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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb
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--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/removal.rb
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-require 'active_support/core_ext/object/extending'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/module/introspection'
-
-class Class #:nodoc:
-
-  def reachable?
-    eval("defined?(::#{self}) && ::#{self}.equal?(self)")
-  end
-
-  # Unassociates the class with its subclasses and removes the subclasses
-  # themselves.
-  #
-  #   Integer.remove_subclasses # => [Bignum, Fixnum]
-  #   Fixnum                    # => NameError: uninitialized constant Fixnum
-  def remove_subclasses
-    Object.remove_subclasses_of(self)
-  end
-
-  # Returns an array with the names of the subclasses of +self+ as strings.
-  #
-  #   Integer.subclasses # => ["Bignum", "Fixnum"]
-  def subclasses
-    Object.subclasses_of(self).map { |o| o.to_s }
-  end
-
-  # Removes the classes in +klasses+ from their parent module.
-  #
-  # Ordinary classes belong to some module via a constant. This method computes
-  # that constant name from the class name and removes it from the module it
-  # belongs to.
-  #
-  #   Object.remove_class(Integer) # => [Integer]
-  #   Integer                      # => NameError: uninitialized constant Integer
-  #
-  # Take into account that in general the class object could be still stored
-  # somewhere else.
-  #
-  #   i = Integer                  # => Integer
-  #   Object.remove_class(Integer) # => [Integer]
-  #   Integer                      # => NameError: uninitialized constant Integer
-  #   i.subclasses                 # => ["Bignum", "Fixnum"]
-  #   Fixnum.superclass            # => Integer
-  def remove_class(*klasses)
-    klasses.flatten.each do |klass|
-      # Skip this class if there is nothing bound to this name
-      next unless defined?(klass.name)
-      
-      basename = klass.to_s.split("::").last
-      parent = klass.parent
-      
-      # Skip this class if it does not match the current one bound to this name
-      next unless parent.const_defined?(basename) && klass = parent.const_get(basename)
-
-      parent.instance_eval { remove_const basename } unless parent == klass
-    end
-  end
-end