diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 145e520..4dfbdaa 100644
--- 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
index 5180db9..66461a5 100644
--- a/swh/core/tests/test_logger.py
+++ b/swh/core/tests/test_logger.py
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import logging
 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
 
 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')
 
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         self.modname = 'swh.core.tests.test_logger'
         self.logger = logging.Logger(self.modname, logging.DEBUG)
         self.logger.addHandler(PostgresHandler('dbname=' + self.TEST_DB_NAME))
 
     def tearDown(self):
         logging.shutdown()
         super().tearDown()
 
     def test_log(self):
         self.logger.info('notice',
                          extra={'swh_type': 'test entry', 'swh_data': 42})
         self.logger.warn('warning')
 
         with self.conn.cursor() as cur:
             cur.execute('SELECT level, message, data, src_module FROM log')
             db_log_entries = cur.fetchall()
 
         self.assertIn(('info', 'notice', {'type': 'test entry', 'data': 42},
                        self.modname),
                       db_log_entries)
         self.assertIn(('warning', 'warning', {}, self.modname), db_log_entries)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7a3f221..c0300b7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 [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
 deps =
   flake8
 commands =
   {envpython} -m flake8
-
-[testenv:check-manifest]
-skip_install = true
-deps =
-  check-manifest
-commands =
-  {envpython} -m check_manifest {toxinidir}