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We compare the properties of three-body systems obtained with two-body potentials with Pauli forbidden states and with the corresponding phase equivalent two-body potentials. In the first case the forbidden states are explicitly excluded in the calculation. Differences arise due to the off-shell properties of these on-shell equivalent potentials. We use the adiabatic hyperspherical method to formulate a practical prescription to exclude Pauli forbidden states in three-body calculations. Schematic as well as realistic potentials are used. Almost indistinguishable results are obtained.