diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1c9ca77d0b1a05716ce20caaa09f3e7ac0cbde4f..557824093a9153634cf7d718b4bd6c5a1d063b13 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ def main():
             install_requires=[
                 "numpy",
                 "pytools>=2017.6",
-                "pytest>=2",
                 "decorator>=3.2.0",
                 "cffi>=1.1.0",
                 "appdirs>=1.4.0",