diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-nose
+pytest
 requests-mock
diff --git a/swh/core/tests/test_logger.py b/swh/core/tests/test_logger.py
--- a/swh/core/tests/test_logger.py
+++ b/swh/core/tests/test_logger.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 
-from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+import pytest
 
 from swh.core.logger import PostgresHandler
 from swh.core.tests.db_testing import SingleDbTestFixture
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from swh.core.tests import SQL_DIR
 
 
-@attr('db')
+@pytest.mark.db
 class PgLogHandler(SingleDbTestFixture, unittest.TestCase):
 
     TEST_DB_DUMP = os.path.join(SQL_DIR, 'log-schema.sql')
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 [tox]
-envlist=check-manifest,flake8,py3
+envlist=flake8,py3
 
 [testenv:py3]
 deps =
+  -r requirements-test.txt
+  coverage
   pifpaf
-  nose
 commands =
-  pifpaf run postgresql -- nosetests
+  pifpaf run postgresql -- pytest {posargs}
 
 [testenv:flake8]
 skip_install = true
@@ -14,10 +15,3 @@
   flake8
 commands =
   {envpython} -m flake8
-
-[testenv:check-manifest]
-skip_install = true
-deps =
-  check-manifest
-commands =
-  {envpython} -m check_manifest {toxinidir}