diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index b10a8654dd..0000000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-branch = True
-source = zuul
-omit = tests/*
-
-[report]
-ignore_errors = True
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2978dacaaa..0000000000
--- a/.stestr.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[DEFAULT]
-test_path=tests/unit
-top_dir=./
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e8d028994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=${OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE:-1} OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=${OS_STDERR_CAPTURE:-1} OS_LOG_CAPTURE=${OS_LOG_CAPTURE:-1} OS_LOG_DEFAULTS=${OS_LOG_DEFAULTS:-""} ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ ${OS_TEST_PATH:-./tests/unit} $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/TESTING.rst b/TESTING.rst
index 24da82da9d..289af5c2bc 100644
--- a/TESTING.rst
+++ b/TESTING.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Run The Tests
 *Navigate to the project's root directory and execute*::
 
   tox
-
 Note: completing this command may take a long time (depends on system resources)
 also, you might not see any output until tox is complete.
 
@@ -69,9 +68,9 @@ Tox will run your entire test suite in the environments specified in the project
 To run the test suite in just one of the environments in envlist execute::
 
   tox -e <env>
-so for example, *run the test suite in py35*::
+so for example, *run the test suite in py26*::
 
-  tox -e py35
+  tox -e py26
 
 Run One Test
 ------------
@@ -80,20 +79,20 @@ To run individual tests with tox::
 
   tox -e <env> -- path.to.module.Class.test
 
-For example, to *run a single Zuul test*::
+For example, to *run the basic Zuul test*::
 
-  tox -e py35 -- tests.unit.test_scheduler.TestScheduler.test_jobs_executed
+  tox -e py27 -- tests.unit.test_scheduler.TestScheduler.test_jobs_executed
 
 To *run one test in the foreground* (after previously having run tox
 to set up the virtualenv)::
 
-  .tox/py35/bin/stestr run -t tests.unit.test_scheduler.TestScheduler.test_jobs_executed
+  .tox/py27/bin/python -m testtools.run tests.unit.test_scheduler.TestScheduler.test_jobs_executed
 
 List Failing Tests
 ------------------
 
-  .tox/py35/bin/activate
-  stestr failing --list
+  .tox/py27/bin/activate
+  testr failing --list
 
 Hanging Tests
 -------------
@@ -101,8 +100,8 @@ Hanging Tests
 The following will run each test in turn and print the name of the
 test as it is run::
 
-  . .tox/py35/bin/activate
-  stestr run
+  . .tox/py27/bin/activate
+  testr run --subunit | subunit2pyunit
 
 You can compare the output of that to::
 
@@ -111,4 +110,10 @@ You can compare the output of that to::
 Need More Info?
 ---------------
 
-More information about stestr: http://stestr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+More information about testr: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Testr
+
+More information about nose: https://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
+
+
+More information about testing OpenStack code can be found here:
+https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Testing
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 98880cd778..ae033094d2 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ coverage>=3.6
 sphinx>=1.5.1,<1.6
 sphinxcontrib-blockdiag>=1.1.0
 fixtures>=0.3.14
-stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-subunit
+testrepository>=0.0.17
 testtools>=0.9.32
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 24a78c27a2..4968469903 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,17 +7,13 @@ envlist = pep8,py35
 basepython = python3
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=150
-         OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE={env:OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE:1}
-         OS_STDERR_CAPTURE={env:OS_STDERR_CAPTURE:1}
-         OS_LOG_CAPTURE={env:OS_LOG_CAPTURE:1}
-         OS_LOG_DEFAULTS={env:OS_LOG_DEFAULTS:""}
 passenv = ZUUL_TEST_ROOT OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE OS_STDERR_CAPTURE OS_LOG_CAPTURE OS_LOG_DEFAULTS
 usedevelop = True
 install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-commands = stestr run {posargs}
-           stestr slowest
+commands =
+  python setup.py test --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:bindep]
 # Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
@@ -36,14 +32,8 @@ commands =
   mypy --ignore-missing-imports zuul
 
 [testenv:cover]
-setenv =
-    {[testenv]setenv}
-    PYTHON=coverage run --source zuul --parallel-mode
 commands =
-    stestr run {posargs}
-    coverage combine
-    coverage html -d cover
-    coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml
+  python setup.py test --coverage
 
 [testenv:docs]
 commands =
@@ -53,11 +43,15 @@ commands =
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:nodepool]
-commands = stestr run --concurrency=1 --test-path ./tests/nodepool {posargs}
+setenv =
+   OS_TEST_PATH = ./tests/nodepool
+commands = python setup.py test --slowest --testr-args='--concurrency=1 {posargs}'
 
 [testenv:remote]
-commands = stestr run --concurrency=1 --test-path ./tests/remote {posargs}
+setenv =
+   OS_TEST_PATH = ./tests/remote
 passenv = ZUUL_TEST_ROOT OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE OS_STDERR_CAPTURE OS_LOG_CAPTURE OS_LOG_DEFAULTS ZUUL_REMOTE_IPV4 ZUUL_SSH_KEY NODEPOOL_ZK_HOST
+commands = python setup.py test --slowest --testr-args='--concurrency=1 {posargs}'
 
 [flake8]
 # These are ignored intentionally in openstack-infra projects;