From 220f0a523ec0910d56e3471ef18a2e6d0df4ed28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Roeschke <10647082+mroeschke@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:49:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Dont make .categories settable

---
 python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py
index e4620ee5bc4..e3e73035046 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py
@@ -614,12 +614,6 @@ def children(self) -> Tuple[NumericalColumn]:
     def categories(self) -> ColumnBase:
         return self.dtype.categories._values
 
-    @categories.setter
-    def categories(self, value):
-        self._dtype = CategoricalDtype(
-            categories=value, ordered=self.dtype.ordered
-        )
-
     @property
     def codes(self) -> NumericalColumn:
         if self._codes is None: