--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations  # noqa: D100
 
-import gc
-
 import pytest
 import pyvista
 from pyvista.plotting import system_supports_plotting
-from refleak.testing import Snapshot
-from refleak.testing import gc_collect_once
 
 NO_PLOTTING = not system_supports_plotting()
 
@@ -19,41 +15,6 @@ def pytest_configure(config) -> None:
     config.addinivalue_line("markers", "slow: mark a test as slow")
 
 
-_phase_report_key = pytest.StashKey()
-
-
-@pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True, hookwrapper=True)
-def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):  # noqa: ANN201, ARG001
-    """Stash per-phase reports so fixtures can skip GC checks on failure."""
-    outcome = yield
-    rep = outcome.get_result()
-    item.stash.setdefault(_phase_report_key, {})[rep.when] = rep
-
-
-def _test_passed(request) -> bool:
-    report = request.node.stash.get(_phase_report_key, {})
-    return "call" in report and report["call"].outcome == "passed"
-
-
-_vtk_object_base = None
-
-
-def _is_vtk(obj) -> bool:
-    """
-    Check if an object is a VTK object (wrappers and subclasses included).
-
-    An ``isinstance`` check, not a class-name-prefix one: VTK >= 9.6
-    instantiates pythonic override subclasses whose names lack the ``vtk``
-    prefix (``PolyData``, ``VTKAOSArray_vtkFloatArray``, ...).
-    """
-    global _vtk_object_base  # noqa: PLW0603
-    if _vtk_object_base is None:
-        from vtkmodules.vtkCommonCore import vtkObjectBase  # noqa: PLC0415
-
-        _vtk_object_base = vtkObjectBase
-    return isinstance(obj, _vtk_object_base)
-
-
 def _drain_qt_events() -> None:
     """Flush pending Qt work, including deferred (deleteLater) deletions."""
     try:
@@ -71,31 +32,11 @@ def _drain_qt_events() -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def check_gc(request):  # noqa: ANN201
-    """Ensure that all VTK objects created during a test are GC'ed."""
-    from pyvistaqt import QtInteractor  # noqa: PLC0415
-
-    # Snapshots so that process-lifetime leftovers (e.g. session-scoped
-    # fixtures, the trame server singleton) are not blamed on this test.
-    gc.collect()
-    objs = gc.get_objects()  # scan the heap once, share across snapshots
-    snap_qt = Snapshot(QtInteractor, objs=objs)
-    snap_vtk = Snapshot(_is_vtk, label="VTK", objs=objs)
-    del objs
+def check_gc():  # noqa: ANN201
+    """Close plotters and drain deferred Qt deletions after every test."""
     yield
     pyvista.close_all()
     _drain_qt_events()
-    if not _test_passed(request):
-        return
-    when = f"teardown of {request.node.name}"
-    gc_collect_once(request)
-    objs = gc.get_objects()
-    # No plotter/interactor created during a test may survive it
-    # (BackgroundPlotter is a QtInteractor subclass, so this covers both) ...
-    snap_qt.assert_no_new(when, request=request, objs=objs)
-    # ... and neither may any VTK object created during the test.
-    snap_vtk.assert_no_new(when, request=request, objs=objs)
-    del objs
 
 
 @pytest.fixture