diff --git a/src/_pytest/capture.py b/src/_pytest/capture.py
index bd0fb87f0..4bf979efc 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/capture.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/capture.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ from tempfile import TemporaryFile
 
 import six
 import pytest
-from _pytest.compat import CaptureIO
-
+from _pytest.compat import CaptureIO, dummy_context_manager
 
 patchsysdict = {0: "stdin", 1: "stdout", 2: "stderr"}
 
@@ -122,16 +121,12 @@ class CaptureManager(object):
                 cap.suspend_capturing(in_=in_)
             return outerr
 
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def _dummy_context_manager(self):
-        yield
-
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def disabled(self):
         """Context manager to temporarily disables capture."""
         # Need to undo local capsys-et-al if exists before disabling global capture
         fixture = getattr(self._current_item, "_capture_fixture", None)
-        ctx_manager = fixture.suspend() if fixture else self._dummy_context_manager()
+        ctx_manager = fixture.suspend() if fixture else dummy_context_manager()
         with ctx_manager:
             self.suspend_global_capture(item=None, in_=False)
             try:
diff --git a/src/_pytest/compat.py b/src/_pytest/compat.py
index c3ecaf912..ea369ccf2 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/compat.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/compat.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import functools
 import inspect
 import re
 import sys
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 import py
 
@@ -151,6 +152,13 @@ def getfuncargnames(function, is_method=False, cls=None):
     return arg_names
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def dummy_context_manager():
+    """Context manager that does nothing, useful in situations where you might need an actual context manager or not
+    depending on some condition. Using this allow to keep the same code"""
+    yield
+
+
 def get_default_arg_names(function):
     # Note: this code intentionally mirrors the code at the beginning of getfuncargnames,
     # to get the arguments which were excluded from its result because they had default values
diff --git a/src/_pytest/logging.py b/src/_pytest/logging.py
index 395dc19e9..5b0fcd693 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/logging.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/logging.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from contextlib import closing, contextmanager
 import re
 import six
 
+from _pytest.compat import dummy_context_manager
 from _pytest.config import create_terminal_writer
 import pytest
 import py
@@ -369,11 +370,6 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     config.pluginmanager.register(LoggingPlugin(config), "logging-plugin")
 
 
-@contextmanager
-def _dummy_context_manager():
-    yield
-
-
 class LoggingPlugin(object):
     """Attaches to the logging module and captures log messages for each test.
     """
@@ -537,7 +533,7 @@ class LoggingPlugin(object):
                 log_cli_handler, formatter=log_cli_formatter, level=log_cli_level
             )
         else:
-            self.live_logs_context = _dummy_context_manager()
+            self.live_logs_context = dummy_context_manager()
 
 
 class _LiveLoggingStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
@@ -575,7 +571,7 @@ class _LiveLoggingStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
         ctx_manager = (
             self.capture_manager.disabled()
             if self.capture_manager
-            else _dummy_context_manager()
+            else dummy_context_manager()
         )
         with ctx_manager:
             if not self._first_record_emitted: