Remove deprecated pytest.collect module

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()