diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/migration.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/migration.py
index 9a19ff7084a..185be02e9aa 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/migration.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/migration.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from uuid import UUID
 import sqlalchemy
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKeyConstraint, MetaData, Table, func, text, update
 from sqlalchemy.engine import CursorResult, Engine
-from sqlalchemy.engine.interfaces import ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint
 from sqlalchemy.exc import (
     DatabaseError,
     IntegrityError,
@@ -645,7 +644,7 @@ def _update_states_table_with_foreign_key_options(
 
 def _drop_foreign_key_constraints(
     session_maker: Callable[[], Session], engine: Engine, table: str, column: str
-) -> list[tuple[str, str, ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint]]:
+) -> None:
     """Drop foreign key constraints for a table on specific columns.
 
     This is not supported for SQLite because it does not support
@@ -658,11 +657,6 @@ def _drop_foreign_key_constraints(
         )
 
     inspector = sqlalchemy.inspect(engine)
-    dropped_constraints = [
-        (table, column, foreign_key)
-        for foreign_key in inspector.get_foreign_keys(table)
-        if foreign_key["name"] and foreign_key["constrained_columns"] == [column]
-    ]
 
     ## Find matching named constraints and bind the ForeignKeyConstraints to the table
     tmp_table = Table(table, MetaData())
@@ -685,8 +679,6 @@ def _drop_foreign_key_constraints(
                 )
                 raise
 
-    return dropped_constraints
-
 
 def _restore_foreign_key_constraints(
     session_maker: Callable[[], Session],
diff --git a/tests/components/recorder/test_migrate.py b/tests/components/recorder/test_migrate.py
index 4bc317bdaa7..b56dfe3e189 100644
--- a/tests/components/recorder/test_migrate.py
+++ b/tests/components/recorder/test_migrate.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import sys
 from unittest.mock import ANY, Mock, PropertyMock, call, patch
 
 import pytest
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, inspect, text
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+from sqlalchemy.engine.interfaces import ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint
 from sqlalchemy.exc import (
     DatabaseError,
     InternalError,
@@ -973,31 +975,40 @@ def test_drop_restore_foreign_key_constraints(recorder_db_url: str) -> None:
         ],
     }
 
+    def find_constraints(
+        engine: Engine, table: str, column: str
+    ) -> list[tuple[str, str, ReflectedForeignKeyConstraint]]:
+        inspector = inspect(engine)
+        return [
+            (table, column, foreign_key)
+            for foreign_key in inspector.get_foreign_keys(table)
+            if foreign_key["name"] and foreign_key["constrained_columns"] == [column]
+        ]
+
     engine = create_engine(recorder_db_url)
     db_schema.Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
 
+    matching_constraints_1 = [
+        dropped_constraint
+        for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate
+        for dropped_constraint in find_constraints(engine, table, column)
+    ]
+    assert matching_constraints_1 == expected_dropped_constraints[db_engine]
+
     with Session(engine) as session:
         session_maker = Mock(return_value=session)
-        dropped_constraints_1 = [
-            dropped_constraint
-            for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate
-            for dropped_constraint in migration._drop_foreign_key_constraints(
+        for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate:
+            migration._drop_foreign_key_constraints(
                 session_maker, engine, table, column
             )
-        ]
-    assert dropped_constraints_1 == expected_dropped_constraints[db_engine]
 
     # Check we don't find the constrained columns again (they are removed)
-    with Session(engine) as session:
-        session_maker = Mock(return_value=session)
-        dropped_constraints_2 = [
-            dropped_constraint
-            for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate
-            for dropped_constraint in migration._drop_foreign_key_constraints(
-                session_maker, engine, table, column
-            )
-        ]
-    assert dropped_constraints_2 == []
+    matching_constraints_2 = [
+        dropped_constraint
+        for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate
+        for dropped_constraint in find_constraints(engine, table, column)
+    ]
+    assert matching_constraints_2 == []
 
     # Restore the constraints
     with Session(engine) as session:
@@ -1007,16 +1018,12 @@ def test_drop_restore_foreign_key_constraints(recorder_db_url: str) -> None:
         )
 
     # Check we do find the constrained columns again (they are restored)
-    with Session(engine) as session:
-        session_maker = Mock(return_value=session)
-        dropped_constraints_3 = [
-            dropped_constraint
-            for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate
-            for dropped_constraint in migration._drop_foreign_key_constraints(
-                session_maker, engine, table, column
-            )
-        ]
-    assert dropped_constraints_3 == expected_dropped_constraints[db_engine]
+    matching_constraints_3 = [
+        dropped_constraint
+        for table, column, _, _ in constraints_to_recreate
+        for dropped_constraint in find_constraints(engine, table, column)
+    ]
+    assert matching_constraints_3 == expected_dropped_constraints[db_engine]
 
     engine.dispose()