1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 8d33fa024..8b526f982 100755
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #        Tristan Maat <tristan.maat@codethink.co.uk>
 #
 import os
-import multiprocessing
 
 import pkg_resources
 import pytest
@@ -144,16 +143,3 @@ def set_xdg_paths(pytestconfig):
             value = os.path.join(pytestconfig.getoption("basetemp"), default)
 
         os.environ[env_var] = value
-
-
-def pytest_configure(config):
-    # If we need to set_start_method() then we need to do it as early as
-    # possible. Note that some tests implicitly set the start method by using
-    # multiprocessing. If we wait for bst to do it, it will already be too
-    # late.
-    if "BST_FORCE_START_METHOD" in os.environ:
-        start_method = os.environ["BST_FORCE_START_METHOD"]
-        multiprocessing.set_start_method(start_method)
-        print(
-            "Multiprocessing method set to:", start_method,
-        )