diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/conftest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 37249210f28f4..0000000000000
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/conftest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-
-from pandas import Categorical
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def factor():
-    """Fixture returning  a Categorical object"""
-    return Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_api.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_api.py
index b4215b4a6fe21..a939ee5f6f53f 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_api.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_api.py
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ def test_remove_unused_categories(self):
 
 
 class TestCategoricalAPIWithFactor:
-    def test_describe(self, factor):
+    def test_describe(self):
+        factor = Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
         # string type
         desc = factor.describe()
         assert factor.ordered
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_indexing.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_indexing.py
index 3377c411a7084..5e1c5c64fa660 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_indexing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_indexing.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
 
 class TestCategoricalIndexingWithFactor:
-    def test_getitem(self, factor):
+    def test_getitem(self):
+        factor = Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
         assert factor[0] == "a"
         assert factor[-1] == "c"
 
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ def test_getitem(self, factor):
         subf = factor[np.asarray(factor) == "c"]
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(subf._codes, np.array([2, 2, 2], dtype=np.int8))
 
-    def test_setitem(self, factor):
+    def test_setitem(self):
+        factor = Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
         # int/positional
         c = factor.copy()
         c[0] = "b"
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_operators.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_operators.py
index 16b941eab4830..4174d2adc810b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_operators.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_operators.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ def test_categories_none_comparisons(self):
         factor = Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
         tm.assert_categorical_equal(factor, factor)
 
-    def test_comparisons(self, factor):
+    def test_comparisons(self):
+        factor = Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
         result = factor[factor == "a"]
         expected = factor[np.asarray(factor) == "a"]
         tm.assert_categorical_equal(result, expected)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_repr.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_repr.py
index d6f93fbbd912f..ef0315130215c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_repr.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_repr.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 
 class TestCategoricalReprWithFactor:
-    def test_print(self, factor, using_infer_string):
+    def test_print(self, using_infer_string):
+        factor = Categorical(["a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "c", "c", "c"], ordered=True)
         if using_infer_string:
             expected = [
                 "['a', 'b', 'b', 'a', 'a', 'c', 'c', 'c']",
diff --git a/pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_ops.py b/pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_ops.py
index 5db0aa5cf510f..bac9548b932c1 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_ops.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_ops.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
 
-START, END = datetime(2009, 1, 1), datetime(2010, 1, 1)
-
 
 class TestDatetimeIndexOps:
     def test_infer_freq(self, freq_sample):
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ def test_infer_freq(self, freq_sample):
 class TestBusinessDatetimeIndex:
     @pytest.fixture
     def rng(self, freq):
+        START, END = datetime(2009, 1, 1), datetime(2010, 1, 1)
         return bdate_range(START, END, freq=freq)
 
     def test_comparison(self, rng):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/conftest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fc846353dcb5..0000000000000
--- a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/conftest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import datetime
-
-import pytest
-
-from pandas._libs.tslibs import Timestamp
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def dt():
-    """
-    Fixture for common Timestamp.
-    """
-    return Timestamp(datetime.datetime(2008, 1, 2))
diff --git a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_common.py
index 5b80b8b1c4ab4..aa4e22f71ad66 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_common.py
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ def test_sub(date, offset_box, offset2):
         [BusinessHour, BusinessHour()],
     ],
 )
-def test_Mult1(offset_box, offset1, dt):
+def test_Mult1(offset_box, offset1):
+    dt = Timestamp(2008, 1, 2)
     assert dt + 10 * offset1 == dt + offset_box(10)
     assert dt + 5 * offset1 == dt + offset_box(5)