diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/compat/__init__.py b/test/units/module_utils/compat/__init__.py
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diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py b/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py
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--- a/test/units/module_utils/compat/test_datetime.py
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@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import datetime
-
-import pytest
-
-from ansible.module_utils.compat import datetime as compat_datetime
-
-
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures('capfd')  # capture deprecation warnings
-
-
-def test_utc():
-    assert compat_datetime.UTC.tzname(None) == 'UTC'
-    assert compat_datetime.UTC.utcoffset(None) == datetime.timedelta(0)
-
-    assert compat_datetime.UTC.dst(None) is None
-
-
-def test_utcnow():
-    assert compat_datetime.utcnow().tzinfo is compat_datetime.UTC
-
-
-def test_utcfometimestamp_zero():
-    dt = compat_datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0)
-
-    assert dt.tzinfo is compat_datetime.UTC
-    assert dt.year == 1970
-    assert dt.month == 1
-    assert dt.day == 1
-    assert dt.hour == 0
-    assert dt.minute == 0
-    assert dt.second == 0
-    assert dt.microsecond == 0