diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ccd01abc4affe..b7e43404b86bd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -299,13 +299,6 @@ repos:
         files: ^pandas/core/
         exclude: ^pandas/core/api\.py$
         types: [python]
-    -   id: use-io-common-urlopen
-        name: Use pandas.io.common.urlopen instead of urllib.request.urlopen
-        language: python
-        entry: python scripts/use_io_common_urlopen.py
-        files: ^pandas/
-        exclude: ^pandas/tests/
-        types: [python]
     -   id: no-bool-in-core-generic
         name: Use bool_t instead of bool in pandas/core/generic.py
         entry: python scripts/no_bool_in_generic.py
diff --git a/pandas/io/common.py b/pandas/io/common.py
index 16d7cb76f9ce9..682780a409a8b 100644
--- a/pandas/io/common.py
+++ b/pandas/io/common.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def urlopen(*args, **kwargs):
     """
     import urllib.request
 
-    return urllib.request.urlopen(*args, **kwargs)
+    return urllib.request.urlopen(*args, **kwargs)  # noqa: TID251
 
 
 def is_fsspec_url(url: FilePath | BaseBuffer) -> bool:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 934f66136f601..7614ceecbd8ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ exclude = [
   "env",
 ]
 
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports.banned-api]
+"urllib.request.urlopen".msg = "Use pandas.io.common.urlopen instead of urllib.request.urlopen"
+
 [tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
 # relative imports allowed for asv_bench
 "asv_bench/*" = ["TID", "NPY002"]
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_use_io_common_urlopen.py b/scripts/tests/test_use_io_common_urlopen.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c2c4a7fe9cb58..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/tests/test_use_io_common_urlopen.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-
-from scripts.use_io_common_urlopen import use_io_common_urlopen
-
-PATH = "t.py"
-
-
-def test_inconsistent_usage(capsys) -> None:
-    content = "from urllib.request import urlopen"
-    result_msg = (
-        "t.py:1:0: Don't use urllib.request.urlopen, "
-        "use pandas.io.common.urlopen instead\n"
-    )
-    with pytest.raises(SystemExit, match=None):
-        use_io_common_urlopen(content, PATH)
-    expected_msg, _ = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert result_msg == expected_msg
-
-
-def test_consistent_usage() -> None:
-    # should not raise
-    content = "from pandas.io.common import urlopen"
-    use_io_common_urlopen(content, PATH)
diff --git a/scripts/use_io_common_urlopen.py b/scripts/use_io_common_urlopen.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ade97f53cd827..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/use_io_common_urlopen.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Check that pandas/core imports pandas.array as pd_array.
-
-This makes it easier to grep for usage of pandas array.
-
-This is meant to be run as a pre-commit hook - to run it manually, you can do:
-
-    pre-commit run use-io-common-urlopen --all-files
-
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import argparse
-import ast
-import sys
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Sequence
-
-
-ERROR_MESSAGE = (
-    "{path}:{lineno}:{col_offset}: "
-    "Don't use urllib.request.urlopen, use pandas.io.common.urlopen instead\n"
-)
-
-
-class Visitor(ast.NodeVisitor):
-    def __init__(self, path: str) -> None:
-        self.path = path
-
-    def visit_ImportFrom(self, node: ast.ImportFrom) -> None:
-        # Check that pandas.io.common.urlopen is used instead of
-        # urllib.request.urlopen
-        if (
-            node.module is not None
-            and node.module.startswith("urllib.request")
-            and any(i.name == "urlopen" for i in node.names)
-        ):
-            msg = ERROR_MESSAGE.format(
-                path=self.path, lineno=node.lineno, col_offset=node.col_offset
-            )
-            sys.stdout.write(msg)
-            sys.exit(1)
-        super().generic_visit(node)
-
-
-def use_io_common_urlopen(content: str, path: str) -> None:
-    tree = ast.parse(content)
-    visitor = Visitor(path)
-    visitor.visit(tree)
-
-
-def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> None:
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("paths", nargs="*")
-    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
-
-    for path in args.paths:
-        with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as fd:
-            content = fd.read()
-        use_io_common_urlopen(content, path)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()