diff --git a/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py b/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py
index 20b8a385a16922a917fecf86a88128871c0cd34a..e1a41c91227b92a9ea8695629fd571b7d33790df 100644
--- a/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ class WarningsFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
             message=r'Calling \.begin\(\) when a transaction is already .*',
             category=sqla_exc.SADeprecationWarning)
 
-        warnings.filterwarnings(
-            'once',
-            message=r'The Engine.scalar\(\) method is considered legacy .*',
-            category=sqla_exc.SADeprecationWarning)
-
         # ...plus things that aren't our fault
 
         # FIXME(stephenfin): These are caused by sqlalchemy-migrate, not us,
diff --git a/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_exc_filters.py b/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_exc_filters.py
index 9075f2adf8a8d3b961f465b9de8db816fa2ad5ba..a05c9a9c467ecf8732ad32ee1a16e77dd14757a4 100644
--- a/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_exc_filters.py
+++ b/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_exc_filters.py
@@ -1162,11 +1162,14 @@ class TestDBDisconnected(TestsExceptionFilter):
                 yield
 
     def _test_ping_listener_disconnected(
-            self, dialect_name, exc_obj, is_disconnect=True):
+        self, dialect_name, exc_obj, is_disconnect=True,
+    ):
         with self._fixture(dialect_name, exc_obj, 1, is_disconnect):
             conn = self.engine.connect()
             with conn.begin():
-                self.assertEqual(1, conn.scalar(sqla.select(1)))
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    1, conn.execute(sqla.select(1)).scalars().first(),
+                )
                 self.assertFalse(conn.closed)
                 self.assertFalse(conn.invalidated)
                 self.assertTrue(conn.in_transaction())
@@ -1179,7 +1182,9 @@ class TestDBDisconnected(TestsExceptionFilter):
 
         # test implicit execution
         with self._fixture(dialect_name, exc_obj, 1):
-            self.assertEqual(1, self.engine.scalar(sqla.select(1)))
+            self.assertEqual(
+                1, self.engine.execute(sqla.select(1)).scalars().first(),
+            )
 
     def test_mariadb_error_1927(self):
         for code in [1927]:
diff --git a/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py b/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py
index ede67c6357964d08bb1b6be07156894d83100575..003a49aa33e5b589a208dd349d5f0ff8f63f3640 100644
--- a/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py
@@ -479,14 +479,14 @@ class SQLiteConnectTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
         engine = self._fixture(sqlite_fk=True)
         self.assertEqual(
             1,
-            engine.scalar(sql.text('pragma foreign_keys'))
+            engine.execute(sql.text('pragma foreign_keys')).scalars().first(),
         )
 
         engine = self._fixture(sqlite_fk=False)
 
         self.assertEqual(
             0,
-            engine.scalar(sql.text("pragma foreign_keys"))
+            engine.execute(sql.text('pragma foreign_keys')).scalars().first(),
         )
 
     def test_sqlite_synchronous_listener(self):
@@ -496,14 +496,14 @@ class SQLiteConnectTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
         # http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_synchronous
         self.assertEqual(
             2,
-            engine.scalar(sql.text('pragma synchronous'))
+            engine.execute(sql.text('pragma synchronous')).scalars().first(),
         )
 
         engine = self._fixture(sqlite_synchronous=False)
 
         self.assertEqual(
             0,
-            engine.scalar(sql.text('pragma synchronous'))
+            engine.execute(sql.text('pragma synchronous')).scalars().first(),
         )