diff --git a/test/python/Project.toml b/test/python/Project.toml
index 121f414718..1097d98286 100644
--- a/test/python/Project.toml
+++ b/test/python/Project.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 [deps]
 DifferentialEquations = "0c46a032-eb83-5123-abaf-570d42b7fbaa"
 OrdinaryDiffEq = "1dea7af3-3e70-54e6-95c3-0bf5283fa5ed"
-PyCall = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
 PythonCall = "6099a3de-0909-46bc-b1f4-468b9a2dfc0d"
 SciMLBase = "0bca4576-84f4-4d90-8ffe-ffa030f20462"
 
 [compat]
 DifferentialEquations = "7.11"
 OrdinaryDiffEq = "6.33"
-PyCall = "1.96"
 PythonCall = "0.9.14"
 SciMLBase = "2"
diff --git a/test/python/pycall.jl b/test/python/pycall.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index c3570ce97a..0000000000
--- a/test/python/pycall.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-using PyCall, SciMLBase, OrdinaryDiffEq
-
-py""" # This is a mess because normal site-packages is not writeable in CI
-import subprocess, sys, site
-subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--user', 'julia'])
-subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--user', 'diffeqpy'])
-sys.path.append(site.getusersitepackages())
-"""
-
-@testset "numargs" begin
-    py"""
-    def three_arg(a, b, c):
-        return a + b + c
-
-    def four_arg(a, b, c, d):
-        return a + b + c + d
-
-    class MyClass:
-        def three_arg_method(self, a, b, c):
-            return a + b + c
-
-        def four_arg_method(self, a, b, c, d):
-            return a + b + c + d
-    """
-
-    @test SciMLBase.numargs(py"three_arg") === 3
-    @test SciMLBase.numargs(py"four_arg") === 4
-    x = py"MyClass()"
-    @test SciMLBase.numargs(x.three_arg_method) === 3
-    @test SciMLBase.numargs(x.four_arg_method) === 4
-end
-
-@testset "solution handling" begin
-    py"""
-    from julia import OrdinaryDiffEq as ode
-
-    def f(u,p,t):
-        return -u
-
-    u0 = 0.5
-    tspan = (0., 1.)
-    prob = ode.ODEProblem(f, u0, tspan)
-    sol = ode.solve(prob, ode.Tsit5())
-    """
-    @test py"sol" isa ODESolution
-end
diff --git a/test/python/pythoncall.jl b/test/python/pythoncall.jl
index 0d6ba72262..27693dd011 100644
--- a/test/python/pythoncall.jl
+++ b/test/python/pythoncall.jl
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-# PyCall and PythonCall must use the same Python interpreter. This environment variable
-# tells PythonCall to use the same Python interpreter as PyCall. See
-# https://github.com/JuliaPy/PythonCall.jl/blob/5f56a9b96b867a9f6742ab1d1e2361abd844e19f/docs/src/pycall.md#tips
-ENV["JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE"] = "@PyCall"
-
 using DifferentialEquations, PythonCall
 
+pyexec(
+    """ # This is a mess because normal site-packages is not writeable in CI
+import subprocess, sys, site
+subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--user', 'julia'])
+subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--user', 'diffeqpy'])
+sys.path.append(site.getusersitepackages())
+""", @__MODULE__)
+
 @testset "Use of DifferentialEquations through PythonCall with user code written in Python" begin
     pyexec("""
     from juliacall import Main
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 985a71c648..b4e519d0f2 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ end
 
     if !is_APPVEYOR && GROUP == "Python"
         activate_python_env()
-        @time @safetestset "PyCall" begin
-            include("python/pycall.jl")
-        end
         @time @safetestset "PythonCall" begin
             include("python/pythoncall.jl")
         end