diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index db2ff450..17884b60 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ script:
   - xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 640x480x24" --auto-servernum mantidworkbench -q -x workbenchshutdown.py
 
   # run addie tests
-  - xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 640x480x24" --auto-servernum python setup.py test
+  - xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 640x480x24" --auto-servernum pytest tests
   - xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 640x480x24" --auto-servernum addie --version
 
 deploy:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0127bbf3..ad104fa4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,17 +95,10 @@ Similarly, there is a script for windows (experimental)
 addiedevel.bat
 ```
 
-The test suite can be run using [unittests](https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html) `discover` mode on the `tests` module
+The test suite can be run using [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/)
+with the [pytest-qt](https://pytest-qt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) plugin.
 ```bash
-$ python -m unittest discover
-```
-or through the `setup.py` script
-```bash
-$ python setup.py test
-```
-Individual test files can be run directly as
-```bash
-$ python tests/test_fileio.py
+$ pytest tests
 ```