diff --git a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
index 58ffee1ae..fff7af2f9 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ in case of warnings which need to format their messages.
 """
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestDeprecationWarning
 
-YIELD_TESTS = "yield tests were removed in pytest 4.0 - {name} will be ignored"
-
 # set of plugins which have been integrated into the core; we use this list to ignore
 # them during registration to avoid conflicts
 DEPRECATED_EXTERNAL_PLUGINS = {
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python.py b/src/_pytest/python.py
index 66d853060..801a16a5c 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from textwrap import dedent
 import py
 
 import _pytest
-from _pytest import deprecated
 from _pytest import fixtures
 from _pytest import nodes
 from _pytest._code import filter_traceback
@@ -218,7 +217,9 @@ def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(collector, name, obj):
         elif getattr(obj, "__test__", True):
             if is_generator(obj):
                 res = Function(name, parent=collector)
-                reason = deprecated.YIELD_TESTS.format(name=name)
+                reason = "yield tests were removed in pytest 4.0 - {name} will be ignored".format(
+                    name=name
+                )
                 res.add_marker(MARK_GEN.xfail(run=False, reason=reason))
                 res.warn(PytestCollectionWarning(reason))
             else: