diff --git a/scripts/dev/run_pytest.py b/scripts/dev/run_pytest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eddd9ed42..000000000
--- a/scripts/dev/run_pytest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
-
-# Copyright 2016 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
-#
-# This file is part of qutebrowser.
-#
-# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-"""Wrapper around pytest to ignore segfaults on exit."""
-
-import os
-import sys
-import subprocess
-import signal
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    script_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    pytest_status_file = os.path.join(script_path, '..', '..', '.cache',
-                                      'pytest_status')
-
-    try:
-        os.remove(pytest_status_file)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pytest'] + sys.argv[1:])
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
-        is_segfault = exc.returncode in [128 + signal.SIGSEGV, -signal.SIGSEGV]
-        if is_segfault and os.path.exists(pytest_status_file):
-            print("Ignoring segfault on exit!")
-            with open(pytest_status_file, 'r', encoding='ascii') as f:
-                exit_status = int(f.read())
-        else:
-            exit_status = exc.returncode
-    else:
-        exit_status = 0
-
-    try:
-        os.remove(pytest_status_file)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-
-    sys.exit(exit_status)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 8b040361d..bcb67924b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -192,21 +192,3 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
     outcome = yield
     rep = outcome.get_result()
     setattr(item, "rep_" + rep.when, rep)
-
-
-@pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
-def pytest_sessionfinish(exitstatus):
-    """Create a file to tell run_pytest.py how pytest exited."""
-    outcome = yield
-    outcome.get_result()
-
-    cache_dir = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
-                             '..', '.cache')
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(cache_dir)
-    except FileExistsError:
-        pass
-
-    status_file = os.path.join(cache_dir, 'pytest_status')
-    with open(status_file, 'w', encoding='ascii') as f:
-        f.write(str(exitstatus))
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 499cc0757..3659b2b3d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/misc/requirements/requirements-tests.txt
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py {posargs:tests}
+    {envpython} -m pytest {posargs:tests}
 
 
 # test envs with coverage
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py --cov --cov-report xml --cov-report=html --cov-report= {posargs:tests}
+    {envpython} -m pytest --cov --cov-report xml --cov-report=html --cov-report= {posargs:tests}
     {envpython} scripts/dev/check_coverage.py {posargs}
 
 [testenv:py35-cov]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py --cov --cov-report xml --cov-report=html --cov-report= {posargs:tests}
+    {envpython} -m pytest --cov --cov-report xml --cov-report=html --cov-report= {posargs:tests}
     {envpython} scripts/dev/check_coverage.py {posargs}
 
 [testenv:py34-cov]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py --cov --cov-report xml --cov-report=html --cov-report= {posargs:tests}
+    {envpython} -m pytest --cov --cov-report xml --cov-report=html --cov-report= {posargs:tests}
     {envpython} scripts/dev/check_coverage.py {posargs}
 
 # test envs with PyQt5 from PyPI
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     PyQt5==5.6
-commands = {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py {posargs:tests}
+commands = {envpython} -m pytest {posargs:tests}
 
 [testenv:py35-pyqt571]
 basepython = python3.5
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     PyQt5==5.7.1
-commands = {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py {posargs:tests}
+commands = {envpython} -m pytest {posargs:tests}
 
 [testenv:py36-pyqt571]
 basepython = python3.6
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     PyQt5==5.7.1
-commands = {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py {posargs:tests}
+commands = {envpython} -m pytest {posargs:tests}
 
 [testenv:py35-pyqt58]
 basepython = python3.5
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     PyQt5==5.8.1.1
-commands = {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py {posargs:tests}
+commands = {envpython} -m pytest {posargs:tests}
 
 [testenv:py36-pyqt58]
 basepython = python3.6
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ passenv = {[testenv]passenv}
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     PyQt5==5.8.1.1
-commands = {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pytest.py {posargs:tests}
+commands = {envpython} -m pytest {posargs:tests}
 
 # other envs