diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 62a7288710a..622a62b653f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [tool:pytest]
 testpaths = "qcodes/tests"
-python_files = test_*.py
-python_functions = test_*
 
 [nosetests]
 with-coverage=1