diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 91baba7416..83199fdd57 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
 import codecs
 import os
-import sys
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
 from zulipterminal.version import ZT_VERSION
 
 
-class PyTest(TestCommand):
-    user_options = [("pytest-args=", "a", "Arguments to pass to pytest")]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        TestCommand.initialize_options(self)
-        self.pytest_args = ""
-
-    def run_tests(self):
-        import shlex
-
-        import pytest
-
-        errno = pytest.main(shlex.split(self.pytest_args))
-        sys.exit(errno)
-
-
 def long_description():
     if not (os.path.isfile("README.md") and os.access("README.md", os.R_OK)):
         return ""
@@ -97,8 +79,6 @@ def long_description():
     keywords="",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
     zip_safe=True,
-    cmdclass={"test": PyTest},
-    test_suite="test",
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "zulip-term = zulipterminal.cli.run:main",