diff --git a/src/scanpy/_utils/__init__.py b/src/scanpy/_utils/__init__.py
index ebaa7d985b..9cabf05e24 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/_utils/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     from typing import Any
 
     from anndata import AnnData
-    from igraph import Graph
     from numpy.typing import ArrayLike, NDArray
     from pandas._typing import Dtype as PdDtype
 
@@ -268,30 +267,6 @@ def check_use_raw(
     return adata.raw is not None
 
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Graph stuff
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def get_igraph_from_adjacency(adjacency: CSBase, *, directed: bool = False) -> Graph:
-    """Get igraph graph from adjacency matrix."""
-    import igraph as ig
-
-    sources, targets = adjacency.nonzero()
-    weights = dematrix(adjacency[sources, targets]).ravel() if len(sources) else []
-    g = ig.Graph(directed=directed)
-    g.add_vertices(adjacency.shape[0])  # this adds adjacency.shape[0] vertices
-    g.add_edges(list(zip(sources, targets, strict=True)))
-    with suppress(KeyError):
-        g.es["weight"] = weights
-    if g.vcount() != adjacency.shape[0]:
-        logg.warning(
-            f"The constructed graph has only {g.vcount()} nodes. "
-            "Your adjacency matrix contained redundant nodes."
-        )
-    return g
-
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Group stuff
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/scanpy/neighbors/__init__.py b/src/scanpy/neighbors/__init__.py
index 3622c02576..e6875865a7 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/neighbors/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/neighbors/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from packaging.version import Version
 from scipy import sparse
 
-from .. import _utils
 from .. import logging as logg
 from .._compat import CSBase, CSRBase, SpBase, pkg_version, warn
 from .._docs import doc_rng
@@ -578,7 +577,9 @@ def distances_dpt(self) -> OnFlySymMatrix:
 
     def to_igraph(self) -> Graph:
         """Generate igraph from connectiviies."""
-        return _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(self.connectivities)
+        import igraph as ig
+
+        return ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(self.connectivities, mode=ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED)
 
     @_doc_params(n_pcs=doc_n_pcs, use_rep=doc_use_rep)
     @_accepts_legacy_random_state(0)
diff --git a/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/paga.py b/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/paga.py
index 36c0c8978d..376fb8ffc7 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/paga.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/plotting/_tools/paga.py
@@ -238,15 +238,21 @@ def _compute_pos(  # noqa: PLR0912
             )
             raise ValueError(msg)
     else:  # igraph layouts
+        import igraph as ig
+
         if isinstance(rng, _LegacyRng):  # backwards compat
             random.seed(rng.bytes(8))
             ctx = nullcontext()
         else:
             ctx = _set_igraph_rng(rng)
-        g = _sc_utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(adjacency_solid)
+        g: ig.Graph = ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+            adjacency_solid, mode=ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED
+        )
         with ctx:
             if "rt" in layout:
-                g_tree = _sc_utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(adj_tree)
+                g_tree: ig.Graph = ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+                    adj_tree, mode=ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED
+                )
                 pos_list = g_tree.layout(
                     layout, root=root if isinstance(root, list) else [root]
                 ).coords
diff --git a/src/scanpy/tools/_draw_graph.py b/src/scanpy/tools/_draw_graph.py
index bdbb37d0be..8d6aa92946 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/tools/_draw_graph.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/tools/_draw_graph.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from .. import _utils
 from .. import logging as logg
 from .._docs import doc_rng
 from .._utils import _choose_graph, _doc_params, get_literal_vals
@@ -150,7 +149,9 @@ def draw_graph(  # noqa: PLR0913
     if layout == "fa":
         positions = np.array(fa2_positions(adjacency, init_coords, **kwds))
     else:
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(adjacency)
+        import igraph as ig
+
+        g: ig.Graph = ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(adjacency, mode=ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED)
         with _igraph_rng_compat(rng):
             if layout in {"fr", "drl", "kk", "grid_fr"}:
                 ig_layout = g.layout(layout, seed=init_coords.tolist(), **kwds)
diff --git a/src/scanpy/tools/_leiden.py b/src/scanpy/tools/_leiden.py
index 2f789acbaf..14de63277a 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/tools/_leiden.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/tools/_leiden.py
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ def leiden(  # noqa: PLR0913
         to calculate a score independent of `flavor`.
 
     """
-    flavor = _validate_flavor(flavor, partition_type=partition_type, directed=directed)
     _utils.ensure_igraph()
+    import igraph as ig
+
+    flavor = _validate_flavor(flavor, partition_type=partition_type, directed=directed)
     clustering_args = dict(clustering_args)
     rng = np.random.default_rng(rng)
     meta_random_state = (
@@ -170,7 +172,9 @@ def leiden(  # noqa: PLR0913
         if resolution is not None:
             clustering_args["resolution_parameter"] = resolution
         directed = True if directed is None else directed
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(adjacency, directed=directed)
+        g: ig.Graph = ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+            adjacency, mode=ig.ADJ_DIRECTED if directed else ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED
+        )
         if partition_type is None:
             partition_type = leidenalg.RBConfigurationVertexPartition
         if use_weights:
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ def leiden(  # noqa: PLR0913
             leidenalg.find_partition(g, partition_type, seed=seed, **clustering_args),
         )
     else:
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(adjacency, directed=False)
+        g: ig.Graph = ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(adjacency, mode=ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED)
         if use_weights:
             clustering_args["weights"] = "weight"
         if resolution is not None:
diff --git a/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py b/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py
index 19fb50bd47..8c3d6b3b0d 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/tools/_louvain.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from packaging.version import Version
 from scverse_misc import Deprecation, deprecated
 
-from .. import _utils
 from .. import logging as logg
 from .._compat import pkg_version
 from .._utils import _choose_graph, _doc_params
@@ -143,13 +142,17 @@ def louvain(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0913, PLR0915
             adjacency=adjacency,
         )
     if flavor in {"vtraag", "igraph"}:
+        import igraph as ig
+
         if flavor == "igraph" and resolution is not None:
             logg.warning('`resolution` parameter has no effect for flavor "igraph"')
         if directed and flavor == "igraph":
             directed = False
         if not directed:
             logg.debug("    using the undirected graph")
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(adjacency, directed=directed)
+        g: ig.Graph = ig.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+            adjacency, mode=ig.ADJ_DIRECTED if directed else ig.ADJ_UNDIRECTED
+        )
         weights = np.array(g.es["weight"]).astype(np.float64) if use_weights else None
         if flavor == "vtraag":
             import louvain
diff --git a/src/scanpy/tools/_paga.py b/src/scanpy/tools/_paga.py
index f2130b5787..dac585ee0f 100644
--- a/src/scanpy/tools/_paga.py
+++ b/src/scanpy/tools/_paga.py
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ def _compute_connectivities_v1_2(self):
         ones = self._neighbors.distances.copy()
         ones.data = np.ones(len(ones.data))
         # should be directed if we deal with distances
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(ones, directed=True)
+        g: igraph.Graph = igraph.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+            ones, mode=igraph.ADJ_DIRECTED
+        )
         vc = igraph.VertexClustering(
             g, membership=self._adata.obs[self._groups_key].cat.codes.values
         )
@@ -212,7 +214,9 @@ def _compute_connectivities_v1_0(self):
 
         ones = self._neighbors.connectivities.copy()
         ones.data = np.ones(len(ones.data))
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(ones)
+        g: igraph.Graph = igraph.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+            ones, mode=igraph.ADJ_DIRECTED
+        )
         vc = igraph.VertexClustering(
             g, membership=self._adata.obs[self._groups_key].cat.codes.values
         )
@@ -289,9 +293,8 @@ def compute_transitions(self):
         #     raise ValueError(msg)
         import igraph
 
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(
-            self._adata.uns[vkey].astype("bool"),
-            directed=True,
+        g: igraph.Graph = igraph.Graph.Adjacency(
+            self._adata.uns[vkey].astype("bool"), mode=igraph.ADJ_DIRECTED
         )
         vc = igraph.VertexClustering(
             g, membership=self._adata.obs[self._groups_key].cat.codes.values
@@ -324,9 +327,8 @@ def compute_transitions(self):
     def compute_transitions_old(self):
         import igraph
 
-        g = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(
-            self._adata.uns["velocyto_transitions"],
-            directed=True,
+        g: igraph.Graph = igraph.Graph.Weighted_Adjacency(
+            self._adata.uns["velocyto_transitions"], mode=igraph.ADJ_DIRECTED
         )
         vc = igraph.VertexClustering(
             g, membership=self._adata.obs[self._groups_key].cat.codes.values
@@ -334,9 +336,9 @@ def compute_transitions_old(self):
         # this stores all single-cell edges in the cluster graph
         cg_full = vc.cluster_graph(combine_edges=False)
         # this is the boolean version that simply counts edges in the clustered graph
-        g_bool = _utils.get_igraph_from_adjacency(
+        g_bool = igraph.Graph.Adjacency(
             self._adata.uns["velocyto_transitions"].astype("bool"),
-            directed=True,
+            mode=igraph.ADJ_DIRECTED,
         )
         vc_bool = igraph.VertexClustering(
             g_bool, membership=self._adata.obs[self._groups_key].cat.codes.values
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index ffca4b8e0e..43a3083a7a 100644
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diff --git a/tests/_images/paga_continuous_multiple/expected.png b/tests/_images/paga_continuous_multiple/expected.png
index 0bbda8ca49..de8252619c 100644
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diff --git a/tests/_images/paga_continuous_obs/expected.png b/tests/_images/paga_continuous_obs/expected.png
index 8c2a3d5bbb..f9f936d18f 100644
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diff --git a/tests/_images/paga_pie/expected.png b/tests/_images/paga_pie/expected.png
index 7a428c8ce7..997853b9f4 100644
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diff --git a/tests/test_clustering.py b/tests/test_clustering.py
index 51fa863d9e..1a5a02a2e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_clustering.py
+++ b/tests/test_clustering.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_leiden_random_state(
             n_iterations=n_iterations,
             **{rng_arg: seed},
         )
-        for seed in (1, 1, 42)
+        for seed in (1, 1, 3)
     )
     with subtests.test("reproducible"):
         pd.testing.assert_series_equal(
diff --git a/tests/test_metrics.py b/tests/test_metrics.py
index 7fe7fe1fa3..2de76b07e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/test_metrics.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def test_modularity_adata(
             assert 0 <= s <= 1
     for (n0, s0), (n1, s1) in combinations(scores.items(), 2):
         with subtests.test("equality", l=n0, r=n1):
-            assert pytest.approx(s0, rel=1e-6) == s1
+            assert s0 == s1
     with subtests.test("update"):
         assert adata.uns["leiden"]["modularity"] is scores["update"]