diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-no-egg-info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-no-egg-info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b36efa13b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-no-egg-info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - An ``ansible_core.egg-info`` directory is no longer generated when running tests.
diff --git a/hacking/env-setup b/hacking/env-setup
index 0a86e0fe4fb..df1ea4020f2 100644
--- a/hacking/env-setup
+++ b/hacking/env-setup
@@ -57,22 +57,6 @@ expr "$PYTHONPATH" : "${ANSIBLE_TEST_PREFIX_PYTHONPATH}.*" > /dev/null || prepen
 expr "$PATH" : "${PREFIX_PATH}.*" > /dev/null || prepend_path PATH "$PREFIX_PATH"
 expr "$MANPATH" : "${PREFIX_MANPATH}.*" > /dev/null || prepend_path MANPATH "$PREFIX_MANPATH"
 
-#
-# Generate egg_info so that pkg_resources works
-#
-
-# Do the work in a function so we don't repeat ourselves later
-gen_egg_info()
-{
-    # check for current and past egg-info directory names
-    if ls "$PREFIX_PYTHONPATH"/ansible*.egg-info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        # bypass shell aliases with leading backslash
-        # see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/11967
-        \rm -rf "$PREFIX_PYTHONPATH"/ansible*.egg-info
-    fi
-    "$PYTHON_BIN" setup.py egg_info
-}
-
 if [ "$ANSIBLE_DEV_HOME" != "$PWD" ] ; then
     current_dir="$PWD"
 else
@@ -81,10 +65,8 @@ fi
 (
 	cd "$ANSIBLE_DEV_HOME"
 	if [ "$verbosity" = silent ] ; then
-	    gen_egg_info > /dev/null 2>&1 &
             find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f {} \; > /dev/null 2>&1
 	else
-	    gen_egg_info
             find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f {} \;
 	fi
 	cd "$current_dir"
diff --git a/hacking/env-setup.fish b/hacking/env-setup.fish
index 529b57333ef..ee945ec1452 100644
--- a/hacking/env-setup.fish
+++ b/hacking/env-setup.fish
@@ -64,25 +64,11 @@ if not set -q PYTHON_BIN
     end
 end
 
-# Generate egg_info so that pkg_resources works
-function gen_egg_info
-    # Check if ansible*.egg-info directory exists and remove if found
-    if test -d $PREFIX_PYTHONPATH/ansible*.egg-info
-        rm -rf $PREFIX_PYTHONPATH/ansible*.egg-info
-    end
-    # Execute setup.py egg_info using the chosen Python interpreter
-    eval $PYTHON_BIN setup.py egg_info
-end
-
 pushd $ANSIBLE_HOME
 if test -n "$QUIET"
-    # Run gen_egg_info in the background and redirect output to /dev/null
-    gen_egg_info &> /dev/null
     # Remove any .pyc files found
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f '{}' ';' &> /dev/null
 else
-    # Run gen_egg_info
-    gen_egg_info
     # Remove any .pyc files found
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f '{}' ';'
     # Display setup details
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/ansible_util.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/ansible_util.py
index c2d363506b3..909e3c3de6e 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/ansible_util.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/ansible_util.py
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ from .constants import (
     SOFT_RLIMIT_NOFILE,
 )
 
-from .io import (
-    write_text_file,
-)
-
 from .util import (
     common_environment,
     ApplicationError,
@@ -25,7 +21,6 @@ from .util import (
     ANSIBLE_SOURCE_ROOT,
     ANSIBLE_TEST_TOOLS_ROOT,
     MODE_FILE_EXECUTE,
-    get_ansible_version,
     raw_command,
     verified_chmod,
 )
@@ -251,12 +246,15 @@ def get_cli_path(path: str) -> str:
     raise RuntimeError(path)
 
 
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
 @mutex
 def get_ansible_python_path(args: CommonConfig) -> str:
     """
     Return a directory usable for PYTHONPATH, containing only the ansible package.
     If a temporary directory is required, it will be cached for the lifetime of the process and cleaned up at exit.
     """
+    del args  # not currently used
+
     try:
         return get_ansible_python_path.python_path  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     except AttributeError:
@@ -273,38 +271,11 @@ def get_ansible_python_path(args: CommonConfig) -> str:
 
         os.symlink(ANSIBLE_LIB_ROOT, os.path.join(python_path, 'ansible'))
 
-    if not args.explain:
-        generate_egg_info(python_path)
-
     get_ansible_python_path.python_path = python_path  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     return python_path
 
 
-def generate_egg_info(path: str) -> None:
-    """Generate an egg-info in the specified base directory."""
-    # minimal PKG-INFO stub following the format defined in PEP 241
-    # required for older setuptools versions to avoid a traceback when importing pkg_resources from packages like cryptography
-    # newer setuptools versions are happy with an empty directory
-    # including a stub here means we don't need to locate the existing file or run any tools to generate it when running from source
-    pkg_info = '''
-Metadata-Version: 1.0
-Name: ansible
-Version: %s
-Platform: UNKNOWN
-Summary: Radically simple IT automation
-Author-email: info@ansible.com
-License: GPLv3+
-''' % get_ansible_version()
-
-    pkg_info_path = os.path.join(path, 'ansible_core.egg-info', 'PKG-INFO')
-
-    if os.path.exists(pkg_info_path):
-        return
-
-    write_text_file(pkg_info_path, pkg_info.lstrip(), create_directories=True)
-
-
 class CollectionDetail:
     """Collection detail."""