1 files changed, 1 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py b/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py
index b3e73836..683f6e27 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/unsafe_proxy.py
@@ -53,13 +53,9 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-import sys
-import types
-import warnings
-from sys import intern as _sys_intern
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Set
 
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
 from ansible.utils.native_jinja import NativeJinjaText
 
@@ -373,20 +369,3 @@ def to_unsafe_text(*args, **kwargs):
 
 def _is_unsafe(obj):
     return getattr(obj, '__UNSAFE__', False) is True
-
-
-def _intern(string):
-    """This is a monkey patch for ``sys.intern`` that will strip
-    the unsafe wrapper prior to interning the string.
-
-    This will not exist in future versions.
-    """
-    if isinstance(string, AnsibleUnsafeText):
-        string = string._strip_unsafe()
-    return _sys_intern(string)
-
-
-if isinstance(sys.intern, types.BuiltinFunctionType):
-    sys.intern = _intern
-else:
-    warnings.warn("skipped sys.intern patch; appears to have already been patched", RuntimeWarning)