diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0d149b6d..ea29d36f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[aliases]
-test=pytest
-
 [flake8]
 exclude =
     .git/,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c46a3963..93159293 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,20 +3,10 @@
 import io
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
-setup_requires = []
-if 'test' in sys.argv:
-    # Only add pytest-runner to setup_requires if running tests
-    setup_requires.append('pytest-runner>=2.0,<3dev')
-
-tests_require = [
-    'pytest>=3.0.0',
-]
-
 install_requires = [
     'six>=1.9.0',
     # html5lib requirements
@@ -56,8 +46,6 @@ def get_version():
     zip_safe=False,
     python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*',
     install_requires=install_requires,
-    setup_requires=setup_requires,
-    tests_require=tests_require,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Environment :: Web Environment',