diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 0132dbd4752..00000000000
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-addopts = -p no:hypothesis
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fe6e63a5080..ec30a10b242 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ universal = 1
 
 [tool:pytest]
 python_files=test_*.py
+testpaths=xarray/tests
 
 [flake8]
 max-line-length=79