diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 1fd00ff..97b5324 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ check_sphinx () {
 }
 
 check_pytest () {
-    python setup.py test
+    pytest
 }
 
 check_dockerfile () {
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index eabef9d..181db28 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 # REANA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
 
-[aliases]
-test = pytest
-
 [build_sphinx]
 source-dir = docs/
 build-dir = docs/_build