diff --git a/extra-requirements.txt b/extra-requirements.txt
index e4da5a41a..248e84500 100644
--- a/extra-requirements.txt
+++ b/extra-requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ ansi2html                # LGPLv3+
 pandas                   # BSD
 podman                   # Apache-2.0
 pytest-rerunfailures     # MPL-2.0
+pytest-timeout           # MIT
 validations-libs         # APACHE-2.0
diff --git a/tobiko/__init__.py b/tobiko/__init__.py
index 89c9c09d3..5728bfed4 100644
--- a/tobiko/__init__.py
+++ b/tobiko/__init__.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ skip_test = _skip.skip_test
 skip_unless = _skip.skip_unless
 skip = _skip.skip
 
-BaseTestCase = _testcase.TestCase
 assert_test_case_was_skipped = _testcase.assert_test_case_was_skipped
 discover_test_cases = _testcase.discover_test_cases
 get_test_case = _testcase.get_test_case
diff --git a/tobiko/common/_testcase.py b/tobiko/common/_testcase.py
index 3d75069c9..b52df4797 100644
--- a/tobiko/common/_testcase.py
+++ b/tobiko/common/_testcase.py
@@ -13,24 +13,15 @@
 #    under the License.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import logging
 import os
 import sys
-import traceback
 import typing  # noqa
 
-from oslo_log import log
 import testtools
 
-from tobiko.common import _config
 from tobiko.common import _exception
-from tobiko.common import _itimer
-from tobiko.common import _logging
-from tobiko.common import _time
 
 
-LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
-
 os.environ.setdefault('PYTHON', sys.executable)
 
 
@@ -133,83 +124,22 @@ def discover_test_cases(finder=FINDER, **kwargs):
     return finder.discover_test_cases(**kwargs)
 
 
-class TestCaseTimeoutError(_exception.TobikoException):
-    message = ("Test case '{testcase_id}' timed out after {timeout} seconds "
-               "at:\n{stack}")
-
-
-class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
-
-    _capture_log = False
-    _capture_log_level = logging.DEBUG
-    _capture_log_logger = logging.root
-    _testcase_timeout: _time.Seconds = None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(TestCase, cls).setUpClass()
-        config = _config.tobiko_config()
-        cls._capture_log = config.logging.capture_log
-        cls._testcase_timeout = _time.to_seconds(cls._testcase_timeout or
-                                                 config.testcase.timeout or
-                                                 None)
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestCase, self).setUp()
-        self._push_test_case()
-        self._setup_capture_log()
-        self._setup_testcase_timeout()
-
-    def _setup_capture_log(self):
-        if self._capture_log:
-            self.useFixture(_logging.CaptureLogFixture(
-                test_case_id=self.id(),
-                level=self._capture_log_level,
-                logger=self._capture_log_logger))
-
-    def _setup_testcase_timeout(self):
-        timeout = self._testcase_timeout
-        if timeout is not None:
-            self.useFixture(_itimer.itimer(
-                delay=timeout,
-                on_timeout=self._on_testcase_timeout))
-
-    def _on_testcase_timeout(self, _signal_number, frame):
-        stack = traceback.extract_stack(frame)
-        for test_method_index, summary in enumerate(stack):
-            if self._testMethodName == summary.name:
-                stack = stack[test_method_index:]
-                break
-
-        formatted_stack = ''.join(traceback.format_list(stack))
-        timeout = self._testcase_timeout
-        raise TestCaseTimeoutError(testcase_id=self.id(), timeout=timeout,
-                                   stack=formatted_stack)
-
-    def _push_test_case(self):
-        push_test_case(self)
-        self.addCleanup(self._pop_test_case)
-
-    def _pop_test_case(self):
-        self.assertIs(self, pop_test_case())
-
-
 class TestCasesManager(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self._test_cases: typing.List[TestCase] = []
+        self._test_cases: typing.List[testtools.TestCase] = []
 
-    def get_test_case(self) -> TestCase:
+    def get_test_case(self) -> testtools.TestCase:
         try:
             return self._test_cases[-1]
         except IndexError:
             return DUMMY_TEST_CASE
 
-    def pop_test_case(self) -> TestCase:
+    def pop_test_case(self) -> testtools.TestCase:
         return self._test_cases.pop()
 
-    def push_test_case(self, test_case: TestCase):
-        _exception.check_valid_type(test_case, TestCase)
+    def push_test_case(self, test_case: testtools.TestCase):
+        _exception.check_valid_type(test_case, testtools.TestCase)
         self._test_cases.append(test_case)
 
 
@@ -231,7 +161,7 @@ def get_test_case(manager: TestCasesManager = TEST_CASES) -> \
     return manager.get_test_case()
 
 
-class DummyTestCase(TestCase):
+class DummyTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def runTest(self):
         pass
diff --git a/tobiko/config.py b/tobiko/config.py
index a120b13f0..f28fa28d5 100644
--- a/tobiko/config.py
+++ b/tobiko/config.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import typing  # noqa
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log
-import testtools
-from testtools import monkey
 
 import tobiko
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ LOGGING_CONF_GROUP_NAME = "logging"
 LOGGING_OPTIONS = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('capture_log',
                 default=True,
-                help="Whenever to capture LOG during test case excecution"),
+                help="Whenever to capture LOG during test case execution"),
 ]
 
 HTTP_CONF_GROUP_NAME = "http"
@@ -245,7 +243,6 @@ def setup_tobiko_config(conf):
         warnings_logger.logger.setLevel(log.ERROR)
 
     tobiko.setup_fixture(HttpProxyFixture)
-    monkey.patch(testtools, 'TestCase', tobiko.BaseTestCase)
 
     for module_name in CONFIG_MODULES:
         module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/conftest.py b/tobiko/tests/conftest.py
index 15df3e00a..25e7ce0d7 100644
--- a/tobiko/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tobiko/tests/conftest.py
@@ -16,10 +16,71 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from oslo_log import log
 from py.xml import html  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
 import pytest
 
 
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@pytest.hookimpl
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    configure_caplog(config)
+    configure_timeout(config)
+
+
+def configure_caplog(config):
+    import tobiko
+    tobiko_config = tobiko.tobiko_config()
+
+    if tobiko_config.logging.capture_log is True:
+        if tobiko_config.debug:
+            default = 'DEBUG'
+        else:
+            default = 'INFO'
+    else:
+        default = 'FATAL'
+    for key in ['log_level',
+                'log_file_level',
+                'log_cli_level']:
+        set_default_inicfg(config, key, default)
+
+    default = tobiko_config.logging_default_format_string
+    if default:
+        # instance and color are not supported by pytest
+        default = default.replace('%(instance)s', '')
+        default = default.replace('%(color)s', '')
+        if default:
+            for key in ['log_format',
+                        'log_file_format',
+                        'log_cli_format']:
+                set_default_inicfg(config, key, default)
+
+    default = tobiko_config.log_date_format
+    if default:
+        for key in ['log_date_format',
+                    'log_file_date_format',
+                    'log_cli_date_format']:
+            set_default_inicfg(config, key, default)
+
+
+def set_default_inicfg(config, key, default):
+    value = config.inicfg.setdefault(key, default)
+    if value != default:
+        LOG.debug(f"Set default inicfg: {key} = {value}")
+    else:
+        LOG.debug(f"Keep existing inicfg: {key} = {value}")
+
+
+def configure_timeout(config):
+    import tobiko
+    tobiko_config = tobiko.tobiko_config()
+    default = tobiko_config.testcase.timeout
+    if default is not None and default > 0.:
+        set_default_inicfg(config, 'timeout', default)
+
+
 def pytest_html_results_table_header(cells):
     cells.insert(2, html.th("Description"))
     cells.insert(1, html.th("Time", class_="sortable time", col="time"))
@@ -37,3 +98,14 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     outcome = yield
     report = outcome.get_result()
     report.description = str(item.function.__doc__)
+
+
+@pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
+def pytest_runtest_call(item):
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    import tobiko
+    tobiko.push_test_case(item._testcase)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        tobiko.pop_test_case()
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/functional/test_testcase.py b/tobiko/tests/functional/test_testcase.py
deleted file mode 100644
index efaf5a181..000000000
--- a/tobiko/tests/functional/test_testcase.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-import time
-
-import testtools
-
-
-class TestCaseTest(testtools.TestCase):
-
-    def test_with_timeout(self):
-
-        class MyTest(testtools.TestCase):
-
-            _testcase_timeout = 1.
-
-            def test_busy(self):
-                while True:
-                    time.sleep(0.)
-
-        test_case = MyTest('test_busy')
-        test_result = testtools.TestResult()
-        test_case.run(test_result)
-
-        reported_test_case, reported_error = test_result.errors[-1]
-        self.assertIs(test_case, reported_test_case)
-        self.assertIn('TestCaseTimeoutError', reported_error)
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/unit/test_conftest.py b/tobiko/tests/unit/test_conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5637cec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tobiko/tests/unit/test_conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Red Hat
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from oslo_log import log
+import mock
+
+import tobiko
+from tobiko.tests import unit
+from tobiko.tests import conftest
+
+
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CaplogTest(unit.TobikoUnitTest):
+
+    def test_configure_caplog(self):
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={
+            'log_level': '<existing>',
+            'log_format': '<existing>',
+            'log_date_format': '<existing>'})
+        conftest.configure_caplog(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('<existing>', pytest_config.inicfg['log_level'])
+        self.assertEqual('<existing>', pytest_config.inicfg['log_format'])
+        self.assertEqual('<existing>', pytest_config.inicfg['log_date_format'])
+
+    def test_configure_caplog_debug(self):
+        self.patch_caplog_config(capture_log=True, debug=True)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_caplog(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('DEBUG', pytest_config.inicfg['log_level'])
+
+    def test_configure_caplog_info(self):
+        self.patch_caplog_config(capture_log=True, debug=False)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_caplog(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('INFO', pytest_config.inicfg['log_level'])
+
+    def test_configure_caplog_fatal(self):
+        self.patch_caplog_config(capture_log=False)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_caplog(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('FATAL', pytest_config.inicfg['log_level'])
+
+    def test_configure_caplog_log_format(self):
+        self.patch_caplog_config(log_format='<some-format>')
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_caplog(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('<some-format>', pytest_config.inicfg['log_format'])
+
+    def test_configure_caplog_log_date_format(self):
+        self.patch_caplog_config(log_date_format='<some-format>')
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_caplog(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('<some-format>',
+                         pytest_config.inicfg['log_date_format'])
+
+    def patch_caplog_config(self, capture_log=False, debug=False,
+                            log_format=None, log_date_format=None):
+        tobiko_config = self.patch(tobiko, 'tobiko_config').return_value
+        tobiko_config.logging.capture_log = capture_log
+        tobiko_config.debug = debug
+        tobiko_config.logging_default_format_string = log_format
+        tobiko_config.log_date_format = log_date_format
+
+
+class TimeoutTest(unit.TobikoUnitTest):
+
+    def test_configure_timeout_existing(self):
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={'timeout': '<existing>'})
+        conftest.configure_timeout(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual('<existing>', pytest_config.inicfg['timeout'])
+
+    def test_configure_timeout_none(self):
+        self.patch_timeout_config(timeout=None)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_timeout(pytest_config)
+        self.assertNotIn('timeout', pytest_config.inicfg)
+
+    def test_configure_timeout_zero(self):
+        self.patch_timeout_config(timeout=0.)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_timeout(pytest_config)
+        self.assertNotIn('timeout', pytest_config.inicfg)
+
+    def test_configure_timeout_negative(self):
+        self.patch_timeout_config(timeout=-1.)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_timeout(pytest_config)
+        self.assertNotIn('timeout', pytest_config.inicfg)
+
+    def test_configure_timeout_positive(self):
+        self.patch_timeout_config(timeout=10.)
+        pytest_config = mock.MagicMock(inicfg={})
+        conftest.configure_timeout(pytest_config)
+        self.assertEqual(10., pytest_config.inicfg['timeout'])
+
+    def patch_timeout_config(self, timeout):
+        tobiko_config = self.patch(tobiko, 'tobiko_config').return_value
+        tobiko_config.testcase.timeout = timeout
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/unit/test_testcase.py b/tobiko/tests/unit/test_testcase.py
index 70a50a3a0..421d56f3c 100644
--- a/tobiko/tests/unit/test_testcase.py
+++ b/tobiko/tests/unit/test_testcase.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestCaseTest(unit.TobikoUnitTest):
     def test_get_test_case_out_of_context(self):
         manager = tobiko.TestCasesManager()
         result = tobiko.get_test_case(manager=manager)
-        self.assertIsInstance(result, tobiko.BaseTestCase)
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, testtools.TestCase)
         self.assertEqual('tobiko.common._testcase.DummyTestCase.runTest',
                          result.id())
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests.py
index 456c6998b..734df9225 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests.py
@@ -137,12 +137,6 @@ def log_environ():
                    capture_stdout=False)
 
 
-def debug_test_cases():
-    common.execute_python('-m testtools.run {posargs}',
-                          posargs=common.get_posargs(),
-                          capture_stdout=False)
-
-
 def run_test_cases():
     xdist_options = ''
     if TOX_NUM_PROCESSES != '1':
@@ -153,7 +147,9 @@ def run_test_cases():
     common.execute(f"pytest "
                    f"{xdist_options} "
                    f"{rerun_options} "
+                   f"--log-file={TOX_REPORT_LOG} "
                    f"--junitxml={TOX_REPORT_XML} "
+                   f"--junit-prefix={TOX_REPORT_NAME} "
                    f"--html={TOX_REPORT_HTML} --self-contained-html "
                    f"{common.get_posargs()}",
                    capture_stdout=False)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6d3ee993c..0c1242057 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ passenv =
     OS_*
     TOBIKO_*
     TOX_*
+    PYTEST_*
 setenv =
     OS_LOG_CAPTURE = {env:OS_LOG_CAPTURE:true}
     OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE = {env:OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE:true}
     OS_STDERR_CAPTURE = {env:OS_STDERR_CAPTURE:true}
     OS_TEST_PATH = {toxinidir}/tobiko/tests/unit
     PS1 = [tobiko@{envname}] {env:PS1:}
+    PYTEST_TIMEOUT = {env:PYTEST_TIMEOUT:300}
     PYTHONWARNINGS = ignore::Warning,{env:PYTHONWARNINGS:}
     RUN_TESTS_EXTRA_ARGS = {env:OS_TEST_PATH}
     TOBIKO_PREVENT_CREATE = {env:TOBIKO_PREVENT_CREATE:false}
@@ -140,7 +142,9 @@ envdir = {[testenv:py3]envdir}
 passenv =
     {[testenv]passenv}
     *_proxy
-setenv = {[testenv]setenv}
+setenv =
+    {[testenv]setenv}
+    PYTEST_TIMEOUT = 1200
 
 
 [testenv:venv]
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@ setenv =
     {[integration]setenv}
     OS_TEST_PATH = {toxinidir}/tobiko/tests/faults
     TOX_NUM_PROCESSES = 1
+    PYTEST_TIMEOUT = 3600
 
 
 [testenv:instanceha]
@@ -221,6 +226,7 @@ setenv =
     {[integration]setenv}
     OS_TEST_PATH = {toxinidir}/tobiko/tests/faults/iha
     TOX_NUM_PROCESSES = 1
+    PYTEST_TIMEOUT = 3600
 
 
 # --- CI workflow test environments -------------------------------------------