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diff --git a/sphinx/util/compat.py b/sphinx/util/compat.py
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--- a/sphinx/util/compat.py
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-"""modules for backward compatibility"""
-
-import sys
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from sphinx.application import Sphinx
-
-
-def register_application_for_autosummary(app: "Sphinx") -> None:
-    """Register application object to autosummary module.
-
-    Since Sphinx-1.7, documenters and attrgetters are registered into
-    application object.  As a result, the arguments of
-    ``get_documenter()`` has been changed.  To keep compatibility,
-    this handler registers application object to the module.
-    """
-    if 'sphinx.ext.autosummary' in sys.modules:
-        from sphinx.ext import autosummary
-        if hasattr(autosummary, '_objects'):
-            autosummary._objects['_app'] = app  # type: ignore
-        else:
-            autosummary._app = app  # type: ignore
-
-
-def setup(app: "Sphinx") -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    app.connect('builder-inited', register_application_for_autosummary, priority=100)
-
-    return {
-        'version': 'builtin',
-        'parallel_read_safe': True,
-        'parallel_write_safe': True,
-    }