diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b572def35..52deab734 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ license_file = LICENSE
 minversion = 3.0
 testpaths = 
 	Tests
-	fontTools
 python_files = 
 	*_test.py
 python_classes = 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index adf6009a5..2e8d9ee0f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ extras =
     !nolxml: lxml
 commands =
     # test with or without coverage, passing extra positonal args to pytest
-    cov: coverage run --parallel-mode -m pytest {posargs}
-    !cov: pytest {posargs}
+    cov: coverage run --parallel-mode -m pytest {posargs:Tests fontTools}
+    !cov: pytest {posargs:Tests fontTools}
 
 [testenv:htmlcov]
 deps =