diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ebe1dac3..897b18d0 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ coverage>=4.2
 cython>=0.25.1
 flake8>=3.0.4
 importlib-metadata;python_version<"3.8"
-path.py>=11.5.0
 pytest>=6.0.0
 pytest-cov>=2.7.1
 pytest-mock>=1.10.4
diff --git a/tests/test_distribution.py b/tests/test_distribution.py
index 8fcc06cc..3c02a0e7 100644
--- a/tests/test_distribution.py
+++ b/tests/test_distribution.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-from path import Path
 
 from . import initialize_git_repo_and_commit, prepare_project
 
-DIST_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../dist"))
+DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+DIST_DIR = DIR.parent / "dist"
 
 # Test if package can be imported to allow testing on
 # conda-forge where ``pytest-virtualenv`` is not available.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 def test_source_distribution(virtualenv):
-    sdists = Path(DIST_DIR).files(match="*.tar.gz") if Path(DIST_DIR).exists() else []
+    sdists = DIST_DIR.glob("*.tar.gz") if DIST_DIR.exists() else []
     if not sdists:
         pytest.skip("no source distribution available")
     assert len(sdists) == 1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_source_distribution(virtualenv):
 
 
 def test_wheel(virtualenv):
-    wheels = Path(DIST_DIR).files(match="*.whl") if Path(DIST_DIR).exists() else []
+    wheels = DIST_DIR.glob("*.whl") if DIST_DIR.exists() else []
     if not wheels:
         pytest.skip("no wheel available")
     assert len(wheels) == 1