Remove deprecated pytest.collect module

Author: bluetech

doc/en/deprecations.rst

@@ -250,21 +250,23 @@ The ``yield_fixture`` function/decorator
 It has been so for a very long time, so can be search/replaced safely.
 
 
+Removed Features
+----------------
+
+As stated in our :ref:`backwards-compatibility` policy, deprecated features are removed only in major releases after
+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.
 
 
-Removed Features
-----------------
-
-As stated in our :ref:`backwards-compatibility` policy, deprecated features are removed only in major releases after
-an appropriate period of deprecation has passed.
-
 
 The ``pytest_warning_captured`` hook
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

src/_pytest/deprecated.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 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 @@
 }
 
 
-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 @@
     "CaptureFixture",
     "Class",
     "cmdline",
-    "collect",
     "Collector",
     "CollectReport",
     "Config",

src/pytest/collect.py

@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@
 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: