Remove deprecated `pytest.collect` module

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
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

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(

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",

src/pytest/collect.py

@@ -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()

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: