diff --git a/apps/tutorials/cuda/01_GameOfLife_cuda.cpp b/apps/tutorials/cuda/01_GameOfLife_cuda.cpp
index a261e0c07398462c4c8687ad653a552bad993b15..1f6ef10f8375c1f48ee9b27e479e4c1f09550a73 100644
--- a/apps/tutorials/cuda/01_GameOfLife_cuda.cpp
+++ b/apps/tutorials/cuda/01_GameOfLife_cuda.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "cuda/Kernel.h"
 #include "cuda/AddGPUFieldToStorage.h"
 #include "cuda/communication/GPUPackInfo.h"
-
+#include "cuda/FieldIndexing.h"
 
 #include "field/AddToStorage.h"
 #include "field/communication/UniformMPIDatatypeInfo.h"
diff --git a/tests/cuda/CudaTestCommon.h b/tests/cuda/CudaTestCommon.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de39016e60dc88ba0b5a2c26632e43b4c12ccbd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/cuda/CudaTestCommon.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-//======================================================================================================================
-//
-//  This file is part of waLBerla. waLBerla is free software: you can
-//  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
-//  License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
-//  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-//  waLBerla is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-//  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-//  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-//  for more details.
-//
-//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-//  with waLBerla (see COPYING.txt). If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-//
-//! \file
-//! \author Paulo Carvalho <prcjunior@inf.ufpr.br>
-//
-//======================================================================================================================
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "core/DataTypes.h"
-#include "core/debug/CheckFunctions.h"
-
-#include "field/GhostLayerField.h"
-
-
-#ifdef DBG_PRINT_ON
-#define DBG_PRINT_FIELD( f )     printField( f )
-#define DBG_PRINT( fmt, ... )    printf( fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__ )
-#else
-#define DBG_PRINT_FIELD( f )
-#define DBG_PRINT(fmt, ...)
-#endif
-
-template<typename Field_T>
-void printField( Field_T& field )
-{
-   using namespace walberla;
-   cell_idx_t fs = 0;
-   cell_idx_t zs = -(cell_idx_t)field.nrOfGhostLayers();
-   cell_idx_t ys = -(cell_idx_t)field.nrOfGhostLayers();
-   cell_idx_t xs = -(cell_idx_t)field.nrOfGhostLayers();
-   cell_idx_t nf = (cell_idx_t)field.fSize();
-   cell_idx_t nz = (cell_idx_t)(field.zSize() + field.nrOfGhostLayers());
-   cell_idx_t ny = (cell_idx_t)(field.ySize() + field.nrOfGhostLayers());
-   cell_idx_t nx = (cell_idx_t)(field.xSize() + field.nrOfGhostLayers());
-   for ( cell_idx_t f = fs; f < nf; ++f ) {
-      std::cout << "{";
-      for ( cell_idx_t z = zs; z < nz; ++z ) {
-         std::cout << ( z == zs ? "[" : " [" );
-         for ( cell_idx_t y = ys; y < ny; ++y ) {
-            std::cout << "(";
-            for ( cell_idx_t x = xs; x < nx; ++x ) {
-               std::cout << field( x, y, z, f ) << ( x == nx-1 ? "" : " " );
-            }
-            std::cout << ( y == ny-1 ? ")" : ") " );
-         }
-         std::cout << "]\n";
-      }
-      std::cout << "}\n";
-   }
-}
-
-
-#define CHECK_FIELD_EQUAL( f1, f2 ) WALBERLA_CHECK( checkFieldEqual( f1, f2 ), "Field differ" )
-
-template< typename Field_T >
-bool checkFieldEqual( Field_T& field1, Field_T& field2 )
-{
-   using namespace walberla;
-   WALBERLA_ASSERT( field1.xSize() == field2.xSize() &&
-                    field1.ySize() == field2.ySize() &&
-                    field1.zSize() == field2.zSize() &&
-                    field1.fSize() == field2.fSize() );
-
-   WALBERLA_FOR_ALL_CELLS_XYZ( &field2,
-      for ( uint_t f = 0; f < field1.fSize(); ++f )
-      {
-         if ( field1.get( x, y, z, f ) != field2.get( x, y, z, f ) )
-         {
-            return false;
-         }
-      }
-   )
-   return true;
-}
diff --git a/tests/cuda/FieldIndexing3DTest.cpp b/tests/cuda/FieldIndexing3DTest.cpp
index e1044d08a01ef22ebfc9d4e162dd89e5742e8adc..4ad2622bc3fb112c6ac960840f2af33af79f65c0 100644
--- a/tests/cuda/FieldIndexing3DTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/cuda/FieldIndexing3DTest.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include "cuda/Kernel.h"
 #include "cuda/FieldIndexing3D.h"
 
-//#define DBG_PRINT_ON
-#include "CudaTestCommon.h"
-
 #include "FieldIndexing3DTest.h"
 
 using namespace walberla;
@@ -66,8 +63,7 @@ void xyzTest()
       }
    )
 
-   DBG_PRINT_FIELD( resultField );
-   CHECK_FIELD_EQUAL( resultField, expectedField );
+   WALBERLA_ASSERT( resultField == expectedField );
 }
 
 
@@ -93,8 +89,7 @@ void sliceBeforeGhostLayerXYZTest()
          expectedField.get( x, y, z, f ) = IDX4D( x - ci.xMin(), y - ci.yMin(), z - ci.zMin(), f );
       }
    )
-   DBG_PRINT_FIELD( resultField );
-   CHECK_FIELD_EQUAL( resultField, expectedField );
+   WALBERLA_ASSERT( resultField == expectedField );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/cuda/communication/GPUPackInfoTest.cpp b/tests/cuda/communication/GPUPackInfoTest.cpp
index b3f4af3e96a7f2e62ccbbbd9e1ba3ada881f08c3..28d3def70cd23dd3a69c6b3758a3e58f260684cf 100644
--- a/tests/cuda/communication/GPUPackInfoTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/cuda/communication/GPUPackInfoTest.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 
 #include <cstring>
 
-//#define DBG_PRINT_ON
-#include "../CudaTestCommon.h"
-
 #define F_SIZE    19
 
 
@@ -90,8 +87,6 @@ public:
       communicate( gpuPackInfo, dir );
       cuda::fieldCpy( cpuField, gpuField );
 
-      DBG_PRINT_FIELD( cpuField );
-
       val = 0;
       for ( auto it = cpuField.beginGhostLayerOnly( stencil::inverseDir[dir] ); it != cpuField.end(); ++it )
       {
@@ -118,10 +113,6 @@ public:
 protected:
    void communicate( GPUPackInfoType& gpuPackInfo, stencil::Direction dir )
    {
-      DBG_PRINT( "REMOTE %s -> %s\n",
-                 stencil::dirToString[dir].c_str(),
-                 stencil::dirToString[stencil::inverseDir[dir]].c_str() );
-
       mpi::GenericSendBuffer<> sendBuf;
       sendBuf.addDebugMarker( "Be" );
       gpuPackInfo.packData( block_, dir, sendBuf );
@@ -148,10 +139,6 @@ public:
 protected:
    void communicate( GPUPackInfoType& gpuPackInfo, stencil::Direction dir )
    {
-      DBG_PRINT( "LOCAL %s -> %s\n",
-                 stencil::dirToString[dir].c_str(),
-                 stencil::dirToString[stencil::inverseDir[dir]].c_str() );
-
       gpuPackInfo.communicateLocal( block_, block_, dir );
    }
 };