diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f59fdd81f7c..18c4c4e59dc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Deprecated
   the public properties :attr:`!sphinx.testing.util.SphinxTestApp.status`
   and :attr:`!sphinx.testing.util.SphinxTestApp.warning` instead.
   Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
+* tests: :func:`!sphinx.testing.util.strip_escseq` is deprecated in favor of
+  :func:`!sphinx.util.console.strip_colors`.
+  Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
 
 Features added
 --------------
diff --git a/doc/extdev/deprecated.rst b/doc/extdev/deprecated.rst
index 882ab36fdf0..1476ce8473e 100644
--- a/doc/extdev/deprecated.rst
+++ b/doc/extdev/deprecated.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ The following is a list of deprecated interfaces.
      - Removed
      - Alternatives
 
+   * - ``sphinx.testing.util.strip_escseq``
+     - 7.3
+     - 9.0
+     - ``sphinx.util.console.strip_colors``
+
    * - Old-style Makefiles in ``sphinx-quickstart``
        and the :option:`!-M`, :option:`!-m`, :option:`!--no-use-make-mode`,
        and :option:`!--use-make-mode` options
diff --git a/sphinx/testing/util.py b/sphinx/testing/util.py
index d850469a15a..55f68a395fa 100644
--- a/sphinx/testing/util.py
+++ b/sphinx/testing/util.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import os
-import re
 import sys
 import warnings
 from io import StringIO
@@ -20,12 +19,13 @@
 import sphinx.application
 import sphinx.locale
 import sphinx.pycode
+from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 from sphinx.util.docutils import additional_nodes
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Mapping
     from pathlib import Path
-    from typing import Any
+    from typing import Any, Final
 
     from docutils.nodes import Node
 
@@ -224,10 +224,6 @@ def build(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
             # otherwise, we can use built cache
 
 
-def strip_escseq(text: str) -> str:
-    return re.sub('\x1b.*?m', '', text)
-
-
 def _clean_up_global_state() -> None:
     # clean up Docutils global state
     directives._directives.clear()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
@@ -244,3 +240,20 @@ def _clean_up_global_state() -> None:
 
     # clean up autodoc global state
     sphinx.pycode.ModuleAnalyzer.cache.clear()
+
+
+_DEPRECATED_OBJECTS: Final[dict[str, tuple[object, str, tuple[int, int]]]] = {
+    'strip_escseq': (strip_colors, 'sphinx.util.console.strip_colors', (9, 0)),
+}
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
+    if name not in _DEPRECATED_OBJECTS:
+        msg = f'module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}'
+        raise AttributeError(msg)
+
+    from sphinx.deprecation import _deprecation_warning
+
+    deprecated_object, canonical_name, remove = _DEPRECATED_OBJECTS[name]
+    _deprecation_warning(__name__, name, canonical_name, remove=remove)
+    return deprecated_object
diff --git a/sphinx/util/console.py b/sphinx/util/console.py
index c958073299d..8a5fe3d51fc 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/console.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/console.py
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Final
 
 try:
     # check if colorama is installed to support color on Windows
@@ -23,6 +27,8 @@
       \dK                # ANSI Erase in Line
     )""",
     re.VERBOSE | re.ASCII)
+_ansi_color_re: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile('\x1b.*?m')
+
 codes: dict[str, str] = {}
 
 
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ def escseq(name: str) -> str:
 
 
 def strip_colors(s: str) -> str:
-    return re.compile('\x1b.*?m').sub('', s)
+    return _ansi_color_re.sub('', s)
 
 
 def _strip_escape_sequences(s: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_application.py b/tests/test_application.py
index e3999866309..1fc49d61042 100644
--- a/tests/test_application.py
+++ b/tests/test_application.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 
 import sphinx.application
 from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError
-from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp, strip_escseq
+from sphinx.testing.util import SphinxTestApp
 from sphinx.util import logging
+from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import os
@@ -79,13 +80,13 @@ def test_emit_with_nonascii_name_node(app, status, warning):
 
 def test_extensions(app, status, warning):
     app.setup_extension('shutil')
-    warning = strip_escseq(warning.getvalue())
+    warning = strip_colors(warning.getvalue())
     assert "extension 'shutil' has no setup() function" in warning
 
 
 def test_extension_in_blacklist(app, status, warning):
     app.setup_extension('sphinxjp.themecore')
-    msg = strip_escseq(warning.getvalue())
+    msg = strip_colors(warning.getvalue())
     assert msg.startswith("WARNING: the extension 'sphinxjp.themecore' was")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_builders/test_build_linkcheck.py b/tests/test_builders/test_build_linkcheck.py
index 4ac29a66797..3eb58b3190f 100644
--- a/tests/test_builders/test_build_linkcheck.py
+++ b/tests/test_builders/test_build_linkcheck.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     RateLimit,
 )
 from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx80Warning
-from sphinx.testing.util import strip_escseq
 from sphinx.util import requests
+from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 
 from tests.utils import CERT_FILE, http_server
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ def test_linkcheck_allowed_redirects(app, warning):
     }
 
     assert ("index.rst:3: WARNING: redirect  http://localhost:7777/path2 - with Found to "
-            "http://localhost:7777/?redirected=1\n" in strip_escseq(warning.getvalue()))
+            "http://localhost:7777/?redirected=1\n" in strip_colors(warning.getvalue()))
     assert len(warning.getvalue().splitlines()) == 1
 
 
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ def test_too_many_requests_retry_after_int_delay(app, capsys, status):
         "info": "",
     }
     rate_limit_log = "-rate limited-   http://localhost:7777/ | sleeping...\n"
-    assert rate_limit_log in strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    assert rate_limit_log in strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     _stdout, stderr = capsys.readouterr()
     assert stderr == textwrap.dedent(
         """\
diff --git a/tests/test_builders/test_build_warnings.py b/tests/test_builders/test_build_warnings.py
index 852d7647a43..1db4e051f47 100644
--- a/tests/test_builders/test_build_warnings.py
+++ b/tests/test_builders/test_build_warnings.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from sphinx.testing.util import strip_escseq
+from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 
 ENV_WARNINGS = """\
 {root}/autodoc_fodder.py:docstring of autodoc_fodder.MarkupError:\\d+: \
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 
 def _check_warnings(expected_warnings: str, warning: str) -> None:
-    warnings = strip_escseq(re.sub(re.escape(os.sep) + '{1,2}', '/', warning))
+    warnings = strip_colors(re.sub(re.escape(os.sep) + '{1,2}', '/', warning))
     assert re.match(f'{expected_warnings}$', warnings), (
         "Warnings don't match:\n"
         + f'--- Expected (regex):\n{expected_warnings}\n'
diff --git a/tests/test_intl/test_intl.py b/tests/test_intl/test_intl.py
index 8aaf4679b24..e54339c1220 100644
--- a/tests/test_intl/test_intl.py
+++ b/tests/test_intl/test_intl.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 from docutils import nodes
 
 from sphinx import locale
-from sphinx.testing.util import assert_node, etree_parse, strip_escseq
+from sphinx.testing.util import assert_node, etree_parse
+from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 from sphinx.util.nodes import NodeMatcher
 
 _CATALOG_LOCALE = 'xx'
@@ -1593,7 +1594,7 @@ def test_image_glob_intl_using_figure_language_filename(app):
 
 
 def getwarning(warnings):
-    return strip_escseq(warnings.getvalue().replace(os.sep, '/'))
+    return strip_colors(warnings.getvalue().replace(os.sep, '/'))
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='basic',
diff --git a/tests/test_util/test_util_display.py b/tests/test_util/test_util_display.py
index ab995d15ea3..a18fa1e9445 100644
--- a/tests/test_util/test_util_display.py
+++ b/tests/test_util/test_util_display.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from sphinx.testing.util import strip_escseq
 from sphinx.util import logging
+from sphinx.util.console import strip_colors
 from sphinx.util.display import (
     SkipProgressMessage,
     display_chunk,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_status_iterator_length_0(app, status, warning):
     status.seek(0)
     status.truncate(0)
     yields = list(status_iterator(['hello', 'sphinx', 'world'], 'testing ... '))
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing ... hello sphinx world \n' in output
     assert yields == ['hello', 'sphinx', 'world']
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_status_iterator_verbosity_0(app, status, warning, monkeypatch):
     status.truncate(0)
     yields = list(status_iterator(['hello', 'sphinx', 'world'], 'testing ... ',
                                   length=3, verbosity=0))
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing ... [ 33%] hello\r' in output
     assert 'testing ... [ 67%] sphinx\r' in output
     assert 'testing ... [100%] world\r\n' in output
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_status_iterator_verbosity_1(app, status, warning, monkeypatch):
     status.truncate(0)
     yields = list(status_iterator(['hello', 'sphinx', 'world'], 'testing ... ',
                                   length=3, verbosity=1))
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing ... [ 33%] hello\n' in output
     assert 'testing ... [ 67%] sphinx\n' in output
     assert 'testing ... [100%] world\n\n' in output
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ def test_progress_message(app, status, warning):
     with progress_message('testing'):
         logger.info('blah ', nonl=True)
 
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing... blah done\n' in output
 
     # skipping case
     with progress_message('testing'):
         raise SkipProgressMessage('Reason: %s', 'error')  # NoQA: EM101
 
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing... skipped\nReason: error\n' in output
 
     # error case
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_progress_message(app, status, warning):
     except Exception:
         pass
 
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing... failed\n' in output
 
     # decorator
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ def func():
         logger.info('in func ', nonl=True)
 
     func()
-    output = strip_escseq(status.getvalue())
+    output = strip_colors(status.getvalue())
     assert 'testing... in func done\n' in output
diff --git a/tests/test_util/test_util_logging.py b/tests/test_util/test_util_logging.py
index 8c621880313..4ee548a7a3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_util/test_util_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_util/test_util_logging.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from docutils import nodes
 
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxWarning
-from sphinx.testing.util import strip_escseq
 from sphinx.util import logging, osutil
 from sphinx.util.console import colorize, strip_colors
 from sphinx.util.logging import is_suppressed_warning, prefixed_warnings
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ def test_once_warning_log(app, status, warning):
     logger.warning('message: %d', 1, once=True)
     logger.warning('message: %d', 2, once=True)
 
-    assert 'WARNING: message: 1\nWARNING: message: 2\n' in strip_escseq(warning.getvalue())
+    assert 'WARNING: message: 1\nWARNING: message: 2\n' in strip_colors(warning.getvalue())
 
 
 def test_is_suppressed_warning():
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ def test_pending_warnings(app, status, warning):
         assert 'WARNING: message3' not in warning.getvalue()
 
     # actually logged as ordered
-    assert 'WARNING: message2\nWARNING: message3' in strip_escseq(warning.getvalue())
+    assert 'WARNING: message2\nWARNING: message3' in strip_colors(warning.getvalue())
 
 
 def test_colored_logs(app, status, warning):