diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f4d9e8a6b51..edaea21120a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 license_file = LICENSE.txt
 
 [tool:pytest]
-minversion = 3.6
+# minversion = 3.6
 testpaths = statsmodels
 addopts = --strict
 # Filter warnings generated by dependencies