diff --git a/tests/mongo-qa/stress1 b/tests/mongo-qa/stress1
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1205093..1b7fdf1
--- a/tests/mongo-qa/stress1
+++ b/tests/mongo-qa/stress1
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ n1 = 50_000
 n2 = 10_000
 
 if $DEBUG
-  raise "WHAT THE HELL?"        # DEBUG
   n1 = 5
   n2 = 1
   c.drop