diff --git a/beets/logging.py b/beets/logging.py
index 29357c0f0..086a590a0 100644
--- a/beets/logging.py
+++ b/beets/logging.py
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ from logging import (
 )
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Mapping, TypeVar, overload
 
-from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
-
 __all__ = [
     "DEBUG",
     "INFO",
@@ -60,9 +58,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
-P = ParamSpec("P")
-
-
 def _logsafe(val: T) -> str | T:
     """Coerce `bytes` to `str` to avoid crashes solely due to logging.
 
diff --git a/test/test_logging.py b/test/test_logging.py
index 4a62e3a3b..f4dda331e 100644
--- a/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/test/test_logging.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class TestStrFormatLogger:
         with caplog.at_level(level, logger="test_logger"):
             logger.log(level, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
+        assert caplog.records, "No log records were captured"
         assert str(caplog.records[0].msg) == expected