Breaks internal code

PiperOrigin-RevId: 529514670
Change-Id: Ia9a19da52f58c91d5131c2a17308a7a322db2714
diff --git a/absl/status/statusor.h b/absl/status/statusor.h
index f193223..beedd79 100644
--- a/absl/status/statusor.h
+++ b/absl/status/statusor.h
@@ -612,21 +612,6 @@
     return this->data_;
   }
 
-  // StatusOr<T>::AssignStatus()
-  //
-  // Sets the status of `absl::StatusOr<T>` to the given non-ok status value.
-  //
-  // NOTE: We recommend using the constructor and `operator=` where possible.
-  // This method is intended for use in generic programming, to enable setting
-  // the status of a `StatusOr<T>` when `T` may be `Status`. In that case, the
-  // constructor and `operator=` would assign into the inner value of type
-  // `Status`, rather than status of the `StatusOr` (b/280392796).
-  //
-  // REQUIRES: !Status(std::forward<U>(v)).ok(). This requirement is DCHECKed.
-  // In optimized builds, passing absl::OkStatus() here will have the effect
-  // of passing absl::StatusCode::kInternal as a fallback.
-  using internal_statusor::StatusOrData<T>::AssignStatus;
-
  private:
   using internal_statusor::StatusOrData<T>::Assign;
   template <typename U>
diff --git a/absl/status/statusor_test.cc b/absl/status/statusor_test.cc
index e65f5d2..2902154 100644
--- a/absl/status/statusor_test.cc
+++ b/absl/status/statusor_test.cc
@@ -1844,37 +1844,4 @@
   }
 }
 
-TEST(StatusOr, StatusAssignmentFromStatusError) {
-  absl::StatusOr<absl::Status> statusor;
-  statusor.AssignStatus(absl::CancelledError());
-
-  EXPECT_FALSE(statusor.ok());
-  EXPECT_EQ(statusor.status(), absl::CancelledError());
-}
-
-#if GTEST_HAS_DEATH_TEST
-TEST(StatusOr, StatusAssignmentFromStatusOk) {
-  EXPECT_DEBUG_DEATH(
-      {
-        absl::StatusOr<absl::Status> statusor;
-        // This will DCHECK.
-        statusor.AssignStatus(absl::OkStatus());
-        // In optimized mode, we are actually going to get error::INTERNAL for
-        // status here, rather than crashing, so check that.
-        EXPECT_FALSE(statusor.ok());
-        EXPECT_EQ(statusor.status().code(), absl::StatusCode::kInternal);
-      },
-      "An OK status is not a valid constructor argument to StatusOr<T>");
-}
-#endif
-
-TEST(StatusOr, StatusAssignmentFromTypeConvertibleToStatus) {
-  CustomType<MyType, kConvToStatus> v;
-  absl::StatusOr<MyType> statusor;
-  statusor.AssignStatus(v);
-
-  EXPECT_FALSE(statusor.ok());
-  EXPECT_EQ(statusor.status(), static_cast<absl::Status>(v));
-}
-
 }  // namespace