diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index a01ddc2f6bd8de..f2fd482be9947f 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -7,24 +7,16 @@
 from openpilot.system.manager import manager
 from openpilot.system.hardware import TICI, HARDWARE
 
-# TODO: pytest-cpp doesn't support FAIL, and we need to create test translations in sessionstart
-# pending https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cpp/pull/147
+# these are heavy CI-only tests, invoked explicitly in .github/workflows/tests.yaml
 collect_ignore = [
   "selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_processes.py",
   "selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_regen.py",
 ]
 collect_ignore_glob = [
   "selfdrive/debug/*.py",
-  "selfdrive/modeld/*.py",
 ]
 
 
-def pytest_sessionstart(session):
-  # TODO: fix tests and enable test order randomization
-  if session.config.pluginmanager.hasplugin('randomly'):
-    session.config.option.randomly_reorganize = False
-
-
 @pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True, trylast=True)
 def pytest_runtest_call(item):
   # ensure we run as a hook after capturemanager's
@@ -96,15 +88,3 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
       class_property_name = item.get_closest_marker('xdist_group_class_property').args[0]
       class_property_value = getattr(item.cls, class_property_name)
       item.add_marker(pytest.mark.xdist_group(class_property_value))
-
-
-@pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True)
-def pytest_configure(config):
-  config_line = "xdist_group_class_property: group tests by a property of the class that contains them"
-  config.addinivalue_line("markers", config_line)
-
-  config_line = "nocapture: don't capture test output"
-  config.addinivalue_line("markers", config_line)
-
-  config_line = "shared_download_cache: share download cache between tests"
-  config.addinivalue_line("markers", config_line)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75240aa05c5076..c7358b0585f983 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
 markers = [
   "slow: tests that take awhile to run and can be skipped with -m 'not slow'",
   "tici: tests that are only meant to run on the C3/C3X",
-  "skip_tici_setup: mark test to skip tici setup fixture"
+  "skip_tici_setup: mark test to skip tici setup fixture",
+  "nocapture: don't capture test output",
+  "shared_download_cache: share download cache between tests",
+  "xdist_group_class_property: group tests by a property of the class that contains them",
 ]
 testpaths = [
   "common",