diff --git a/test/asynchronous/conftest.py b/test/asynchronous/conftest.py
index a27a9f213d..afbd532a67 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/conftest.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/conftest.py
@@ -5,21 +5,15 @@
 from test import pytest_conf
 from test.asynchronous import async_setup, async_teardown
 
-import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
 
 _IS_SYNC = False
 
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def event_loop_policy():
-    # The default asyncio loop implementation on Windows
-    # has issues with sharing sockets across loops (https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122240)
-    # We explicitly use a different loop implementation here to prevent that issue
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        return asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-
-    return asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
+# The default asyncio loop implementation on Windows has issues with sharing
+# sockets across loops (https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122240).
+# We explicitly use a different loop implementation here to prevent that issue
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="package", autouse=True)
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 91fad28d0a..eb12d9f928 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -8,16 +8,11 @@
 
 _IS_SYNC = True
 
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def event_loop_policy():
-    # The default asyncio loop implementation on Windows
-    # has issues with sharing sockets across loops (https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122240)
-    # We explicitly use a different loop implementation here to prevent that issue
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        return asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-
-    return asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
+# The default asyncio loop implementation on Windows has issues with sharing
+# sockets across loops (https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122240).
+# We explicitly use a different loop implementation here to prevent that issue
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="package", autouse=True)