diff --git a/tests/env.py b/tests/env.py
index 1773925918..ccb1fd30b6 100644
--- a/tests/env.py
+++ b/tests/env.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 import sys
 import sysconfig
 
-import pytest
-
 ANDROID = sys.platform.startswith("android")
 LINUX = sys.platform.startswith("linux")
 MACOS = sys.platform.startswith("darwin")
@@ -29,19 +27,3 @@
     or GRAALPY
     or (CPYTHON and PY_GIL_DISABLED and (3, 13) <= sys.version_info < (3, 14))
 )
-
-
-def deprecated_call():
-    """
-    pytest.deprecated_call() seems broken in pytest<3.9.x; concretely, it
-    doesn't work on CPython 3.8.0 with pytest==3.3.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 (#2922).
-
-    This is a narrowed reimplementation of the following PR :(
-    https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/4104
-    """
-    # TODO: Remove this when testing requires pytest>=3.9.
-    pieces = pytest.__version__.split(".")
-    pytest_major_minor = (int(pieces[0]), int(pieces[1]))
-    if pytest_major_minor < (3, 9):
-        return pytest.warns((DeprecationWarning, PendingDeprecationWarning))
-    return pytest.deprecated_call()
diff --git a/tests/test_builtin_casters.py b/tests/test_builtin_casters.py
index ae1b1bd179..23c191cec2 100644
--- a/tests/test_builtin_casters.py
+++ b/tests/test_builtin_casters.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def cant_convert(v):
     # TODO: Avoid DeprecationWarning in `PyLong_AsLong` (and similar)
     # TODO: PyPy 3.8 does not behave like CPython 3.8 here yet (7.3.7)
     if sys.version_info < (3, 10) and env.CPYTHON:
-        with env.deprecated_call():
+        with pytest.deprecated_call():
             assert convert(Int()) == 42
     else:
         assert convert(Int()) == 42
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ def require_implicit(v):
     # TODO: PyPy 3.8 does not behave like CPython 3.8 here yet (7.3.7)
     # https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/3408
     if (3, 8) <= sys.version_info < (3, 10) and env.CPYTHON:
-        with env.deprecated_call():
+        with pytest.deprecated_call():
             assert convert(np.float32(3.14159)) == 3
     else:
         assert convert(np.float32(3.14159)) == 3