diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py
index d70ad144a3455..5e23cba2e1074 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/arithmetic.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import (
     DataFrame,
+    Index,
     Series,
     Timestamp,
     date_range,
     to_timedelta,
 )
-import pandas._testing as tm
 from pandas.core.algorithms import checked_add_with_arr
 
 from .pandas_vb_common import numeric_dtypes
@@ -323,8 +323,10 @@ class IndexArithmetic:
 
     def setup(self, dtype):
         N = 10**6
-        indexes = {"int": "makeIntIndex", "float": "makeFloatIndex"}
-        self.index = getattr(tm, indexes[dtype])(N)
+        if dtype == "float":
+            self.index = Index(np.arange(N), dtype=np.float64)
+        elif dtype == "int":
+            self.index = Index(np.arange(N), dtype=np.int64)
 
     def time_add(self, dtype):
         self.index + 2
diff --git a/pandas/_testing/__init__.py b/pandas/_testing/__init__.py
index b58a8f706e5a6..b1918e1b1d7c2 100644
--- a/pandas/_testing/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/_testing/__init__.py
@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@
 from pandas.compat import pa_version_under10p1
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
-    is_float_dtype,
     is_sequence,
-    is_signed_integer_dtype,
     is_string_dtype,
-    is_unsigned_integer_dtype,
-    pandas_dtype,
 )
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -46,6 +42,8 @@
     RangeIndex,
     Series,
     bdate_range,
+    date_range,
+    period_range,
     timedelta_range,
 )
 from pandas._testing._io import (
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@
         NpDtype,
     )
 
-    from pandas import PeriodIndex
     from pandas.core.arrays import ArrowExtensionArray
 
 _N = 30
@@ -351,38 +348,6 @@ def getCols(k) -> str:
     return string.ascii_uppercase[:k]
 
 
-def makeNumericIndex(k: int = 10, *, name=None, dtype: Dtype | None) -> Index:
-    dtype = pandas_dtype(dtype)
-    assert isinstance(dtype, np.dtype)
-
-    if dtype.kind in "iu":
-        values = np.arange(k, dtype=dtype)
-        if is_unsigned_integer_dtype(dtype):
-            values += 2 ** (dtype.itemsize * 8 - 1)
-    elif dtype.kind == "f":
-        values = np.random.default_rng(2).random(k) - np.random.default_rng(2).random(1)
-        values.sort()
-        values = values * (10 ** np.random.default_rng(2).integers(0, 9))
-    else:
-        raise NotImplementedError(f"wrong dtype {dtype}")
-
-    return Index(values, dtype=dtype, name=name)
-
-
-def makeIntIndex(k: int = 10, *, name=None, dtype: Dtype = "int64") -> Index:
-    dtype = pandas_dtype(dtype)
-    if not is_signed_integer_dtype(dtype):
-        raise TypeError(f"Wrong dtype {dtype}")
-    return makeNumericIndex(k, name=name, dtype=dtype)
-
-
-def makeFloatIndex(k: int = 10, *, name=None, dtype: Dtype = "float64") -> Index:
-    dtype = pandas_dtype(dtype)
-    if not is_float_dtype(dtype):
-        raise TypeError(f"Wrong dtype {dtype}")
-    return makeNumericIndex(k, name=name, dtype=dtype)
-
-
 def makeDateIndex(
     k: int = 10, freq: Frequency = "B", name=None, **kwargs
 ) -> DatetimeIndex:
@@ -391,12 +356,6 @@ def makeDateIndex(
     return DatetimeIndex(dr, name=name, **kwargs)
 
 
-def makePeriodIndex(k: int = 10, name=None, **kwargs) -> PeriodIndex:
-    dt = datetime(2000, 1, 1)
-    pi = pd.period_range(start=dt, periods=k, freq="D", name=name, **kwargs)
-    return pi
-
-
 def makeObjectSeries(name=None) -> Series:
     data = [f"foo_{i}" for i in range(_N)]
     index = Index([f"bar_{i}" for i in range(_N)])
@@ -487,12 +446,12 @@ def makeCustomIndex(
 
     # specific 1D index type requested?
     idx_func_dict: dict[str, Callable[..., Index]] = {
-        "i": makeIntIndex,
-        "f": makeFloatIndex,
+        "i": lambda n: Index(np.arange(n), dtype=np.int64),
+        "f": lambda n: Index(np.arange(n), dtype=np.float64),
         "s": lambda n: Index([f"{i}_{chr(i)}" for i in range(97, 97 + n)]),
-        "dt": makeDateIndex,
+        "dt": lambda n: date_range("2020-01-01", periods=n),
         "td": lambda n: timedelta_range("1 day", periods=n),
-        "p": makePeriodIndex,
+        "p": lambda n: period_range("2020-01-01", periods=n, freq="D"),
     }
     idx_func = idx_func_dict.get(idx_type)
     if idx_func:
@@ -975,11 +934,7 @@ def shares_memory(left, right) -> bool:
     "makeCustomIndex",
     "makeDataFrame",
     "makeDateIndex",
-    "makeFloatIndex",
-    "makeIntIndex",
-    "makeNumericIndex",
     "makeObjectSeries",
-    "makePeriodIndex",
     "makeTimeDataFrame",
     "makeTimeSeries",
     "maybe_produces_warning",
diff --git a/pandas/conftest.py b/pandas/conftest.py
index 1dae6d0043b61..1bc067eb32aef 100644
--- a/pandas/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/conftest.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     Series,
     Timedelta,
     Timestamp,
+    period_range,
     timedelta_range,
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
@@ -616,23 +617,27 @@ def _create_mi_with_dt64tz_level():
     "string": Index([f"pandas_{i}" for i in range(100)]),
     "datetime": tm.makeDateIndex(100),
     "datetime-tz": tm.makeDateIndex(100, tz="US/Pacific"),
-    "period": tm.makePeriodIndex(100),
+    "period": period_range("2020-01-01", periods=100, freq="D"),
     "timedelta": timedelta_range(start="1 day", periods=100, freq="D"),
     "range": RangeIndex(100),
-    "int8": tm.makeIntIndex(100, dtype="int8"),
-    "int16": tm.makeIntIndex(100, dtype="int16"),
-    "int32": tm.makeIntIndex(100, dtype="int32"),
-    "int64": tm.makeIntIndex(100, dtype="int64"),
+    "int8": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="int8"),
+    "int16": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="int16"),
+    "int32": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="int32"),
+    "int64": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="int64"),
     "uint8": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="uint8"),
     "uint16": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="uint16"),
     "uint32": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="uint32"),
     "uint64": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="uint64"),
-    "float32": tm.makeFloatIndex(100, dtype="float32"),
-    "float64": tm.makeFloatIndex(100, dtype="float64"),
+    "float32": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="float32"),
+    "float64": Index(np.arange(100), dtype="float64"),
     "bool-object": Index([True, False] * 5, dtype=object),
     "bool-dtype": Index(np.random.default_rng(2).standard_normal(10) < 0),
-    "complex64": tm.makeNumericIndex(100, dtype="float64").astype("complex64"),
-    "complex128": tm.makeNumericIndex(100, dtype="float64").astype("complex128"),
+    "complex64": Index(
+        np.arange(100, dtype="complex64") + 1.0j * np.arange(100, dtype="complex64")
+    ),
+    "complex128": Index(
+        np.arange(100, dtype="complex128") + 1.0j * np.arange(100, dtype="complex128")
+    ),
     "categorical": CategoricalIndex(list("abcd") * 25),
     "interval": IntervalIndex.from_breaks(np.linspace(0, 100, num=101)),
     "empty": Index([]),
diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/test_masked.py b/pandas/tests/extension/test_masked.py
index a5e8b2ed1efe5..be4077d921a9e 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/test_masked.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/test_masked.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 )
 from pandas.compat.numpy import np_version_gt2
 
+from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
+    is_float_dtype,
+    is_signed_integer_dtype,
+    is_unsigned_integer_dtype,
+)
+
 import pandas as pd
 import pandas._testing as tm
 from pandas.core.arrays.boolean import BooleanDtype
@@ -281,7 +287,7 @@ def check_reduce(self, ser: pd.Series, op_name: str, skipna: bool):
         tm.assert_almost_equal(result, expected)
 
     def _get_expected_reduction_dtype(self, arr, op_name: str, skipna: bool):
-        if tm.is_float_dtype(arr.dtype):
+        if is_float_dtype(arr.dtype):
             cmp_dtype = arr.dtype.name
         elif op_name in ["mean", "median", "var", "std", "skew"]:
             cmp_dtype = "Float64"
@@ -289,7 +295,7 @@ def _get_expected_reduction_dtype(self, arr, op_name: str, skipna: bool):
             cmp_dtype = arr.dtype.name
         elif arr.dtype in ["Int64", "UInt64"]:
             cmp_dtype = arr.dtype.name
-        elif tm.is_signed_integer_dtype(arr.dtype):
+        elif is_signed_integer_dtype(arr.dtype):
             # TODO: Why does Window Numpy 2.0 dtype depend on skipna?
             cmp_dtype = (
                 "Int32"
@@ -297,7 +303,7 @@ def _get_expected_reduction_dtype(self, arr, op_name: str, skipna: bool):
                 or not IS64
                 else "Int64"
             )
-        elif tm.is_unsigned_integer_dtype(arr.dtype):
+        elif is_unsigned_integer_dtype(arr.dtype):
             cmp_dtype = (
                 "UInt32"
                 if (is_platform_windows() and (not np_version_gt2 or not skipna))
diff --git a/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_constructors.py b/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_constructors.py
index 078a0e06e0ed7..778c07b46e57c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_constructors.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/indexes/interval/test_constructors.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_unsigned_integer_dtype
 from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import IntervalDtype
 
 from pandas import (
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ def get_kwargs_from_breaks(self, breaks, closed="right"):
         converts intervals in breaks format to a dictionary of kwargs to
         specific to the format expected by IntervalIndex.from_tuples
         """
-        if tm.is_unsigned_integer_dtype(breaks):
+        if is_unsigned_integer_dtype(breaks):
             pytest.skip(f"{breaks.dtype} not relevant IntervalIndex.from_tuples tests")
 
         if len(breaks) == 0:
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ def get_kwargs_from_breaks(self, breaks, closed="right"):
         converts intervals in breaks format to a dictionary of kwargs to
         specific to the format expected by the IntervalIndex/Index constructors
         """
-        if tm.is_unsigned_integer_dtype(breaks):
+        if is_unsigned_integer_dtype(breaks):
             pytest.skip(f"{breaks.dtype} not relevant for class constructor tests")
 
         if len(breaks) == 0:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/indexes/test_base.py b/pandas/tests/indexes/test_base.py
index 662f31cc3560e..3db81c0285bd2 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/indexes/test_base.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/indexes/test_base.py
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ def test_map_with_tuples(self):
 
         # Test that returning a single tuple from an Index
         #   returns an Index.
-        index = tm.makeIntIndex(3)
-        result = tm.makeIntIndex(3).map(lambda x: (x,))
+        index = Index(np.arange(3), dtype=np.int64)
+        result = index.map(lambda x: (x,))
         expected = Index([(i,) for i in index])
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ def test_map_tseries_indices_accsr_return_index(self):
     def test_map_dictlike_simple(self, mapper):
         # GH 12756
         expected = Index(["foo", "bar", "baz"])
-        index = tm.makeIntIndex(3)
+        index = Index(np.arange(3), dtype=np.int64)
         result = index.map(mapper(expected.values, index))
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_time_series.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_time_series.py
index cfe25f03e1aab..4afcf5600dce6 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_time_series.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_time_series.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     DatetimeIndex,
     Series,
     _testing as tm,
+    period_range,
 )
 from pandas.tests.io.pytables.common import ensure_clean_store
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def test_tseries_indices_series(setup_path):
         assert result.index.freq == ser.index.freq
         tm.assert_class_equal(result.index, ser.index, obj="series index")
 
-        idx = tm.makePeriodIndex(10)
+        idx = period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D")
         ser = Series(np.random.default_rng(2).standard_normal(len(idx)), idx)
         store["a"] = ser
         result = store["a"]
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def test_tseries_indices_frame(setup_path):
         assert result.index.freq == df.index.freq
         tm.assert_class_equal(result.index, df.index, obj="dataframe index")
 
-        idx = tm.makePeriodIndex(10)
+        idx = period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D")
         df = DataFrame(np.random.default_rng(2).standard_normal((len(idx), 3)), idx)
         store["a"] = df
         result = store["a"]
diff --git a/pandas/tests/reductions/test_reductions.py b/pandas/tests/reductions/test_reductions.py
index 303f8550c5a80..ccfa3be702dae 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/reductions/test_reductions.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/reductions/test_reductions.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     Timestamp,
     date_range,
     isna,
+    period_range,
     timedelta_range,
     to_timedelta,
 )
@@ -34,11 +35,13 @@
 def get_objs():
     indexes = [
         Index([True, False] * 5, name="a"),
-        tm.makeIntIndex(10, name="a"),
-        tm.makeFloatIndex(10, name="a"),
-        tm.makeDateIndex(10, name="a"),
-        tm.makeDateIndex(10, name="a").tz_localize(tz="US/Eastern"),
-        tm.makePeriodIndex(10, name="a"),
+        Index(np.arange(10), dtype=np.int64, name="a"),
+        Index(np.arange(10), dtype=np.float64, name="a"),
+        DatetimeIndex(date_range("2020-01-01", periods=10), name="a"),
+        DatetimeIndex(date_range("2020-01-01", periods=10), name="a").tz_localize(
+            tz="US/Eastern"
+        ),
+        PeriodIndex(period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D"), name="a"),
         Index([str(i) for i in range(10)], name="a"),
     ]
 
@@ -534,7 +537,7 @@ def test_minmax_period_empty_nat(self, op, data):
         assert result is NaT
 
     def test_numpy_minmax_period(self):
-        pr = pd.period_range(start="2016-01-15", end="2016-01-20")
+        pr = period_range(start="2016-01-15", end="2016-01-20")
 
         assert np.min(pr) == Period("2016-01-15", freq="D")
         assert np.max(pr) == Period("2016-01-20", freq="D")
diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py b/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py
index 0f3577a214186..cac7bd6de9d3b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ def test_setitem_slice_integers(self):
 
     def test_setitem_slicestep(self):
         # caught this bug when writing tests
-        series = Series(tm.makeIntIndex(20).astype(float), index=tm.makeIntIndex(20))
+        series = Series(
+            np.arange(20, dtype=np.float64), index=np.arange(20, dtype=np.int64)
+        )
 
         series[::2] = 0
         assert (series[::2] == 0).all()
diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_combine_first.py b/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_combine_first.py
index 1cbb7c7982802..e1ec8afda33a9 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_combine_first.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_combine_first.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def test_combine_first_name(self, datetime_series):
         assert result.name == datetime_series.name
 
     def test_combine_first(self):
-        values = tm.makeIntIndex(20).values.astype(float)
-        series = Series(values, index=tm.makeIntIndex(20))
+        values = np.arange(20, dtype=np.float64)
+        series = Series(values, index=np.arange(20, dtype=np.int64))
 
         series_copy = series * 2
         series_copy[::2] = np.nan
diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_api.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_api.py
index e23302b58b197..29d6e2036476e 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_api.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_api.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     Index,
     Series,
     date_range,
+    period_range,
     timedelta_range,
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
@@ -72,13 +73,12 @@ def test_tab_completion_with_categorical(self):
             Index(list("ab") * 5, dtype="category"),
             Index([str(i) for i in range(10)]),
             Index(["foo", "bar", "baz"] * 2),
-            tm.makeDateIndex(10),
-            tm.makePeriodIndex(10),
+            date_range("2020-01-01", periods=10),
+            period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D"),
             timedelta_range("1 day", periods=10),
-            tm.makeIntIndex(10),
             Index(np.arange(10), dtype=np.uint64),
-            tm.makeIntIndex(10),
-            tm.makeFloatIndex(10),
+            Index(np.arange(10), dtype=np.int64),
+            Index(np.arange(10), dtype=np.float64),
             Index([True, False]),
             Index([f"a{i}" for i in range(101)]),
             pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(zip("ABCD", "EFGH")),
diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_constructors.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_constructors.py
index 972d403fff997..e08f8d0c15f39 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_constructors.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_constructors.py
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ def test_constructor_dict(self):
         expected = Series([1, 2, np.nan, 0], index=["b", "c", "d", "a"])
         tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
-        pidx = tm.makePeriodIndex(100)
+        pidx = period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D")
         d = {pidx[0]: 0, pidx[1]: 1}
         result = Series(d, index=pidx)
         expected = Series(np.nan, pidx, dtype=np.float64)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/util/test_hashing.py b/pandas/tests/util/test_hashing.py
index 0417c7a631da2..4fa256a6b8630 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/util/test_hashing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/util/test_hashing.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def test_multiindex_objects():
         ),
         tm.makeTimeDataFrame(),
         tm.makeTimeSeries(),
-        Series(tm.makePeriodIndex()),
+        Series(period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D")),
         Series(pd.date_range("20130101", periods=3, tz="US/Eastern")),
     ],
 )
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def test_hash_pandas_object(obj, index):
         ),
         tm.makeTimeDataFrame(),
         tm.makeTimeSeries(),
-        Series(tm.makePeriodIndex()),
+        Series(period_range("2020-01-01", periods=10, freq="D")),
         Series(pd.date_range("20130101", periods=3, tz="US/Eastern")),
     ],
 )