diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index dcd3739..81ba1c7 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ exclude_also =
 [run]
 omit =
     **/blurb/__main__.py
+    **/blurb/_version.py
diff --git a/src/blurb/blurb.py b/src/blurb/blurb.py
index 0af3ea9..c671d0c 100755
--- a/src/blurb/blurb.py
+++ b/src/blurb/blurb.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
 import time
-import unittest
 
 from . import __version__
 
@@ -639,42 +638,6 @@ def save_next(self):
         return filename
 
 
-tests_run = 0
-
-class TestParserPasses(unittest.TestCase):
-    directory = "tests/pass"
-
-    def filename_test(self, filename):
-        b = Blurbs()
-        b.load(filename)
-        self.assertTrue(b)
-        if os.path.exists(filename + '.res'):
-            with open(filename + '.res', encoding='utf-8') as file:
-                expected = file.read()
-            self.assertEqual(str(b), expected)
-
-    def test_files(self):
-        global tests_run
-        with pushd(self.directory):
-            for filename in glob.glob("*"):
-                if filename[-4:] == '.res':
-                    self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(filename[:-4]), filename)
-                    continue
-                self.filename_test(filename)
-                print(".", end="")
-                sys.stdout.flush()
-                tests_run += 1
-
-
-class TestParserFailures(TestParserPasses):
-    directory = "tests/fail"
-
-    def filename_test(self, filename):
-        b = Blurbs()
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
-            b.load(filename)
-
-
 readme_re = re.compile(r"This is \w+ version \d+\.\d+").match
 
 def chdir_to_repo_root():
@@ -838,36 +801,6 @@ def _find_blurb_dir():
     return None
 
 
-@subcommand
-def test(*args):
-    """
-Run unit tests.  Only works inside source repo, not when installed.
-    """
-    # unittest.main doesn't work because this isn't a module
-    # so we'll do it ourselves
-
-    while (blurb_dir := _find_blurb_dir()) is None:
-        old_dir = os.getcwd()
-        os.chdir("..")
-        if old_dir == os.getcwd():
-            # we reached the root and never found it!
-            sys.exit("Error: Couldn't find the root of your blurb repo!")
-    os.chdir(blurb_dir)
-
-    print("-" * 79)
-
-    for clsname, cls in sorted(globals().items()):
-        if clsname.startswith("Test") and isinstance(cls, type):
-            o = cls()
-            for fnname in sorted(dir(o)):
-                if fnname.startswith("test"):
-                    fn = getattr(o, fnname)
-                    if callable(fn):
-                        fn()
-    print()
-    print(tests_run, "tests passed.")
-
-
 def find_editor():
     for var in 'GIT_EDITOR', 'EDITOR':
         editor = os.environ.get(var)
@@ -1224,7 +1157,7 @@ def main():
     fn = get_subcommand(subcommand)
 
     # hack
-    if fn in (help, test, version):
+    if fn in (help, version):
         sys.exit(fn(*args))
 
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b5b3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import glob
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+from blurb.blurb import Blurbs, pushd
+
+
+class TestParserPasses:
+    directory = "tests/pass"
+
+    def filename_test(self, filename):
+        b = Blurbs()
+        b.load(filename)
+        assert b
+        if os.path.exists(filename + ".res"):
+            with open(filename + ".res", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+                expected = file.read()
+            assert str(b) == expected
+
+    def test_files(self):
+        with pushd(self.directory):
+            for filename in glob.glob("*"):
+                if filename.endswith(".res"):
+                    assert os.path.exists(filename[:-4]), filename
+                    continue
+                self.filename_test(filename)
+
+
+class TestParserFailures(TestParserPasses):
+    directory = "tests/fail"
+
+    def filename_test(self, filename):
+        b = Blurbs()
+        with pytest.raises(Exception):
+            b.load(filename)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fa69718..1ed9746 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ commands =
       --cov-report term \
       --cov-report xml \
       {posargs}
-    blurb test
     blurb help
     blurb --version
-    {envpython} -I -m blurb test
     {envpython} -I -m blurb help
     {envpython} -I -m blurb version