diff --git a/pytools/test.py b/pytools/test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c713992a80dfa8a794836d609f180a42bfe60df..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/pytools/test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-try:
-    from py.test import mark as mark_test  # pylint:disable=unused-import
-except ImportError:
-    class _Mark:
-        def __getattr__(self, name):
-            def dec(f):
-                return f
-            return dec
-    mark_test = _Mark()