diff --git a/dvc/fs/base.py b/dvc/fs/base.py
index ebeb56c21..5d3df8851 100644
--- a/dvc/fs/base.py
+++ b/dvc/fs/base.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, FrozenSet, Optional
 
-from funcy import cached_property, decorator
+from funcy import cached_property
 
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 from dvc.path_info import URLInfo
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ class RemoteMissingDepsError(DvcException):
     pass
 
 
-@decorator
-def use_state(call):
-    fs = call._args[0]  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-    with fs.state:
-        return call()
-
-
 class BaseFileSystem:
     scheme = "base"
     REQUIRES: ClassVar[Dict[str, str]] = {}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 57a3867af..ac992b068 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ tests_requirements = [
     "rangehttpserver==1.2.0",
     "beautifulsoup4==4.4.0",
     "pylint==2.5.3",
+    "astroid<2.5",  # temporary required for pylint, see #5469
     "pylint-pytest>=0.3.0",
     "pylint-plugin-utils",
     "wget",