diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 3396e016..b6ab3190 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ check_pytest () {
     clean_old_db_container
     start_db_container
     trap clean_old_db_container SIGINT SIGTERM SIGSEGV ERR
-    python setup.py test
+    pytest
     stop_db_container
 }
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index eabef9db..181db28c 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