diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/_wrappers/pandas.py b/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/_wrappers/pandas.py
index ebd8d0d428b..698dd946022 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/_wrappers/pandas.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/_wrappers/pandas.py
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ def Timestamp_Timedelta__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
     # hence this method is needed.
     self, _ = _fast_slow_function_call(
         lambda cls, args, kwargs: cls(*args, **kwargs),
-        cudf.options._env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False),
         cls,
         args,
         kwargs,
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ def Index__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
     # make_final_proxy_type provides.
     self, _ = _fast_slow_function_call(
         lambda cls, args, kwargs: cls(*args, **kwargs),
-        cudf.options._env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False),
         cls,
         args,
         kwargs,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/fast_slow_proxy.py b/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/fast_slow_proxy.py
index f7706098023..5f4cf2e6cc6 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/fast_slow_proxy.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/pandas/fast_slow_proxy.py
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             lambda cls, args, kwargs: setattr(
                 self, "_fsproxy_wrapped", cls(*args, **kwargs)
             ),
-            _env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False),
             type(self),
             args,
             kwargs,
@@ -701,7 +700,6 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Any:
             # TODO: When Python 3.11 is the minimum supported Python version
             # this can use operator.call
             call_operator,
-            _env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False),
             self,
             args,
             kwargs,
@@ -816,7 +814,6 @@ def __get__(self, instance, owner) -> Any:
                 # for anything else, use a fast-slow attribute:
                 self._attr, _ = _fast_slow_function_call(
                     getattr,
-                    _env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False),
                     owner,
                     self._name,
                 )
@@ -841,7 +838,6 @@ def __get__(self, instance, owner) -> Any:
                     )
                 return _fast_slow_function_call(
                     getattr,
-                    _env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False),
                     instance,
                     self._name,
                 )[0]
@@ -879,15 +875,14 @@ def __name__(self, value):
         setattr(self._fsproxy_slow, "__name__", value)
 
 
-def _assert_fast_slow_eq(left, right, **kwargs):
-    assert_func = kwargs.get("assert_func", assert_eq)
+def _assert_fast_slow_eq(left, right):
     if _is_final_type(type(left)) or type(left) in NUMPY_TYPES:
-        assert_func(left, right)
+        assert_eq(left, right)
 
 
 def _fast_slow_function_call(
     func: Callable,
-    cudf_pandas_debugging: bool | None = None,
+    /,
     *args,
     **kwargs,
 ) -> Any:
@@ -914,7 +909,7 @@ def _fast_slow_function_call(
                 # try slow path
                 raise Exception()
             fast = True
-            if cudf_pandas_debugging:
+            if _env_get_bool("CUDF_PANDAS_DEBUGGING", False):
                 try:
                     with nvtx.annotate(
                         "EXECUTE_SLOW_DEBUG",
@@ -934,7 +929,7 @@ def _fast_slow_function_call(
                     )
                 else:
                     try:
-                        _assert_fast_slow_eq(result, slow_result, **kwargs)
+                        _assert_fast_slow_eq(result, slow_result)
                     except AssertionError as e:
                         warnings.warn(
                             "The results from cudf and pandas were different. "