Use pytest-beartype-tests plugin

pyproject.toml

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ optional-dependencies.dev = [
     "pyright==1.1.408",
     "pyroma==5.0.1",
     "pytest==9.0.3",
+    "pytest-beartype-tests==2026.4.19.1",
     "pytest-cov==7.1.0",
     "pytest-regressions==2.10.0",
     "ruff==0.15.11",
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ scripts.vuforia-cloud-reco = "vws_cli.query:vuforia_cloud_reco"
 scripts.vumark = "vws_cli.vumark:generate_vumark"
 scripts.vws = "vws_cli:vws_group"
 
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = []
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 zip-safe = false
 package-data.vws_cli = [
@@ -364,7 +368,6 @@ ignore_path = [
 ignore_names = [
     # pytest configuration
     "pytest_collect_file",
-    "pytest_collection_modifyitems",
     "pytest_plugins",
     # pytest fixtures - we name fixtures like this for this purpose
     "fixture_*",

tests/conftest.py

@@ -3,21 +3,12 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 
 import pytest
-from beartype import beartype
 from mock_vws import MockVWS
 from mock_vws.database import CloudDatabase, VuMarkDatabase
 from mock_vws.target import VuMarkTarget
 from vws import VWS, CloudRecoService
 
 
-@beartype
-def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items: list[pytest.Item]) -> None:
-    """Apply the beartype decorator to all collected test functions."""
-    for item in items:
-        assert isinstance(item, pytest.Function)
-        item.obj = beartype(obj=item.obj)
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(name="mock_database")
 def fixture_mock_database() -> Iterator[CloudDatabase]:
     """Yield a mock ``CloudDatabase``."""