diff --git a/science/py-h5py/Makefile b/science/py-h5py/Makefile
index 2e8838f5ced3..edf0d497b87c 100644
--- a/science/py-h5py/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-h5py/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython>=0.29.15:lang/cython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${RUN_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhdf5.so:science/hdf5
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.14.5,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=0,1:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		localbase pkgconfig python:3.7+
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython distutils pytest
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 
@@ -36,7 +35,4 @@ post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/*.py ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 
-do-test:
-	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} setup.py test
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>