diff --git a/testing/test_collection.py b/testing/test_collection.py
index d384ae97b..fe260c6af 100644
--- a/testing/test_collection.py
+++ b/testing/test_collection.py
@@ -1789,26 +1789,6 @@ def test_collect_short_file_windows(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
     assert result.parseoutcomes() == {"passed": 1}
 
 
-def test_not_collect_symlink_syblings(
-    pytester: Pytester, tmp_path: Path, request: pytest.FixtureRequest
-) -> None:
-    """
-    Do not collect from directories that are symlinks to other directories in the same path.
-
-    The check for short paths under Windows via os.path.samefile, introduced in #11936, also finds the symlinked
-    directory created by tmp_path/tmpdir.
-
-    #12039
-    """
-    # Use tmp_path because it creates a symlink with the name "current" next to the directory it creates.
-    assert tmp_path.parent.joinpath(f"{request.node.name}current").is_symlink() is True
-
-    tmp_path.joinpath("test_foo.py").write_text("def test(): pass", encoding="UTF-8")
-
-    result = pytester.runpytest_subprocess(tmp_path, "-sv")
-    result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)
-
-
 def test_pyargs_collection_tree(pytester: Pytester, monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     """When using `--pyargs`, the collection tree of a pyargs collection
     argument should only include parents in the import path, not up to confcutdir.
@@ -1854,10 +1834,19 @@ def test_pyargs_collection_tree(pytester: Pytester, monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) ->
     )
 
 
-def test_collect_symlinks(pytester: Pytester, tmpdir) -> None:
-    """Regression test for #12039: Tests collected multiple times under Windows."""
-    test_file = Path(tmpdir) / "symlink_collection_test.py"
-    test_file.write_text("def test(): pass", encoding="UTF-8")
-    result = pytester.runpytest(tmpdir)
-    # this failed in CI only (GitHub actions)
-    assert result.parseoutcomes() == {"passed": 1}
+def test_do_not_collect_symlink_syblings(
+    pytester: Pytester, tmp_path: Path, request: pytest.FixtureRequest
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Regression test for #12039: Do not collect from directories that are symlinks to other directories in the same path.
+
+    The check for short paths under Windows via os.path.samefile, introduced in #11936, also finds the symlinked
+    directory created by tmp_path/tmpdir.
+    """
+    # Use tmp_path because it creates a symlink with the name "current" next to the directory it creates.
+    assert tmp_path.parent.joinpath(f"{request.node.name}current").is_symlink() is True
+
+    tmp_path.joinpath("test_foo.py").write_text("def test(): pass", encoding="UTF-8")
+
+    result = pytester.runpytest_subprocess(tmp_path, "-sv")
+    result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)