diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index ea42f32b1d..9f3349a70b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'numba_dpex/**'
       - environment/coverage.yml
+      - pyproject.toml
 
 jobs:
   main:
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
         run: |
-          pytest -q -ra --disable-warnings --cov --cov-report term-missing --pyargs numba_dpex -vv
+          pytest  -q --cov --cov-report term-missing --pyargs numba_dpex
 
       - name: Install coveralls
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7cd918c47b..10d25af87c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ exclude_lines = [
 VCS = "git"
 style = "pep440"
 versionfile_source = "numba_dpex/_version.py"
+versionfile_build = "numba_dpex/_version.py"
 parentdir_prefix = ""
 
 [tool.pylint]
@@ -60,3 +61,19 @@ requires = [
     "versioneer-518"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+minversion = "6.0"
+norecursedirs= [
+    ".*", "*.egg*", "build", "dist", "conda-recipe",
+]
+xfail_strict = true
+addopts = [
+    "--disable-warnings",
+    "--strict",
+    "--durations=20",
+    "-ra -vv",
+]
+testpaths = [
+    "numba_dpex/tests"
+]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 80fe26dddc..0000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-
-# See the docstring in versioneer.py for instructions. Note that you must
-# re-run 'versioneer.py setup' after changing this section, and commit the
-# resulting files.
-
-[versioneer]
-VCS = git
-style = pep440
-versionfile_source = numba_dpex/_version.py
-versionfile_build = numba_dpex/_version.py
-tag_prefix =
-#parentdir_prefix =
-
-[tool:pytest]
-xfail_strict=true
-addopts =
-  --cov
-  --cov-report term
-  ; --cov-report xml
-  ; --cov-report html
-  ; --cov-context test
-  ; --cov-append