Advanced options")
         group.add_option('--dev', dest='dev_mode', type="string",
                          help="Enable developer mode. Param: List of options separated by comma. "
-                              "Options : all, [pudb|wdb|ipdb|pdb], reload, qweb, werkzeug, xml")
+                              "Options : all, reload, qweb, werkzeug, xml")
         group.add_option('--shell-interface', dest='shell_interface', type="string",
                          help="Specify a preferred REPL to use in shell mode. Supported REPLs are: "
                               "[ipython|ptpython|bpython|python]")
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
         self.options['translate_modules'].sort()
 
         dev_split = opt.dev_mode and  [s.strip() for s in opt.dev_mode.split(',')] or []
-        self.options['dev_mode'] = 'all' in dev_split and dev_split + ['pdb', 'reload', 'qweb', 'werkzeug', 'xml'] or dev_split
+        self.options['dev_mode'] = 'all' in dev_split and dev_split + ['reload', 'qweb', 'werkzeug', 'xml'] or dev_split
 
         if opt.pg_path:
             self.options['pg_path'] = opt.pg_path
diff --git a/odoo/tools/debugger.py b/odoo/tools/debugger.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 55ac46e8ddb..00000000000
--- a/odoo/tools/debugger.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
-import importlib
-import logging
-import types
-
-_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-SUPPORTED_DEBUGGER = {'pdb', 'ipdb', 'wdb', 'pudb'}
-
-
-def post_mortem(config, info):
-    if config['dev_mode'] and isinstance(info[2], types.TracebackType):
-        debug = next((opt for opt in config['dev_mode'] if opt in SUPPORTED_DEBUGGER), None)
-        if debug:
-            try:
-                # Try to import the xpdb from config (pdb, ipdb, pudb, ...)
-                importlib.import_module(debug).post_mortem(info[2])
-            except ImportError:
-                _logger.error('Error while importing %s.' % debug)