diff --git a/dev-python/pytools/pytools-2017.4-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pytools/pytools-2017.4-r1.ebuild
index d410d12751d56..fb72f5a492435 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytools/pytools-2017.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytools/pytools-2017.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ DEPEND="
 	test? (
 		${RDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pytest-runner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
 
 python_test() {
-	py.test -v || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+	pytest -vv || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
 }
diff --git a/dev-python/pytools/pytools-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pytools/pytools-9999.ebuild
index 5b1dd65f9e155..765b22bf080c4 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytools/pytools-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytools/pytools-9999.ebuild
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ DEPEND="
 	test? (
 		${RDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/pytest-runner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
 
 python_test() {
-	py.test -v || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+	pytest -vv || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
 }