diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b8df92e..4c5b267 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ def private_settings(request, tmpdir):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def caplog(caplog):
-    import py.io
-
     caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
-    caplog.handler.stream = py.io.TextIO()
-    caplog.handler.records = []
     return caplog