diff --git a/kallithea/tests/__init__.py b/kallithea/tests/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from pylons.util import ContextObj
 
 from routes.util import URLGenerator
 from webtest import TestApp
-from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+import pytest
 
 from kallithea.lib.compat import unittest
 from kallithea import is_windows
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ if not is_windows:
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+skipif = pytest.mark.skipif
+
 __all__ = [
-    'parameterized', 'environ', 'url', 'TestController',
-    'SkipTest', 'ldap_lib_installed', 'pam_lib_installed', 'BaseTestCase', 'init_stack',
+    'skipif', 'parameterized', 'environ', 'url', 'TestController',
+    'ldap_lib_installed', 'pam_lib_installed', 'BaseTestCase', 'init_stack',
     'TESTS_TMP_PATH', 'HG_REPO', 'GIT_REPO', 'NEW_HG_REPO', 'NEW_GIT_REPO',
     'HG_FORK', 'GIT_FORK', 'TEST_USER_ADMIN_LOGIN', 'TEST_USER_ADMIN_PASS',
     'TEST_USER_ADMIN_EMAIL', 'TEST_USER_REGULAR_LOGIN', 'TEST_USER_REGULAR_PASS',
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_auth_settings.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_auth_settings.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_auth_settings.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_admin_auth_settings.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ class TestAuthSettingsController(TestCon
                                     action='index'))
         response.mustcontain('Authentication Plugins')
 
+    @skipif(not ldap_lib_installed, reason='skipping due to missing ldap lib')
     def test_ldap_save_settings(self):
         self.log_user()
-        if not ldap_lib_installed:
-            raise SkipTest('skipping due to missing ldap lib')
 
         params = self._enable_plugins('kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_internal,kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_ldap')
         params.update({'auth_ldap_host': u'dc.example.com',
@@ -51,10 +50,9 @@ class TestAuthSettingsController(TestCon
         self.assertEqual(new_settings['auth_ldap_host'], u'dc.example.com',
                          'fail db write compare')
 
+    @skipif(not ldap_lib_installed, reason='skipping due to missing ldap lib')
     def test_ldap_error_form_wrong_port_number(self):
         self.log_user()
-        if not ldap_lib_installed:
-            raise SkipTest('skipping due to missing ldap lib')
 
         params = self._enable_plugins('kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_internal,kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_ldap')
         params.update({'auth_ldap_host': '',
@@ -78,10 +76,9 @@ class TestAuthSettingsController(TestCon
         response.mustcontain("""<span class="error-message">"""
                              """Please enter a number</span>""")
 
+    @skipif(not ldap_lib_installed, reason='skipping due to missing ldap lib')
     def test_ldap_error_form(self):
         self.log_user()
-        if not ldap_lib_installed:
-            raise SkipTest('skipping due to missing ldap lib')
 
         params = self._enable_plugins('kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_internal,kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_ldap')
         params.update({'auth_ldap_host': 'Host',
@@ -245,12 +242,10 @@ class TestAuthSettingsController(TestCon
         self.assertEqual(new_settings['auth_crowd_host'], u'hostname',
                          'fail db write compare')
 
+    @skipif(not pam_lib_installed, reason='skipping due to missing pam lib')
     def test_pam_save_settings(self):
         self.log_user()
 
-        if not pam_lib_installed:
-            raise SkipTest('skipping due to missing pam lib')
-
         params = self._enable_plugins('kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_internal,kallithea.lib.auth_modules.auth_pam')
         params.update({'auth_pam_service': 'kallithea',
                        'auth_pam_gecos': '^foo-.*'})