diff --git a/doc/en/deprecations.rst b/doc/en/deprecations.rst
index a966e6efc..c748316cb 100644
--- a/doc/en/deprecations.rst
+++ b/doc/en/deprecations.rst
@@ -250,15 +250,6 @@ The ``yield_fixture`` function/decorator
 It has been so for a very long time, so can be search/replaced safely.
 
 
-The ``pytest.collect`` module
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. deprecated:: 6.0
-
-The ``pytest.collect`` module is no longer part of the public API, all its names
-should now be imported from ``pytest`` directly instead.
-
-
 Removed Features
 ----------------
 
@@ -266,6 +257,17 @@ As stated in our :ref:`backwards-compatibility` policy, deprecated features are
 an appropriate period of deprecation has passed.
 
 
+The ``pytest.collect`` module
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. deprecated:: 6.0
+.. versionremoved:: 7.0
+
+The ``pytest.collect`` module is no longer part of the public API, all its names
+should now be imported from ``pytest`` directly instead.
+
+
+
 The ``pytest_warning_captured`` hook
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
index 9094911f9..f68aea37e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ in case of warnings which need to format their messages.
 from warnings import warn
 
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestDeprecationWarning
-from _pytest.warning_types import PytestRemovedIn7Warning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestRemovedIn8Warning
 from _pytest.warning_types import UnformattedWarning
 
@@ -24,12 +23,6 @@ DEPRECATED_EXTERNAL_PLUGINS = {
 }
 
 
-PYTEST_COLLECT_MODULE = UnformattedWarning(
-    PytestRemovedIn7Warning,
-    "pytest.collect.{name} was moved to pytest.{name}\n"
-    "Please update to the new name.",
-)
-
 # This can be* removed pytest 8, but it's harmless and common, so no rush to remove.
 # * If you're in the future: "could have been".
 YIELD_FIXTURE = PytestDeprecationWarning(
diff --git a/src/pytest/__init__.py b/src/pytest/__init__.py
index 26b87c7f5..beb8eba03 100644
--- a/src/pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # PYTHON_ARGCOMPLETE_OK
 """pytest: unit and functional testing with Python."""
-from . import collect
 from _pytest import __version__
 from _pytest import version_tuple
 from _pytest._code import ExceptionInfo
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "CaptureFixture",
     "Class",
     "cmdline",
-    "collect",
     "Collector",
     "CollectReport",
     "Config",
diff --git a/src/pytest/collect.py b/src/pytest/collect.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 71afe5d9c..000000000
--- a/src/pytest/collect.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-import warnings
-from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Any
-from typing import List
-
-import pytest
-from _pytest.deprecated import PYTEST_COLLECT_MODULE
-
-COLLECT_FAKEMODULE_ATTRIBUTES = [
-    "Collector",
-    "Module",
-    "Function",
-    "Session",
-    "Item",
-    "Class",
-    "File",
-]
-
-
-class FakeCollectModule(ModuleType):
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
-        super().__init__("pytest.collect")
-        self.__all__ = list(COLLECT_FAKEMODULE_ATTRIBUTES)
-        self.__pytest = pytest
-
-    def __dir__(self) -> List[str]:
-        return dir(super()) + self.__all__
-
-    def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> Any:
-        if name not in self.__all__:
-            raise AttributeError(name)
-        warnings.warn(PYTEST_COLLECT_MODULE.format(name=name), stacklevel=2)
-        return getattr(pytest, name)
-
-
-sys.modules["pytest.collect"] = FakeCollectModule()
diff --git a/testing/deprecated_test.py b/testing/deprecated_test.py
index 54a551900..c316b074c 100644
--- a/testing/deprecated_test.py
+++ b/testing/deprecated_test.py
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ from _pytest.pytester import Pytester
 from pytest import PytestDeprecationWarning
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("attribute", pytest.collect.__all__)  # type: ignore
-# false positive due to dynamic attribute
-def test_pytest_collect_module_deprecated(attribute) -> None:
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match=attribute):
-        getattr(pytest.collect, attribute)
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("plugin", sorted(deprecated.DEPRECATED_EXTERNAL_PLUGINS))
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("default")
 def test_external_plugins_integrated(pytester: Pytester, plugin) -> None: