diff --git a/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py b/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py
index bdb4e813023b6..72e2413ce87d9 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/api/test_api.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 from typing import List
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -288,14 +289,20 @@ def test_testing(self):
         self.check(testing, self.funcs)
 
     def test_util_testing_deprecated(self):
-        s = pd.Series([], dtype="object")
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
-            import pandas.util.testing as tm2
+        # avoid cache state affecting the test
+        sys.modules.pop("pandas.util.testing", None)
 
-            tm2.assert_series_equal(s, s)
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
+            import pandas.util.testing  # noqa: F401
 
-        assert "pandas.testing.assert_series_equal" in str(m[0].message)
+        assert "pandas.util.testing is deprecated" in str(m[0].message)
+        assert "pandas.testing instead" in str(m[0].message)
 
+    def test_util_testing_deprecated_direct(self):
+        # avoid cache state affecting the test
+        sys.modules.pop("pandas.util.testing", None)
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
-            tm2.DataFrame
-        assert "removed" in str(m[0].message)
+            from pandas.util.testing import assert_series_equal  # noqa: F401
+
+        assert "pandas.util.testing is deprecated" in str(m[0].message)
+        assert "pandas.testing instead" in str(m[0].message)
diff --git a/pandas/util/__init__.py b/pandas/util/__init__.py
index 231a23e247650..d906c0371d207 100644
--- a/pandas/util/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/util/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, Substitution, cache_readonly  # noqa
 
 from pandas.core.util.hashing import hash_array, hash_pandas_object  # noqa
-from pandas.util.testing import testing  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/pandas/util/testing.py b/pandas/util/testing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..af9fe4846b27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandas/util/testing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import warnings
+
+from pandas._testing import *  # noqa
+
+warnings.warn(
+    (
+        "pandas.util.testing is deprecated. Use the functions in the "
+        "public API at pandas.testing instead."
+    ),
+    FutureWarning,
+    stacklevel=2,
+)
diff --git a/pandas/util/testing/__init__.py b/pandas/util/testing/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 02cbd19a9a888..0000000000000
--- a/pandas/util/testing/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-from pandas.util._depr_module import _DeprecatedModule
-
-_removals = [
-    "Categorical",
-    "CategoricalIndex",
-    "Counter",
-    "DataFrame",
-    "DatetimeArray",
-    "DatetimeIndex",
-    "ExtensionArray",
-    "FrameOrSeries",
-    "Index",
-    "IntervalArray",
-    "IntervalIndex",
-    "K",
-    "List",
-    "MultiIndex",
-    "N",
-    "Optional",
-    "PeriodArray",
-    "RANDS_CHARS",
-    "RANDU_CHARS",
-    "RNGContext",
-    "RangeIndex",
-    "Series",
-    "SubclassedCategorical",
-    "SubclassedDataFrame",
-    "SubclassedSeries",
-    "TimedeltaArray",
-    "Union",
-    "all_index_generator",
-    "all_timeseries_index_generator",
-    "array_equivalent",
-    "assert_attr_equal",
-    "assert_class_equal",
-    "assert_contains_all",
-    "assert_copy",
-    "assert_dict_equal",
-    "assert_is_sorted",
-    "assert_is_valid_plot_return_object",
-    "assert_produces_warning",
-    "bdate_range",
-    "box_expected",
-    "bz2",
-    "can_connect",
-    "can_set_locale",
-    "cast",
-    "close",
-    "contextmanager",
-    "convert_rows_list_to_csv_str",
-    "datetime",
-    "decompress_file",
-    "ensure_clean",
-    "ensure_clean_dir",
-    "ensure_safe_environment_variables",
-    "equalContents",
-    "getCols",
-    "getMixedTypeDict",
-    "getPeriodData",
-    "getSeriesData",
-    "getTimeSeriesData",
-    "get_locales",
-    "gzip",
-    "index_subclass_makers_generator",
-    "is_bool",
-    "is_categorical_dtype",
-    "is_datetime64_dtype",
-    "is_datetime64tz_dtype",
-    "is_extension_array_dtype",
-    "is_interval_dtype",
-    "is_list_like",
-    "is_number",
-    "is_period_dtype",
-    "is_sequence",
-    "is_timedelta64_dtype",
-    "isiterable",
-    "lzma",
-    "makeBoolIndex",
-    "makeCategoricalIndex",
-    "makeCustomDataframe",
-    "makeCustomIndex",
-    "makeDataFrame",
-    "makeDateIndex",
-    "makeFloatIndex",
-    "makeFloatSeries",
-    "makeIntIndex",
-    "makeIntervalIndex",
-    "makeMissingCustomDataframe",
-    "makeMissingDataframe",
-    "makeMixedDataFrame",
-    "makeMultiIndex",
-    "makeObjectSeries",
-    "makePeriodFrame",
-    "makePeriodIndex",
-    "makePeriodSeries",
-    "makeRangeIndex",
-    "makeStringIndex",
-    "makeStringSeries",
-    "makeTimeDataFrame",
-    "makeTimeSeries",
-    "makeTimedeltaIndex",
-    "makeUIntIndex",
-    "makeUnicodeIndex",
-    "needs_i8_conversion",
-    "network",
-    "np",
-    "optional_args",
-    "os",
-    "pd",
-    "period_array",
-    "pprint_thing",
-    "raise_assert_detail",
-    "rand",
-    "randbool",
-    "randn",
-    "rands",
-    "rands_array",
-    "randu",
-    "randu_array",
-    "reset_display_options",
-    "reset_testing_mode",
-    "rmtree",
-    "round_trip_localpath",
-    "round_trip_pathlib",
-    "round_trip_pickle",
-    "set_locale",
-    "set_testing_mode",
-    "set_timezone",
-    "string",
-    "take_1d",
-    "tempfile",
-    "test_parallel",
-    "to_array",
-    "urlopen",
-    "use_numexpr",
-    "warnings",
-    "with_connectivity_check",
-    "with_csv_dialect",
-    "wraps",
-    "write_to_compressed",
-    "zipfile",
-]
-
-testing = _DeprecatedModule("pandas._testing", "pandas.testing", _removals)