diff --git a/nose.cfg b/nose.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 0861518a8..000000000
--- a/nose.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[nosetests]
-verbosity=1
-with-coverage=1
-cover-package=monty
-cover-erase=1
-exe=1
-with-doctest=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index f1e5d0de4..0fbc04214 100755
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def publish(ctx):
 
 @task
 def test(ctx):
-    ctx.run("nosetests")
+    ctx.run("pytest")
 
 
 @task