diff --git a/python-flexparser.spec b/python-flexparser.spec
index 7de9807..55fa9be 100644
--- a/python-flexparser.spec
+++ b/python-flexparser.spec
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 
-# See requirements.test.txt. We list test dependencies manually since we do not
-# want pytest-cov
-# (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Python/#_linters)
-# and the other pytest plugins are spurious
-# (https://github.com/hgrecco/flexparser/pull/10).
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist pytest}
-
 %global common_description %{expand:
 The idea is quite simple. You write a class for every type of content (called
 here ParsedStatement) you need to parse. Each class should have a from_string
@@ -60,10 +53,6 @@ rm -rvf '%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/flexparser/testsuite'
 sed -r -i '/\/flexparser\/testsuite/d' %{pyproject_files}
 
 
-%check
-%pytest
-
-
 %files -n python3-flexparser -f %{pyproject_files}
 %doc README.rst
 %doc CHANGES