diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ detailed-errors = 1
 nologcapture = 1
 
 [pytest]
-norecursedirs = .* *.egg kallithea/tests/scripts
+# only look for tests in kallithea/tests
+python_files = kallithea/tests/**/test_*.py
 
 [compile_catalog]
 domain = kallithea