diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index b814127..b959aa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ jobs:
 
         ant all
         cd tests
-        nosetests -v
+        pytest -v
 
     - name: test
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
       run: |
         ant all
         cd tests
-        CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes nosetests -v
+        CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes pytest -v
 
     - name: test
       if: matrix.os == 'macOs-latest'
       run: |
         ant all
         cd tests
-          CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes python -m nose -v
+          CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes python -m pytest -v
 
 #     - name: coveralls
 #       run: python -m coveralls
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74954a3..bc20867 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ all: build_ext
 .PHONY: build_ext tests
 
 PYTHON=python
-NOSETESTS=nosetests
+PYTEST=pytest
 
 JAVA_TARGET ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import re; print('1.6' if int(re.findall(r'\d+', '$(shell javac -version 2>&1)')[0]) < 12 else '1.7')" )
 JAVAC_OPTS=-target $(JAVA_TARGET) -source $(JAVA_TARGET)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ANT=ant -Dant.build.javac.source=$(JAVA_TARGET) -Dant.build.javac.target=$(JAVA_
 
 build_ext:
 	$(ANT) all
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py build_ext --inplace -f -g
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py build_ext --inplace -g
 
 clean:
 	$(ANT) clean
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ html:
 # for use in travis; tests whatever you got.
 # use PYTHON3=1 to force python3 in other environments.
 tests:
-	(cd tests; env CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes PYTHONPATH=..:$(PYTHONPATH) $(NOSETESTS) -v)
+	(cd tests; env CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes PYTHONPATH=..:$(PYTHONPATH) $(PYTEST) -v)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dda0a51..04d25b1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ setup(
         )
     ],
     extras_require={
-        'dev': ['nose', 'wheel', 'pytest-cov', 'pycodestyle'],
+        'dev': ['pytest', 'wheel', 'pytest-cov', 'pycodestyle'],
         'ci': ['coveralls', 'pytest-rerunfailures', 'setuptools>=34.4.0'],
     },
     **SETUP_KWARGS
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy.py b/tests/test_proxy.py
index 55bdc58..0e8dc79 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from six.moves import range
 import sys
 
 from jnius import autoclass, java_method, PythonJavaClass, cast
-from nose.tools import *
 
 print('1: declare a TestImplem that implement Collection')