diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/excel/__init__.py b/pandas/tests/io/excel/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d..550172329fc57 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/excel/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/excel/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import pytest
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.filterwarnings(
+    # Looks like tree.getiterator is deprecated in favor of tree.iter
+    "ignore:This method will be removed in future versions:PendingDeprecationWarning"
+)