diff -uNr a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
--- a/setup.cfg	2019-03-01 13:21:25.323184219 -0800
+++ b/setup.cfg	2019-03-01 16:09:17.350767173 -0800
@@ -30,13 +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
-  pytest-runner
   setuptools>=30.3.0
 packages = find:
 tests_require =