diff --git a/acme/setup.py b/acme/setup.py
index c86a72b9d..0e302b96f 100644
--- a/acme/setup.py
+++ b/acme/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     ])
 
 dev_extras = [
-    'nose',
+    'pytest',
     'tox',
 ]
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3b4dbaf87..a21bab793 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,9 +3,3 @@ universal = 1
 
 [easy_install]
 zip_ok = false
-
-[nosetests]
-nocapture=1
-cover-package=certbot,acme,certbot_apache,certbot_nginx
-cover-erase=1
-cover-tests=1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6ffc9a134..0e2420e57 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ dev_extras = [
     'astroid==1.3.5',
     'coverage',
     'ipdb',
-    'nose',
+    'pytest',
+    'pytest-xdist',
     'pylint==1.4.2',  # upstream #248
     'tox',
     'twine',