diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index b0a8194..5589443 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             self.failUnless(real_count != 0,
                             "Couldn't find '%s' in response" % text)
 
-    def assertNotContains(self, response, text, status_code=200):
-        """
-        Asserts that a response indicates that a page was retrieved
-        successfully, (i.e., the HTTP status code was as expected), and that
-        ``text`` doesn't occurs in the content of the response.
-        """
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status_code,
-            "Couldn't retrieve page: Response code was %d (expected %d)'" %
-                (response.status_code, status_code))
-        self.assertEqual(response.content.count(text), 0)
-
     def assertFormError(self, response, form, field, errors):
         """
         Asserts that a form used to render the response has a specific field