hostmetricsreceiver: remove unused function (#29075)

**Description:** `gopsutil` recently added the capability to pass environment vars through context. This is now done everywhere. This environment variable setting function is no longer used or necessary. This PR removes it. **Link to tracking Issue:** #23055 Signed-off-by: Braydon Kains <[email protected]>
open-telemetry · Nov 8, 2023 · 65b745f · 65b745f
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diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/factory.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/factory.go
@@ -123,17 +123,12 @@ func createHostMetricsScraper(ctx context.Context, set receiver.CreateSettings,
 
 type environment interface {
 	Lookup(k string) (string, bool)
-	Set(k, v string) error
 }
 
 type osEnv struct{}
 
 var _ environment = (*osEnv)(nil)
 
-func (e *osEnv) Set(k, v string) error {
-	return os.Setenv(k, v)
-}
-
 func (e *osEnv) Lookup(k string) (string, bool) {
 	return os.LookupEnv(k)
 }