diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/debug/debug.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/debug/debug.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ee19ff9fd16..00000000000
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/debug/debug.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import * as assert from 'assert';
-import * as http from 'http';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
-import { Application } from '../../../../automation';
-
-export function setup() {
-	describe('Debug', () => {
-		it('configure launch json', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.openDebugViewlet();
-			await app.workbench.quickopen.openFile('app.js');
-			await app.workbench.quickopen.runCommand('Debug: Open launch.json');
-
-			const launchJsonPath = path.join(app.workspacePathOrFolder, '.vscode', 'launch.json');
-			const content = fs.readFileSync(launchJsonPath, 'utf8');
-			const config = JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(content));
-			config.configurations[0].protocol = 'inspector';
-			fs.writeFileSync(launchJsonPath, JSON.stringify(config, undefined, 4), 'utf8');
-
-			// force load from disk since file events are sometimes missing
-			await app.workbench.quickopen.runCommand('File: Revert File');
-			await app.workbench.editor.waitForEditorContents('launch.json', contents => /"protocol": "inspector"/.test(contents));
-
-			assert.equal(config.configurations[0].request, 'launch');
-			assert.equal(config.configurations[0].type, 'node');
-			if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-				assert.equal(config.configurations[0].program, '${workspaceFolder}\\bin\\www');
-			} else {
-				assert.equal(config.configurations[0].program, '${workspaceFolder}/bin/www');
-			}
-		});
-
-		it('breakpoints', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.quickopen.openFile('index.js');
-			await app.workbench.debug.setBreakpointOnLine(6);
-		});
-
-		let port: number;
-		it('start debugging', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			port = await app.workbench.debug.startDebugging();
-
-			await new Promise((c, e) => {
-				const request = http.get(`http://localhost:${port}`);
-				request.on('error', e);
-				app.workbench.debug.waitForStackFrame(sf => /index\.js$/.test(sf.name) && sf.lineNumber === 6, 'looking for index.js and line 6').then(c, e);
-			});
-		});
-
-		it('focus stack frames and variables', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForVariableCount(4, 5);
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.focusStackFrame('layer.js', 'looking for layer.js');
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForVariableCount(5, 6);
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.focusStackFrame('route.js', 'looking for route.js');
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForVariableCount(3, 4);
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.focusStackFrame('index.js', 'looking for index.js');
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForVariableCount(4, 5);
-		});
-
-		it('stepOver, stepIn, stepOut', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.stepIn();
-
-			const first = await app.workbench.debug.waitForStackFrame(sf => /response\.js$/.test(sf.name), 'looking for response.js');
-			await app.workbench.debug.stepOver();
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForStackFrame(sf => /response\.js$/.test(sf.name) && sf.lineNumber === first.lineNumber + 1, `looking for response.js and line ${first.lineNumber + 1}`);
-			await app.workbench.debug.stepOut();
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForStackFrame(sf => /index\.js$/.test(sf.name) && sf.lineNumber === 7, `looking for index.js and line 7`);
-		});
-
-		it('continue', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.continue();
-
-			await new Promise((c, e) => {
-				const request = http.get(`http://localhost:${port}`);
-				request.on('error', e);
-				app.workbench.debug.waitForStackFrame(sf => /index\.js$/.test(sf.name) && sf.lineNumber === 6, `looking for index.js and line 6`).then(c, e);
-			});
-
-		});
-
-		it('debug console', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForReplCommand('2 + 2', r => r === '4');
-		});
-
-		it('debug console link', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForReplCommand('"./app.js:5:1"', r => r.includes('app.js'));
-			await app.workbench.debug.waitForLink();
-		});
-
-		it('stop debugging', async function () {
-			const app = this.app as Application;
-
-			await app.workbench.debug.stopDebugging();
-		});
-	});
-}
diff --git a/test/smoke/src/main.ts b/test/smoke/src/main.ts
index 1d84795e1b9..a6095fa6fa5 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/main.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/main.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { setup as setupDataPreferencesTests } from './areas/preferences/preferen
 import { setup as setupDataSearchTests } from './areas/search/search.test';
 import { setup as setupDataCSSTests } from './areas/css/css.test';
 import { setup as setupDataEditorTests } from './areas/editor/editor.test';
-import { setup as setupDataDebugTests } from './areas/debug/debug.test';
 import { setup as setupDataGitTests } from './areas/git/git.test';
 import { setup as setupDataStatusbarTests } from './areas/statusbar/statusbar.test';
 import { setup as setupDataExtensionTests } from './areas/extensions/extensions.test';
@@ -303,7 +302,6 @@ describe('Running Code', () => {
 	setupDataSearchTests();
 	setupDataCSSTests();
 	setupDataEditorTests();
-	if (!opts.web) { setupDataDebugTests(); }
 	setupDataGitTests();
 	setupDataStatusbarTests(!!opts.web);
 	setupDataExtensionTests();