diff --git a/poky/bitbake/README b/poky/bitbake/README
index a5f5c1b..78610e6 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/README
+++ b/poky/bitbake/README
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 recommended before submitting patches, particularly to the fetcher and datastore. We also
 appreciate new test cases and may require them for more obscure issues.
 
-To run the tests "zstd" and "git" must be installed. Git must be correctly configured, in
-particular the user.email and user.name values must be set.
+To run the tests "zstd" and "git" must be installed.
 
 The assumption is made that this testsuite is run from an initialized OpenEmbedded build
 environment (i.e. `source oe-init-build-env` is used). If this is not the case, run the
@@ -54,3 +53,8 @@
 
     export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
     bin/bitbake-selftest
+
+The testsuite can alternatively be executed using pytest, e.g. obtained from PyPI (in this
+case, the PATH is configured automatically):
+
+    pytest