diff --git a/boule/__init__.py b/boule/__init__.py
index cbdd2abb..6f8ebd55 100644
--- a/boule/__init__.py
+++ b/boule/__init__.py
@@ -12,40 +12,3 @@
 from .triaxialellipsoid import TriaxialEllipsoid
 
 ELLIPSOIDS = [WGS84, GRS80, MARS, VENUS, MOON, MERCURY]
-
-
-def test(doctest=True, verbose=True):
-    """
-    Run the test suite.
-
-    Uses `py.test <http://pytest.org/>`__ to discover and run the tests.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-
-    doctest : bool
-        If ``True``, will run the doctests as well (code examples that start
-        with a ``>>>`` in the docs).
-    verbose : bool
-        If ``True``, will print extra information during the test run.
-
-    Raises
-    ------
-
-    AssertionError
-        If pytest returns a non-zero error code indicating that some tests have
-        failed.
-
-    """
-    import pytest
-
-    package = __name__
-    args = []
-    if verbose:
-        args.append("-vv")
-    if doctest:
-        args.append("--doctest-modules")
-    args.append("--pyargs")
-    args.append(package)
-    status = pytest.main(args)
-    assert status == 0, "Some tests have failed."
diff --git a/doc/api/index.rst b/doc/api/index.rst
index 4079a446..f6c8b277 100644
--- a/doc/api/index.rst
+++ b/doc/api/index.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,3 @@ Reference Ellipsoid
 All ellipsoids are instances of these classes. See the class reference
 documentation for a list their derived physical properties (attributes) and
 computations/transformations that they can perform (methods).
-
-Utilities
----------
-
-.. autosummary::
-   :toctree: generated/
-
-    test