Delete AS::Dependencies.remove_constant

activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb

@@ -275,71 +275,6 @@ module ActiveSupport # :nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    def remove_constant(const) # :nodoc:
-      # Normalize ::Foo, ::Object::Foo, Object::Foo, Object::Object::Foo, etc. as Foo.
-      normalized = const.to_s.delete_prefix("::")
-      normalized.sub!(/\A(Object::)+/, "")
-
-      constants = normalized.split("::")
-      to_remove = constants.pop
-
-      # Remove the file path from the loaded list.
-      file_path = search_for_file(const.underscore)
-      if file_path
-        expanded = File.expand_path(file_path)
-        expanded.delete_suffix!(".rb")
-        loaded.delete(expanded)
-      end
-
-      if constants.empty?
-        parent = Object
-      else
-        # This method is robust to non-reachable constants.
-        #
-        # Non-reachable constants may be passed if some of the parents were
-        # autoloaded and already removed. It is easier to do a sanity check
-        # here than require the caller to be clever. We check the parent
-        # rather than the very const argument because we do not want to
-        # trigger Kernel#autoloads, see the comment below.
-        parent_name = constants.join("::")
-        return unless qualified_const_defined?(parent_name)
-        parent = constantize(parent_name)
-      end
-
-      # In an autoloaded user.rb like this
-      #
-      #   autoload :Foo, 'foo'
-      #
-      #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-      #   end
-      #
-      # we correctly register "Foo" as being autoloaded. But if the app does
-      # not use the "Foo" constant we need to be careful not to trigger
-      # loading "foo.rb" ourselves. While #const_defined? and #const_get? do
-      # require the file, #autoload? and #remove_const don't.
-      #
-      # We are going to remove the constant nonetheless ---which exists as
-      # far as Ruby is concerned--- because if the user removes the macro
-      # call from a class or module that were not autoloaded, as in the
-      # example above with Object, accessing to that constant must err.
-      unless parent.autoload?(to_remove)
-        begin
-          constantized = parent.const_get(to_remove, false)
-        rescue NameError
-          # The constant is no longer reachable, just skip it.
-          return
-        else
-          constantized.before_remove_const if constantized.respond_to?(:before_remove_const)
-        end
-      end
-
-      begin
-        parent.instance_eval { remove_const to_remove }
-      rescue NameError
-        # The constant is no longer reachable, just skip it.
-      end
-    end
-
     private
       def uninitialized_constant(qualified_name, const_name, receiver:)
         NameError.new("uninitialized constant #{qualified_name}", const_name, receiver: receiver)