diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
index e285692f47..207ab36034 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-python3 = "\
     python3-pytest-helpers-namespace \
     python3-pytest-html \
     python3-pytest-metadata \
-    python3-pytest-runner \
     python3-pytest-tempdir \
     python3-pytest-timeout \
     python3-pytest-xdist \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_5.3.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_5.3.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index fed2d91140..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_5.3.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Invoke py.test as distutils command with dependency resolution"
-LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=7a7126e068206290f3fe9f8d6c713ea6"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0fce5b8dc68760f353979d99fdd6b3ad46330b6b1837e2077a89ebcf204aac91"
-
-inherit pypi setuptools_build_meta
-
-DEPENDS += " \
-    ${PYTHON_PN}-setuptools-scm-native"
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-py ${PYTHON_PN}-setuptools ${PYTHON_PN}-debugger ${PYTHON_PN}-json \
-                  ${PYTHON_PN}-io"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"