Remove deprecated 'pytest_itemstart' hook

This hook has been deprecated for more than 10 years and has not even being called by pytest in a long time.
pytest-dev · Jan 30, 2020 · f2fb838 · f2fb838
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diff --git a/changelog/6637.breaking.rst b/changelog/6637.breaking.rst
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+Removed the long-deprecated ``pytest_itemstart`` hook.
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+This hook has been marked as deprecated for over 10 years now, and has not even been called
+by pytest in a long time.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/hookspec.py b/src/_pytest/hookspec.py
@@ -307,10 +307,6 @@ def pytest_runtestloop(session):
     """
 
 
-def pytest_itemstart(item, node):
-    """(**Deprecated**) use pytest_runtest_logstart. """
-
-
 @hookspec(firstresult=True)
 def pytest_runtest_protocol(item, nextitem):
     """ implements the runtest_setup/call/teardown protocol for