diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 69f34b1ad..0c3df92b1 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
-import pkg_resources
-
 try:
     from pytest_astropy_header.display import PYTEST_HEADER_MODULES, TESTED_VERSIONS
     ASTROPY_HEADER = True
 except ImportError:
     ASTROPY_HEADER = False
 
-entry_points = []
-for entry_point in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('pytest11'):
-    entry_points.append(entry_point.name)
-
-if "asdf_schema_tester" not in entry_points:
-    pytest_plugins = ['asdf.tests.schema_tester']
-
 
 # Repeat this from specutils/conftest.py so tox picks it up.
 def pytest_configure(config):