diff --git a/run_tempest.sh b/run_tempest.sh
index af01734c95..414146be20 100755
--- a/run_tempest.sh
+++ b/run_tempest.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+echo "WARNING: This script is deprecated and will be removed in the near future. Please migrate to tempest run or another method of launching a test runner"
+
 function usage {
   echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..."
   echo "Run Tempest test suite"
diff --git a/tools/pretty_tox.sh b/tools/pretty_tox.sh
index fb4e6d53b2..0b83b9151b 100755
--- a/tools/pretty_tox.sh
+++ b/tools/pretty_tox.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+echo "WARNING: This script is deprecated and will be removed in the near future. Please migrate to tempest run or another method of launching a test runner"
+
 set -o pipefail
 
 TESTRARGS=$1
diff --git a/tools/pretty_tox_serial.sh b/tools/pretty_tox_serial.sh
index e0fca0fbcb..1f8204e34d 100755
--- a/tools/pretty_tox_serial.sh
+++ b/tools/pretty_tox_serial.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+echo "WARNING: This script is deprecated and will be removed in the near future. Please migrate to tempest run or another method of launching a test runner"
+
 set -o pipefail
 
 TESTRARGS=$@
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a621492963..05fa32600b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setenv =
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '{posargs}'
+    tempest run --regex {posargs}
 
 [testenv:ostestr]
 sitepackages = {[tempestenv]sitepackages}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ setenv =
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '{posargs}'
+    tempest run --regex {posargs}
 
 [testenv:full]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # See the testrepository bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1208610
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.(api|scenario)) {posargs}'
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.(api|scenario))' {posargs}
 
 [testenv:full-serial]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # See the testrepository bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1208610
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    bash tools/pretty_tox_serial.sh '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.(api|scenario)) {posargs}'
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.(api|scenario))' {posargs}
 
 [testenv:smoke]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ setenv = {[tempestenv]setenv}
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '\[.*\bsmoke\b.*\] {posargs}'
+    tempest run --regex '\[.*\bsmoke\b.*\]' {posargs}
 
 [testenv:smoke-serial]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # job would fail if we moved it to parallel.
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    bash tools/pretty_tox_serial.sh '\[.*\bsmoke\b.*\] {posargs}'
+    tempest run --serial --regex '\[.*\bsmoke\b.*\]' {posargs}
 
 [testenv:stress]
 envdir = .tox/tempest