diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fdde3416b..6e55e4c7a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ co:
     done
 
 coverage:
-	python3 selftest.py
-	python3 setup.py test
+	pytest -qq
 	rm -r htmlcov || true
 	coverage report
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1c6ebc84c..17e85bd21 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[aliases]
-test=pytest
-
 [flake8]
 extend-ignore = E203, W503
 max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe024ceae..ea549277a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -845,9 +845,6 @@ def debug_build():
     return hasattr(sys, "gettotalrefcount")
 
 
-needs_pytest = {"pytest", "test", "ptr"}.intersection(sys.argv)
-pytest_runner = ["pytest-runner"] if needs_pytest else []
-
 try:
     setup(
         name=NAME,
@@ -884,8 +881,6 @@ try:
         cmdclass={"build_ext": pil_build_ext},
         ext_modules=[Extension("PIL._imaging", ["_imaging.c"])],
         include_package_data=True,
-        setup_requires=pytest_runner,
-        tests_require=["pytest"],
         packages=["PIL"],
         package_dir={"": "src"},
         keywords=["Imaging"],