diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98ac77b..c3d5aa2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PYFILES = $(shell find -name .git -o -name dist -o -name build -prune -o -name '*.py' -print)
 
 tests:
-	python setup.py nosetests
+	python ./run_tests.py
 .PHONY: tests
 
 lint:
diff --git a/run_tests.py b/run_tests.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1506945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of reclass (http://github.com/madduck/reclass)
+#
+# Copyright © 2007–13 martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
+# Released under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0
+#
+
+import unittest
+tests = unittest.TestLoader().discover('reclass')
+unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=1).run(tests)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4dd88a4..ebcc4ff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@
             'reclass-ansible = reclass.adapters.ansible:cli'
         ]
     },
-    install_requires = ['pyyaml'],
-    setup_requires = ['nose'],
+    install_requires = ['pyyaml']
 )