diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index ad336dabaf3..cd41e502778 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -501,6 +501,15 @@ export default [{
             message: "Use getOwnerDocument from @react-aria/utils instead.",
         }],
     },
+}, {
+    files: [
+        "packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/**/*.ts",
+        "packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/**/*.tsx",
+    ],
+
+    rules: {
+        "rsp-rules/no-non-shadow-contains": OFF,
+    },
 }, {
     files: ["packages/@react-spectrum/s2/**", "packages/dev/s2-docs/**"],
 
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/package.json b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/package.json
index ec18ecb6981..4393a60b129 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-aria/utils": "^3.32.0",
     "@swc/helpers": "^0.5.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/checkboxgroup.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/checkboxgroup.ts
index 7451b7ec9cb..54e436a5cab 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/checkboxgroup.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/checkboxgroup.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import {act, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {CheckboxGroupTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 import {pressElement} from './events';
 
 interface TriggerCheckboxOptions {
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ export class CheckboxGroupTester {
       throw new Error('Checkbox provided is not in the checkbox group.');
     }
 
-    if (!nodeContains(this.checkboxgroup, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (!this.checkboxgroup.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       act(() => checkboxes[0].focus());
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/combobox.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/combobox.ts
index 3dfb46c3946..d95ac6f5711 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/combobox.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/combobox.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import {act, waitFor, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {ComboBoxTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 
 interface ComboBoxOpenOpts {
   /**
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ export class ComboBoxTester {
 
       if (option.getAttribute('href') == null) {
         await waitFor(() => {
-          if (nodeContains(document, listbox)) {
+          if (document.contains(listbox)) {
             throw new Error('Expected listbox element to not be in the document after selecting an option');
           } else {
             return true;
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ export class ComboBoxTester {
       await this.user.keyboard('[Escape]');
 
       await waitFor(() => {
-        if (nodeContains(document, listbox)) {
+        if (document.contains(listbox)) {
           throw new Error('Expected listbox element to not be in the document after selecting an option');
         } else {
           return true;
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/dialog.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/dialog.ts
index 10e3b22d0f5..213c86c2b1a 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/dialog.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/dialog.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import {act, waitFor, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {DialogTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 
 interface DialogOpenOpts {
   /**
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ export class DialogTester {
           }
         });
 
-        if (dialog && document.activeElement !== this._trigger && nodeContains(dialog, document.activeElement)) {
+        if (dialog && document.activeElement !== this._trigger && dialog.contains(document.activeElement)) {
           this._dialog = dialog;
         } else {
           throw new Error('New modal dialog doesnt contain the active element OR the active element is still the trigger. Uncertain if the proper modal dialog was found');
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ export class DialogTester {
     if (dialog) {
       await this.user.keyboard('[Escape]');
       await waitFor(() => {
-        if (nodeContains(document, dialog)) {
+        if (document.contains(dialog)) {
           throw new Error('Expected the dialog to not be in the document after closing it.');
         } else {
           this._dialog = undefined;
@@ -139,6 +138,6 @@ export class DialogTester {
    * Returns the dialog if present.
    */
   get dialog(): HTMLElement | null {
-    return this._dialog && nodeContains(document, this._dialog) ? this._dialog : null;
+    return this._dialog && document.contains(this._dialog) ? this._dialog : null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/gridlist.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/gridlist.ts
index ebf8af799b6..d5d1c21e082 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/gridlist.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/gridlist.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import {act, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {getAltKey, getMetaKey, pressElement, triggerLongPress} from './events';
 import {GridListTesterOpts, GridRowActionOpts, ToggleGridRowOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 
 interface GridListToggleRowOpts extends ToggleGridRowOpts {}
 interface GridListRowActionOpts extends GridRowActionOpts {}
@@ -67,13 +66,13 @@ export class GridListTester {
       throw new Error('Option provided is not in the gridlist');
     }
 
-    if (document.activeElement !== this._gridlist && !nodeContains(this._gridlist, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (document.activeElement !== this._gridlist && !this._gridlist.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       act(() => this._gridlist.focus());
     }
 
     if (document.activeElement === this._gridlist) {
       await this.user.keyboard(`${selectionOnNav === 'none' ? `[${altKey}>]` : ''}[ArrowDown]${selectionOnNav === 'none' ? `[/${altKey}]` : ''}`);
-    } else if (nodeContains(this._gridlist, document.activeElement) && document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row') {
+    } else if (this._gridlist.contains(document.activeElement) && document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row') {
       do {
         await this.user.keyboard('[ArrowLeft]');
       } while (document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row');
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/listbox.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/listbox.ts
index d8fcab4a772..cac8d9d78bc 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/listbox.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/listbox.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import {act, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {getAltKey, getMetaKey, pressElement, triggerLongPress} from './events';
 import {ListBoxTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 
 interface ListBoxToggleOptionOpts {
   /**
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ export class ListBoxTester {
       throw new Error('Option provided is not in the listbox');
     }
 
-    if (document.activeElement !== this._listbox && !nodeContains(this._listbox, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (document.activeElement !== this._listbox && !this._listbox.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       act(() => this._listbox.focus());
       await this.user.keyboard(`${selectionOnNav === 'none' ? `[${altKey}>]` : ''}[ArrowDown]${selectionOnNav === 'none' ? `[/${altKey}]` : ''}`);
     }
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/menu.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/menu.ts
index f3dcdd3bdd0..87af5c11fd0 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/menu.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/menu.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import {act, waitFor, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {MenuTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 import {triggerLongPress} from './events';
 
 interface MenuOpenOpts {
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ export class MenuTester {
           return;
         }
 
-        if (document.activeElement !== menu && !nodeContains(menu, document.activeElement)) {
+        if (document.activeElement !== menu && !menu.contains(document.activeElement)) {
           act(() => menu.focus());
         }
 
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ export class MenuTester {
         // close. In React 16, focus actually makes it all the way to the root menu's submenu trigger so we need check the root menu
         if (this._isSubmenu) {
           await waitFor(() => {
-            if (document.activeElement === this.trigger || nodeContains(this._rootMenu, document.activeElement)) {
+            if (document.activeElement === this.trigger || this._rootMenu?.contains(document.activeElement)) {
               throw new Error('Expected focus after selecting an submenu option to move away from the original submenu trigger.');
             } else {
               return true;
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ export class MenuTester {
   private async keyboardNavigateToOption(opts: {option: HTMLElement}) {
     let {option} = opts;
     let options = this.options();
-    let targetIndex = options.findIndex(opt => (opt === option) || nodeContains(opt, option));
+    let targetIndex = options.findIndex(opt => (opt === option) || opt.contains(option));
 
     if (targetIndex === -1) {
       throw new Error('Option provided is not in the menu');
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ export class MenuTester {
         }
       });
 
-      if (nodeContains(document, menu)) {
+      if (document.contains(menu)) {
         throw new Error('Expected the menu to not be in the document after closing it.');
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/radiogroup.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/radiogroup.ts
index bdcbfce9730..6c1d0e38c9e 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/radiogroup.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/radiogroup.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import {act, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {Direction, Orientation, RadioGroupTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 import {pressElement} from './events';
 
 interface TriggerRadioOptions {
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ export class RadioGroupTester {
       throw new Error('Radio provided is not in the radio group.');
     }
 
-    if (!nodeContains(this.radiogroup, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (!this.radiogroup.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       let selectedRadio = this.selectedRadio;
       if (selectedRadio != null) {
         act(() => selectedRadio.focus());
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/select.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/select.ts
index 56a9372dfe5..4cce164f53f 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/select.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/select.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  */
 
 import {act, waitFor, within} from '@testing-library/react';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 import {SelectTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
 
 interface SelectOpenOpts {
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ export class SelectTester {
       }
     });
 
-    if (listbox && nodeContains(document, listbox)) {
+    if (listbox && document.contains(listbox)) {
       throw new Error('Expected the select element listbox to not be in the document after closing the dropdown.');
     }
   }
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ export class SelectTester {
           return;
         }
 
-        if (document.activeElement !== listbox && !nodeContains(listbox, document.activeElement)) {
+        if (document.activeElement !== listbox && !listbox.contains(document.activeElement)) {
           act(() => listbox.focus());
         }
         await this.keyboardNavigateToOption({option});
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ export class SelectTester {
           }
         });
 
-        if (nodeContains(document, listbox)) {
+        if (document.contains(listbox)) {
           throw new Error('Expected select element listbox to not be in the document after selecting an option');
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/table.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/table.ts
index 24071fd3b90..95d4e6fe184 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/table.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/table.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import {act, waitFor, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {getAltKey, getMetaKey, pressElement, triggerLongPress} from './events';
 import {GridRowActionOpts, TableTesterOpts, ToggleGridRowOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 
 interface TableToggleRowOpts extends ToggleGridRowOpts {}
 interface TableToggleSortOpts {
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export class TableTester {
     }
 
     // Move focus into the table
-    if (document.activeElement !== this._table && !nodeContains(this._table, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (document.activeElement !== this._table && !this._table.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       act(() => this._table.focus());
     }
 
@@ -75,14 +74,14 @@ export class TableTester {
     }
 
     // If focus is currently somewhere in the first row group (aka on a column), we want to keyboard navigate downwards till we reach the rows
-    if (nodeContains(this.rowGroups[0], document.activeElement)) {
+    if (this.rowGroups[0].contains(document.activeElement)) {
       do {
         await this.user.keyboard('[ArrowDown]');
-      } while (!nodeContains(this.rowGroups[1], document.activeElement));
+      } while (!this.rowGroups[1].contains(document.activeElement));
     }
 
     // Move focus onto the row itself
-    if (nodeContains(this.rowGroups[1], document.activeElement) && document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row') {
+    if (this.rowGroups[1].contains(document.activeElement) && document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row') {
       do {
         await this.user.keyboard('[ArrowLeft]');
       } while (document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row');
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ export class TableTester {
           }
 
           await waitFor(() => {
-            if (nodeContains(document, menu)) {
+            if (document.contains(menu)) {
               throw new Error('Expected table column menu listbox to not be in the document after selecting an option');
             } else {
               return true;
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ export class TableTester {
           await pressElement(this.user, within(menu).getAllByRole('menuitem')[action], interactionType);
 
           await waitFor(() => {
-            if (nodeContains(document, menu)) {
+            if (document.contains(menu)) {
               throw new Error('Expected table column menu listbox to not be in the document after selecting an option');
             } else {
               return true;
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tabs.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tabs.ts
index f87a2d9afd2..c26da3e7656 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tabs.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tabs.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import {act, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {Direction, Orientation, TabsTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 import {pressElement} from './events';
 
 interface TriggerTabOptions {
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ export class TabsTester {
       throw new Error('Tab provided is not in the tablist');
     }
 
-    if (!nodeContains(this._tablist, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (!this._tablist.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       let selectedTab = this.selectedTab;
       if (selectedTab != null) {
         act(() => selectedTab.focus());
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ export class TabsTester {
     }
 
     if (interactionType === 'keyboard') {
-      if (document.activeElement !== this._tablist && !nodeContains(this._tablist, document.activeElement)) {
+      if (document.activeElement !== this._tablist && !this._tablist.contains(document.activeElement)) {
         act(() => this._tablist.focus());
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tree.ts b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tree.ts
index 28a566d59ec..cadcf52b72a 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tree.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/test-utils/src/tree.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import {act, within} from '@testing-library/react';
 import {BaseGridRowInteractionOpts, GridRowActionOpts, ToggleGridRowOpts, TreeTesterOpts, UserOpts} from './types';
 import {getAltKey, getMetaKey, pressElement, triggerLongPress} from './events';
-import {nodeContains} from '@react-aria/utils';
 
 interface TreeToggleExpansionOpts extends BaseGridRowInteractionOpts {}
 interface TreeToggleRowOpts extends ToggleGridRowOpts {}
@@ -74,13 +73,13 @@ export class TreeTester {
       throw new Error('Option provided is not in the tree');
     }
 
-    if (document.activeElement !== this._tree && !nodeContains(this._tree, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (document.activeElement !== this._tree && !this._tree.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       act(() => this._tree.focus());
     }
 
     if (document.activeElement === this.tree) {
       await this.user.keyboard(`${selectionOnNav === 'none' ? `[${altKey}>]` : ''}[ArrowDown]${selectionOnNav === 'none' ? `[/${altKey}]` : ''}`);
-    } else if (nodeContains(this._tree, document.activeElement) && document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row') {
+    } else if (this._tree.contains(document.activeElement) && document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row') {
       do {
         await this.user.keyboard('[ArrowLeft]');
       } while (document.activeElement!.getAttribute('role') !== 'row');
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ export class TreeTester {
       row,
       interactionType = this._interactionType
     } = opts;
-    if (!nodeContains(this.tree, document.activeElement)) {
+    if (!this.tree.contains(document.activeElement)) {
       await act(async () => {
         this.tree.focus();
       });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 82f4b7eb377..d716c3117ce 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6179,7 +6179,6 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@react-aria/test-utils@workspace:packages/@react-aria/test-utils"
   dependencies:
-    "@react-aria/utils": "npm:^3.32.0"
     "@swc/helpers": "npm:^0.5.0"
   peerDependencies:
     "@testing-library/react": ^16.0.0