diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b3705974a..35345b8c1f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ test_xtts:
 
 test_aux:	## run aux tests.
 	coverage run -m pytest -x -v --durations=0 tests/aux_tests
-	./run_bash_tests.sh
 
 test_zoo:	## run zoo tests.
 	coverage run -m pytest -x -v --durations=0 tests/zoo_tests/test_models.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba28618d0a..20f15cde9c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ exclude = [
     "/.readthedocs.yml",
     "/Makefile",
     "/dockerfiles",
-    "/run_bash_tests.sh",
     "/scripts",
     "/tests",
 ]
diff --git a/run_bash_tests.sh b/run_bash_tests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5f6cd43f68..0000000000
--- a/run_bash_tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-set -e
-TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=3
-
-# runtime bash based tests
-# TODO: move these to python
-./tests/bash_tests/test_demo_server.sh
diff --git a/tests/aux_tests/test_server.py b/tests/aux_tests/test_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b691f9596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/aux_tests/test_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import os
+import signal
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import time
+import wave
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+
+PORT = 5003
+
+
+def wait_for_server(host, port, timeout=30):
+    start_time = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start_time < timeout:
+        try:
+            with socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=2):
+                return True
+        except (OSError, ConnectionRefusedError):
+            time.sleep(1)
+    raise TimeoutError(f"Server at {host}:{port} did not start within {timeout} seconds.")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def start_flask_server():
+    server_process = subprocess.Popen(
+        ["python", "-m", "TTS.server.server", "--port", str(PORT)],
+    )
+    wait_for_server("localhost", PORT)
+    yield
+    os.kill(server_process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+    server_process.wait()
+
+
+def test_flask_server(tmp_path):
+    url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/api/tts?text=synthesis%20schmynthesis"
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    assert response.status_code == 200, f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}"
+
+    wav_path = tmp_path / "output.wav"
+    with wav_path.open("wb") as f:
+        f.write(response.content)
+
+    with wave.open(str(wav_path), "rb") as wav_file:
+        num_frames = wav_file.getnframes()
+        assert num_frames > 0, "WAV file contains no frames."
diff --git a/tests/bash_tests/test_demo_server.sh b/tests/bash_tests/test_demo_server.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ebd0bc8b89..0000000000
--- a/tests/bash_tests/test_demo_server.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -xe
-
-python -m TTS.server.server &
-SERVER_PID=$!
-
-echo 'Waiting for server...'
-sleep 30
-
-curl -o /tmp/audio.wav "http://localhost:5002/api/tts?text=synthesis%20schmynthesis"
-python -c 'import sys; import wave; print(wave.open(sys.argv[1]).getnframes())' /tmp/audio.wav
-
-kill $SERVER_PID
-
-rm /tmp/audio.wav