diff --git a/python-cairocffi.changes b/python-cairocffi.changes
index c08fe44..f5a9c64 100644
--- a/python-cairocffi.changes
+++ b/python-cairocffi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  7 12:34:39 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Replace obsolete pytest-runner with %pytest macro to avoid
+  pulling in _build directories of other flavors during testing
+  * gh#Kozea/cairocffi#171
+  * gh#openSUSE/python-rpm-macros#66
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 30 06:20:59 UTC 2020 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-cairocffi.spec b/python-cairocffi.spec
index b6d7469..0f19e5e 100644
--- a/python-cairocffi.spec
+++ b/python-cairocffi.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/Kozea/cairocffi
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/cairocffi/cairocffi-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi >= 1.1.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-runner}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 39.2.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module xcffib >= 0.3.2}
 BuildRequires:  cairo
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ This package provides the optional gdk-pixbuf image loader module.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n cairocffi-%{version}
+# disable development tools for unit tests. Remove deprecated pytest-runner
+sed -i -e 's/pytest-runner$/pytest/' \
+       -e '/pytest-flake8$/ d' \
+       -e '/pytest-isort$/ d' \
+       -e '/pytest-cov$/ d' \
+       -e '/^addopts.*flake8.*isort$/ d' setup.cfg
 
 %build
 %python_build
@@ -74,9 +80,7 @@ This package provides the optional gdk-pixbuf image loader module.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch} 
 
 %check
-sed -i '/^addopts/d' setup.cfg
-sed -i -e '/pytest-flake8/d' -e '/pytest-isort/d' -e '/pytest-cov/d' setup.cfg
-%python_expand $python setup.py test
+%pytest --pyargs cairocffi
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE