diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a47462a..ccd72c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ on libraries.io to be notified when new versions of bidict are released.
   (`thanks, @gaborbernat <https://github.com/jab/bidict/pull/81>`__)
   and by including more supporting files in the distribution.
 
+- Drop pytest-runner and support for running tests via ``python setup.py test``
+  in preference to ``pytest`` or ``python -m pytest``.
+
 
 0.17.2 (2018-04-30)
 -------------------
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0b8a232..b6657eb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[aliases]
-test=pytest
-
 ; http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/configuration.html
 [flake8]
 ignore = E126,E128,E265,E731