Refs #27753 -- Removed unused django.utils.text._replace_entity() and _entity_re.

Unused since 157ab32f34.

django/utils/text.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import html.entities
 import re
 import unicodedata
 from gzip import GzipFile, compress as gzip_compress
@@ -338,28 +337,6 @@ def smart_split(text):
         yield bit[0]
 
 
-def _replace_entity(match):
-    text = match[1]
-    if text[0] == '#':
-        text = text[1:]
-        try:
-            if text[0] in 'xX':
-                c = int(text[1:], 16)
-            else:
-                c = int(text)
-            return chr(c)
-        except ValueError:
-            return match[0]
-    else:
-        try:
-            return chr(html.entities.name2codepoint[text])
-        except KeyError:
-            return match[0]
-
-
-_entity_re = _lazy_re_compile(r"&(#?[xX]?(?:[0-9a-fA-F]+|\w{1,8}));")
-
-
 @keep_lazy_text
 def unescape_string_literal(s):
     r"""