diff --git a/testing/python/collect.py b/testing/python/collect.py
index b003f16ab79..e76232055bc 100644
--- a/testing/python/collect.py
+++ b/testing/python/collect.py
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ def reportinfo(self):
                     return "ABCDE", 42, "custom"
             def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(collector, name, obj):
                 if name == "test_func":
-                    return MyFunction.from_parent(name=name, parent=collector)
+                    return MyFunction(name, parent=collector)
         """
         )
         item = testdir.getitem("def test_func(): pass")
diff --git a/testing/test_nodes.py b/testing/test_nodes.py
index 5a0bad6f259..1bff51f4bce 100644
--- a/testing/test_nodes.py
+++ b/testing/test_nodes.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ def test_ischildnode(baseid, nodeid, expected):
     assert result is expected
 
 
-def test_node_from_parent_disallowed_arguments():
+def test_node_from_parent_disallowed_arguments() -> None:
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="session is"):
-        nodes.Node.from_parent(None, session=None)
+        nodes.Node.from_parent(None, session=None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="config is"):
-        nodes.Node.from_parent(None, config=None)
+        nodes.Node.from_parent(None, config=None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
 
 def test_std_warn_not_pytestwarning(testdir):
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def runtest(self):
                 assert 0, "failure"
 
         def pytest_collect_file(path, parent):
-            return MyItem.from_parent(parent, name="foo")
+            return MyItem("foo", parent)
     """
     )
 
diff --git a/testing/test_pytester.py b/testing/test_pytester.py
index 48bbc5b99fe..f1f66d1d53a 100644
--- a/testing/test_pytester.py
+++ b/testing/test_pytester.py
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ def runtest(self):
                 pytest.fail("failure")
 
         def pytest_collect_file(path, parent):
-            return MyItem.from_parent(parent, name="fooitem")
+            return MyItem("fooitem", parent)
         """
     )
     result = testdir.runpytest("-p", "pytester", str(p1))