diff --git a/changelog/10991.improvement.rst b/changelog/10991.improvement.rst
index 40ae9eda4..768c08e55 100644
--- a/changelog/10991.improvement.rst
+++ b/changelog/10991.improvement.rst
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 Added handling of ``%f`` directive to print microseconds in log format options, such as ``log-date-format``.
-Added helper :class:`pytest.logging.DatetimeFormatter <_pytest.logging.DatetimeFormatter>` which overrides :class:`logging.Formatter` behaviour to print log records with a microsecond-aware function :func:`datetime.strftime` instead of :func:`time.strftime`.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/logging.py b/src/_pytest/logging.py
index 4c5c53a14..421e5cebc 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/logging.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/logging.py
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ class DatetimeFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     :func:`time.strftime` in case of microseconds in format string.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def formatTime(self, record: LogRecord, datefmt=None) -> str:
         if datefmt and "%f" in datefmt: