diff --git a/requirements/debug.txt b/requirements/debug.txt
index 3c0e713aeda..0c64232c9a9 100644
--- a/requirements/debug.txt
+++ b/requirements/debug.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
-
-pretty-errors >=1.2.0, <1.3.0
diff --git a/src/torchmetrics/__init__.py b/src/torchmetrics/__init__.py
index c1bff7ca459..b1549dfaf8b 100644
--- a/src/torchmetrics/__init__.py
+++ b/src/torchmetrics/__init__.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 _PACKAGE_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 _PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(_PACKAGE_ROOT)
 
-if package_available("pretty_errors"):
-    import pretty_errors  # noqa: F401
-
 if package_available("PIL"):
     import PIL