diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 28a744b31..cb95b33fd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[aliases]
-test = pytest
-
 [bdist_wheel]
 # wheels should be OS-specific:
 # their names must contain macOS/manulinux1/2010/2014/Windows identifiers