diff --git a/kallithea/tests/conftest.py b/kallithea/tests/conftest.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 import time
 
 import formencode
-import pkg_resources
 import pytest
 from paste.deploy import loadwsgi
 from pytest_localserver.http import WSGIServer
@@ -27,10 +25,6 @@ def pytest_configure():
     if not kallithea.is_windows:
         time.tzset() # only available on Unix
 
-    path = os.getcwd()
-    sys.path.insert(0, path)
-    pkg_resources.working_set.add_entry(path)
-
     # Disable INFO logging of test database creation, restore with NOTSET
     logging.disable(logging.INFO)