diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_privacy.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_privacy.py
index ac697e19a712..ccce52141790 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_privacy.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_privacy.py
@@ -364,13 +364,15 @@ def test_explorer_private(self):
         # Check the response
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
+        soup = WagtailTestUtils.get_soup(response)
+
         # Check the private privacy indicator is visible
-        private_indicator = response.select_one("[data-privacy-sidebar-private]")
+        private_indicator = soup.select_one("[data-privacy-sidebar-private]")
         # There should not be any classes applied
         self.assertEqual(private_indicator["class"], [])
 
         # Privacy indicator should be hidden
-        public_indicator = response.select_one("[data-privacy-sidebar-public].w-hidden")
+        public_indicator = soup.select_one("[data-privacy-sidebar-public].w-hidden")
         self.assertIsNotNone(public_indicator)
 
     def test_explorer_private_child(self):
diff --git a/wagtail/test/utils/wagtail_tests.py b/wagtail/test/utils/wagtail_tests.py
index fe5eed8e4f06..d1bbe8fca59f 100644
--- a/wagtail/test/utils/wagtail_tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/test/utils/wagtail_tests.py
@@ -1,76 +1,17 @@
 import warnings
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, ResultSet, Tag
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from django import VERSION as DJANGO_VERSION
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.http import HttpResponse
-from django.test.client import Client as DjangoTestClient
+from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.test.testcases import assert_and_parse_html
-from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
-
-
-class SoupHttpResponse(HttpResponse):
-    """Subclass for type-hinting purposes.
-
-    Use it like this for type-hinting:
-        response: SoupHttpResponse = self.client.get("/your-url/")
-
-        # Wonderful type hinting!
-        response.soup.select(...)
-    """
-
-    soup: BeautifulSoup
-
-    def select(self, selector: str) -> ResultSet[Tag]:
-        pass
-
-    def select_one(self, selector: str) -> (Tag | None):
-        pass
-
-
-class BS4SoupClient(DjangoTestClient):
-    """Convenience wrapper around Django's Client and BeautifulSoup's SoupSieve
-
-    The intend of this wrapper is to make it easier to check the html of a response.
-
-    Usage example:
-
-        client = BS4SoupClient()
-        response = client.get("/good-vibes/")
-
-        # Select a HTML <span class="good-vibes> in the response
-        good_vibes = response.select("span.good-vibes")
-
-        # Assert the is only one element on the page that matches the selector
-        self.assertEqual(len(soup), 1)
-    """
-
-    def _get_soup(self, response):
-        content_type = response.headers.get("Content-Type", None)
-        if "text/html" in content_type:
-            return BeautifulSoup(response.content, "html5lib")
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Cannot use BeautifulSoup, the response content type is not HTML"
-        )
-
-    def request(self, **request) -> SoupHttpResponse:
-        response = super().request(**request)
-        # Make the soup available lazily. We will only incur the cost of instantiating
-        # the soup upon the initial access of this attribute.
-        response.soup = SimpleLazyObject(lambda: self._get_soup(response))
-
-        # Alias these BeautifulSoup functions the the response for convenience
-        response.select = lambda selector: response.soup.select(selector)
-        response.select_one = lambda selector: response.soup.select_one(selector)
-        return response
 
 
 class WagtailTestUtils:
-    client_class = BS4SoupClient
-
-    # To make IDE type hinting recognize the appropriate type
-    client: BS4SoupClient
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_soup(request: HttpRequest) -> BeautifulSoup:
+        return BeautifulSoup(request.content, "html.parser")
 
     @staticmethod
     def create_test_user():