diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 924d3b366..9d68df184 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ override_dh_auto_install-indep:
 	./run --develop --list-dependencies | sort | tr '\n' ', ' | \
 		sed -e 's/^/freedombox:Depends=/' >> debian/freedombox.substvars
 
+# pybuild can run pytest. However, when the top level directory is included in
+# the path (done using manage.py), it results in import problems.
+# https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-python@lists.debian.org/msg17997.html
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	PYBUILD_SYSTEM=custom \
-	PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS="{interpreter} setup.py test" dh_auto_test
+	PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS="{interpreter} -m pytest" dh_auto_test
 
 override_dh_installsystemd:
 	# Do not enable or start freedombox-manual-upgrade.service.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 99ec86939..000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[aliases]
-# When './setup.py test' is invoked, run './setup.py pytest'
-test=pytest