diff -uNr a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
--- a/setup.cfg	2020-04-09 15:37:41.000000000 -0700
+++ b/setup.cfg	2020-04-13 15:21:50.600563787 -0700
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
   coloredlogs; sys_platform == 'win32'
   distlib
   EmPy
-  # the pytest dependency and its extensions are provided for convenience
-  # even though they are only conditional
-  pytest
-  pytest-cov
-  pytest-repeat
-  pytest-rerunfailures
   setuptools>=30.3.0
 packages = find:
 tests_require =