diff --git a/changelog/6981.deprecation.rst b/changelog/6981.deprecation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac32706faec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/6981.deprecation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate the ``pytest.collect`` module as it's just aliases into ``pytest``.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/compat.py b/src/_pytest/compat.py
index 1845d9d91ef..8aff8d57da4 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/compat.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/compat.py
@@ -336,30 +336,6 @@ def safe_isclass(obj: object) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-COLLECT_FAKEMODULE_ATTRIBUTES = (
-    "Collector",
-    "Module",
-    "Function",
-    "Instance",
-    "Session",
-    "Item",
-    "Class",
-    "File",
-    "_fillfuncargs",
-)
-
-
-def _setup_collect_fakemodule() -> None:
-    from types import ModuleType
-    import pytest
-
-    # Types ignored because the module is created dynamically.
-    pytest.collect = ModuleType("pytest.collect")  # type: ignore
-    pytest.collect.__all__ = []  # type: ignore  # used for setns
-    for attr_name in COLLECT_FAKEMODULE_ATTRIBUTES:
-        setattr(pytest.collect, attr_name, getattr(pytest, attr_name))  # type: ignore
-
-
 class CaptureIO(io.TextIOWrapper):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(io.BytesIO(), encoding="UTF-8", newline="", write_through=True)
diff --git a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
index 28ca02550d4..ba1a43fcbff 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
@@ -55,3 +55,9 @@
     "The pytest_collect_directory hook is not working.\n"
     "Please use collect_ignore in conftests or pytest_collection_modifyitems."
 )
+
+PYTEST_COLLECT_MODULE = UnformattedWarning(
+    PytestDeprecationWarning,
+    "pytest.collect.{name} was moved to pytest.{name}\n"
+    "Please update to the new name.",
+)
diff --git a/src/pytest/__init__.py b/src/pytest/__init__.py
index 33bc3d0fbe5..5c93decc3c5 100644
--- a/src/pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 """
 pytest: unit and functional testing with Python.
 """
+from . import collect
 from _pytest import __version__
 from _pytest.assertion import register_assert_rewrite
-from _pytest.compat import _setup_collect_fakemodule
 from _pytest.config import cmdline
 from _pytest.config import ExitCode
 from _pytest.config import hookimpl
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestUnknownMarkWarning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestWarning
 
-
 set_trace = __pytestPDB.set_trace
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@
     "approx",
     "Class",
     "cmdline",
+    "collect",
     "Collector",
     "deprecated_call",
     "exit",
@@ -93,7 +93,3 @@
     "xfail",
     "yield_fixture",
 ]
-
-
-_setup_collect_fakemodule()
-del _setup_collect_fakemodule
diff --git a/src/pytest/collect.py b/src/pytest/collect.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73c9d35a0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pytest/collect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import sys
+import warnings
+from types import ModuleType
+
+import pytest
+from _pytest.deprecated import PYTEST_COLLECT_MODULE
+
+
+COLLECT_FAKEMODULE_ATTRIBUTES = [
+    "Collector",
+    "Module",
+    "Function",
+    "Instance",
+    "Session",
+    "Item",
+    "Class",
+    "File",
+    "_fillfuncargs",
+]
+
+
+class FakeCollectModule(ModuleType):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__("pytest.collect")
+        self.__all__ = list(COLLECT_FAKEMODULE_ATTRIBUTES)
+        self.__pytest = pytest
+
+    def __dir__(self):
+        return dir(super()) + self.__all__
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name not in self.__all__:
+            raise AttributeError(name)
+        warnings.warn(PYTEST_COLLECT_MODULE.format(name=name), stacklevel=2)
+        return getattr(pytest, name)
+
+
+sys.modules["pytest.collect"] = FakeCollectModule()
diff --git a/testing/deprecated_test.py b/testing/deprecated_test.py
index b5c66d9f5f1..bea7a0fdcbf 100644
--- a/testing/deprecated_test.py
+++ b/testing/deprecated_test.py
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ def test():
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("attribute", pytest.collect.__all__)  # type: ignore
+# false positive due to dynamic attribute
+def test_pytest_collect_module_deprecated(attribute):
+    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match=attribute):
+        getattr(pytest.collect, attribute)
+
+
 def test_terminal_reporter_writer_attr(pytestconfig):
     """Check that TerminalReporter._tw is also available as 'writer' (#2984)
     This attribute has been deprecated in 5.4.