diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index aff6cb009..99c3af5b6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ in Google Groups.
 
 Tests
 -----
-The tests should run with tox and pytest. Running `tox` will run all tests for all environments.
+The tests should run with tox. Running `tox` will run all tests for all environments.
 However, it is possible to run a certain environment with `tox -e <env>`, a list of all environments
 can be found with `tox -l`. These tests require the dependencies of the different engines defined in
 the documentation. It is possible to install these dependencies into a vagrant image with the
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 91550b6c7..82ceb5db4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,12 +29,3 @@ omit = */sorl-thumbnail/sorl/__init__.py
 [cov:report]
 exclude_lines = pragma: no cover
                 if __name__ == .__main__.:
-
-;; The pytest framework
-
-[tool:pytest]
-python_files = test_*.py *tests.py
-norecursedirs = .* tmp* __pycache__
-testpaths = tests
-django_find_project = false
-
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_alternative_resolutions.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_alternative_resolutions.py
index 8a27ffdcc..11fbd060b 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_alternative_resolutions.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_alternative_resolutions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-import pytest
-
 from sorl.thumbnail import get_thumbnail
 from sorl.thumbnail.conf import settings
 from sorl.thumbnail.images import ImageFile
@@ -10,9 +8,6 @@
 from .utils import BaseStorageTestCase
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class AlternativeResolutionsTest(BaseStorageTestCase):
     name = 'retina.jpg'
 
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_backends.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_backends.py
index d20dd4516..62f50538e 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_backends.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_backends.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import unittest
 from PIL import Image
 
-import pytest
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@
 from .models import Item
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class BackendTest(BaseTestCase):
     def test_delete(self):
         im1 = Item.objects.get(image='100x100.jpg').image
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py
index 41a1ded0b..c737e3391 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_commands.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from io import StringIO
 import os
 
-import pytest
 from django.core import management
 
 from sorl.thumbnail.conf import settings
@@ -9,9 +8,6 @@
 from .utils import BaseTestCase
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class CommandTests(BaseTestCase):
     def make_test_thumbnails(self, *sizes):
         item = Item.objects.get(image='500x500.jpg')
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_engines.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_engines.py
index f3ef9e7a4..151e967ad 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_engines.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_engines.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import unittest
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
-import pytest
 from PIL import Image
 from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
@@ -20,9 +19,6 @@
 from .utils import BaseTestCase
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class SimpleTestCase(BaseTestCase):
     def test_simple(self):
         item = Item.objects.get(image='500x500.jpg')
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_filters.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_filters.py
index 1e1acd6e3..763c0c935 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_filters.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import pytest
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 
 from tests.thumbnail_tests.utils import BaseTestCase
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class FilterTestCase(BaseTestCase):
     def test_html_filter(self):
         text = '<img alt="A image!" src="https://dummyimage.com/800x800" />'
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_storage.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_storage.py
index e8b67feab..5a8684a64 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_storage.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import unittest
-import pytest
 
 from sorl.thumbnail import get_thumbnail, default
 from sorl.thumbnail.helpers import get_module_class
@@ -7,9 +6,6 @@
 from .utils import BaseStorageTestCase
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class StorageTestCase(BaseStorageTestCase):
     name = 'org.jpg'
 
diff --git a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_templatetags.py b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_templatetags.py
index 90ed5ebc0..9f7f82dbf 100644
--- a/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_templatetags.py
+++ b/tests/thumbnail_tests/test_templatetags.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.test import Client, TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
-import pytest
 
 from sorl.thumbnail.conf import settings
 from sorl.thumbnail.engines.pil_engine import Engine as PILEngine
@@ -14,9 +13,6 @@
 from .utils import BaseTestCase, DATA_DIR
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 class TemplateTestCaseA(BaseTestCase):
     def test_model(self):
         item = Item.objects.get(image='500x500.jpg')
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ff27ad5c4..36edcb984 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ envlist =
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
-  pytest
-  pytest-cov
-  pytest-django
+  coverage
   pillow
   redis: redis
   dynamodb: boto
@@ -53,7 +51,9 @@ setenv =
   pgmagick: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings.pgmagick
   dbm: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings.dbm
 commands =
-  python -m pytest -rw --cov-append --cov-config setup.cfg --cov sorl --cov-report=xml {posargs:}
+  coverage run {envbindir}/django-admin test -v2 {posargs:}
+  coverage report -m
+  coverage xml
 
 [testenv:py38-qa]
 skip_install = True