diff --git a/test/test_data_routes.py b/test/test_data_routes.py
index bc575f1f3520fecfe4de63e29d03927f75ef97fb..335b511692e6758649a920c3de14f48e1d484529 100644
--- a/test/test_data_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_data_routes.py
@@ -187,26 +187,24 @@ def test_router_bgp_routes(router, client_with_mocked_data):
     jsonschema.validate(response, bgp_list_schema)
     assert response  # at least shouldn't be empty
 
-#
-# def test_router_debug_data_route(client_with_mocked_data):
-#     debug_data_schema = {
-#         "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-#         "type": "object",
-#         "items": {
-#             "type": "object",
-#             "properties": {
-#                 "vrr": {"type": "object"},
-#                 "bgp": {"type": "array"},
-#                 "interfaces": {"type": "array"}
-#             },
-#             "required": ["vrr", "bgp", "interfaces"],
-#             "additionalProperties": False
-#         }
-#     }
-#
-#     for router in _routers(client_with_mocked_data):
-#         rv = client_with_mocked_data.post(
-#             "/data/debug-dump/" + router,
-#             headers=DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS)
-#         response = json.loads(rv.data.decode("utf-8"))
-#         jsonschema.validate(response, debug_data_schema)
+
+def test_router_debug_data_route(router, client_with_mocked_data):
+    """
+    not really a test ... just providing coverage of temporary code used
+    for debugging (should be removed eventually)
+
+    :param router:
+    :param client_with_mocked_data:
+    :return:
+    """
+    debug_data_schema = {
+        "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+        "type": "object",
+        "items": {"type": "object"}
+    }
+
+    rv = client_with_mocked_data.post(
+        "/data/debug-dump/" + router,
+        headers=DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS)
+    response = json.loads(rv.data.decode("utf-8"))
+    jsonschema.validate(response, debug_data_schema)