diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 77d9ee31..7f183d29 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 pifpaf>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-os-testr>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=2.0.0
diff --git a/tools/pretty_tox.sh b/tools/pretty_tox.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 150d5066..00000000
--- a/tools/pretty_tox.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail
-
-TESTRARGS=$1
-
-# --until-failure is not compatible with --subunit see:
-#
-# https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1411804
-#
-# this work around exists until that is addressed
-if [[ "$TESTARGS" =~ "until-failure" ]]; then
-    stestr run --slowest "$TESTRARGS"
-else
-    stestr run --slowest --subunit "$TESTRARGS" | subunit-trace -f
-fi
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 613812c0..2764f1e8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ setenv =
     consul: TOOZ_TEST_DRIVERS = consul
 # NOTE(tonyb): This project has chosen to *NOT* consume upper-constraints.txt
 commands =
-    {toxinidir}/run-tests.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+    {toxinidir}/run-tests.sh stestr run "{posargs}"
     {toxinidir}/run-examples.sh
 
 [testenv:py27]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ deps = {[testenv]deps}
 setenv = {[testenv]setenv}
     PYTHON=coverage run --source tooz --parallel-mode
 commands =
-    {toxinidir}/run-tests.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+    {toxinidir}/run-tests.sh stestr run "{posargs}"
     {toxinidir}/run-examples.sh
     coverage combine
     coverage html -d cover