diff --git a/dandi/conftest.py b/dandi/conftest.py
index 347f31f1b..b5d59ffd5 100644
--- a/dandi/conftest.py
+++ b/dandi/conftest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List
 
-from _pytest.config import Config
-from _pytest.config.argparsing import Parser
-from _pytest.nodes import Item
+from pytest import Config, Item, Parser
 
 from .tests.fixtures import *  # noqa: F401, F403  # lgtm [py/polluting-import]
 
diff --git a/dandi/tests/fixtures.py b/dandi/tests/fixtures.py
index 788a1a438..007ab32e3 100644
--- a/dandi/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/dandi/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Union
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureRequest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 from dandischema.consts import DANDI_SCHEMA_VERSION
 from dateutil.tz import tzlocal, tzutc
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@ def sample_dandiset_factory(
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def new_dandiset(
-    request: FixtureRequest, sample_dandiset_factory: SampleDandisetFactory
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest, sample_dandiset_factory: SampleDandisetFactory
 ) -> SampleDandiset:
     return sample_dandiset_factory.mkdandiset(
         f"Sample Dandiset for {request.node.name}"