diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_ultratb.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_ultratb.py
index 3ab0ce3..71af252 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_ultratb.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_ultratb.py
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ import os.path
 from textwrap import dedent
 import traceback
 import unittest
-from unittest import mock
 
-import IPython.core.ultratb as ultratb
-from IPython.core.ultratb import ColorTB, VerboseTB, find_recursion
+from IPython.core.ultratb import ColorTB, VerboseTB
 
 
 from IPython.testing import tools as tt
@@ -38,16 +36,12 @@ def recursionlimit(frames):
 
     def inner(test_function):
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            _orig_rec_limit = ultratb._FRAME_RECURSION_LIMIT
-            ultratb._FRAME_RECURSION_LIMIT = 50
-
             rl = sys.getrecursionlimit()
             sys.setrecursionlimit(frames)
             try:
                 return test_function(*args, **kwargs)
             finally:
                 sys.setrecursionlimit(rl)
-                ultratb._FRAME_RECURSION_LIMIT = _orig_rec_limit
 
         return wrapper
 
@@ -350,45 +344,24 @@ def r3o2():
         ip.run_cell(self.DEFINITIONS)
 
     def test_no_recursion(self):
-        with tt.AssertNotPrints("frames repeated"):
+        with tt.AssertNotPrints("skipping similar frames"):
             ip.run_cell("non_recurs()")
 
     @recursionlimit(150)
     def test_recursion_one_frame(self):
-        with tt.AssertPrints("1 frames repeated"):
+        with tt.AssertPrints("[... skipping similar frames: r1 at line 5 (95 times)]"):
             ip.run_cell("r1()")
 
     @recursionlimit(150)
     def test_recursion_three_frames(self):
-        with tt.AssertPrints("3 frames repeated"):
+        with tt.AssertPrints(
+            "[... skipping similar frames: "
+            "r3a at line 8 (29 times), "
+            "r3b at line 11 (29 times), "
+            "r3c at line 14 (29 times)]"
+        ):
             ip.run_cell("r3o2()")
 
-    @recursionlimit(150)
-    def test_find_recursion(self):
-        captured = []
-        def capture_exc(*args, **kwargs):
-            captured.append(sys.exc_info())
-        with mock.patch.object(ip, 'showtraceback', capture_exc):
-            ip.run_cell("r3o2()")
-
-        self.assertEqual(len(captured), 1)
-        etype, evalue, tb = captured[0]
-        self.assertIn("recursion", str(evalue))
-
-        records = ip.InteractiveTB.get_records(tb, 3, ip.InteractiveTB.tb_offset)
-        for r in records[:10]:
-            print(r[1:4])
-
-        # The outermost frames should be:
-        # 0: the 'cell' that was running when the exception came up
-        # 1: r3o2()
-        # 2: r3o1()
-        # 3: r3a()
-        # Then repeating r3b, r3c, r3a
-        last_unique, repeat_length = find_recursion(etype, evalue, records)
-        self.assertEqual(last_unique, 2)
-        self.assertEqual(repeat_length, 3)
-
 
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