diff --git a/gdbinit b/gdbinit
deleted file mode 100644
index 759228e94..000000000
--- a/gdbinit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-call PyGILState_Ensure()
-call PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/instana/python');")
-call PyRun_SimpleString("exec(open(\"/tmp/instana/python/python-sensor/instana/probe.py\").read())")
-call PyGILState_Release($1)