diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 hypothesis
-pytest
+# pytest<4 because of https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/4641
+pytest < 4
 pytest-postgresql
 celery >= 4
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 deps =
   .[testing]
   pytest-cov
-  pifpaf
 commands =
-  pifpaf run postgresql -- pytest --cov=swh --cov-branch {posargs}
+  pytest --cov=swh --cov-branch {posargs}
 
 [testenv:flake8]
 skip_install = true