diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa524e2d62..4406165433 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,3 +54,12 @@ include = ["esphome*"]
 [tool.black]
 target-version = ["py39", "py310"]
 exclude = 'generated'
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = [
+  "tests",
+]
+addopts = [
+  "--cov=esphome",
+  "--cov-branch",
+]
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index a91a2ea200..0000000000
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-addopts =
-    --cov=esphome
-    --cov-branch