diff -Nurp pyjwt-1.6.1.orig/setup.py pyjwt-1.6.1/setup.py
--- pyjwt-1.6.1.orig/setup.py	2018-03-18 08:37:23.000000000 -0500
+++ pyjwt-1.6.1/setup.py	2018-04-04 23:46:56.178058061 -0500
@@ -34,13 +34,8 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
 
 tests_require = [
     'pytest >3,<4',
-    'pytest-cov',
-    'pytest-runner',
 ]
 
-needs_pytest = set(('pytest', 'test', 'ptr')).intersection(sys.argv)
-pytest_runner = ['pytest-runner'] if needs_pytest else []
-
 setup(
     name='PyJWT',
     version=version,
@@ -67,7 +62,6 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Utilities',
     ],
     test_suite='tests',
-    setup_requires=pytest_runner,
     tests_require=tests_require,
     extras_require=dict(
         test=tests_require,