diff --git a/src/_pytest/warnings.py b/src/_pytest/warnings.py
index 0604aa60b18..4478d8723c6 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/warnings.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/warnings.py
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ def catch_warnings_for_item(
             warnings.filterwarnings("always", category=DeprecationWarning)
             warnings.filterwarnings("always", category=PendingDeprecationWarning)
 
-        warnings.filterwarnings("error", category=pytest.PytestDeprecationWarning)
-
         # Filters should have this precedence: mark, cmdline options, ini.
         # Filters should be applied in the inverse order of precedence.
         for arg in inifilters:
diff --git a/testing/test_warnings.py b/testing/test_warnings.py
index 685e1365df3..550ebb4b8e7 100644
--- a/testing/test_warnings.py
+++ b/testing/test_warnings.py
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ def test_hidden_by_system(self, testdir, monkeypatch):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("change_default", [None, "ini", "cmdline"])
+@pytest.mark.skip(
+    reason="This test should be enabled again before pytest 7.0 is released"
+)
 def test_deprecation_warning_as_error(testdir, change_default):
     """This ensures that PytestDeprecationWarnings raised by pytest are turned into errors.