diff --git a/absl/random/BUILD.bazel b/absl/random/BUILD.bazel
index 2585b3974..43ed9840a 100644
--- a/absl/random/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/random/BUILD.bazel
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ cc_library(
         "bernoulli_distribution.h",
         "beta_distribution.h",
         "discrete_distribution.h",
-        "distribution_format_traits.h",
         "distributions.h",
         "exponential_distribution.h",
         "gaussian_distribution.h",
diff --git a/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt
index 46dbc3efb..53f1aa5c7 100644
--- a/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ absl_cc_library(
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS}
   DEPS
     absl::random_random
-    absl::strings
 )
 
 # Internal-only target, do not depend on directly.
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ absl_cc_library(
     "bernoulli_distribution.h"
     "beta_distribution.h"
     "discrete_distribution.h"
-    "distribution_format_traits.h"
     "distributions.h"
     "exponential_distribution.h"
     "gaussian_distribution.h"
diff --git a/absl/random/bit_gen_ref.h b/absl/random/bit_gen_ref.h
index e8771162e..59591a479 100644
--- a/absl/random/bit_gen_ref.h
+++ b/absl/random/bit_gen_ref.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace random_internal {
 
 template <>
 struct DistributionCaller<absl::BitGenRef> {
-  template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT, typename... Args>
+  template <typename DistrT, typename... Args>
   static typename DistrT::result_type Call(absl::BitGenRef* gen_ref,
                                            Args&&... args) {
     auto* mock_ptr = gen_ref->mocked_gen_ptr_;
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ struct DistributionCaller<absl::BitGenRef> {
       DistrT dist(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
       return dist(*gen_ref);
     } else {
-      return mock_ptr->template Call<DistrT, FormatT>(
-          std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+      return mock_ptr->template Call<DistrT>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/absl/random/distribution_format_traits.h b/absl/random/distribution_format_traits.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 22b358cc8..000000000
--- a/absl/random/distribution_format_traits.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,278 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Copyright 2018 The Abseil Authors.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-//
-#ifndef ABSL_RANDOM_DISTRIBUTION_FORMAT_TRAITS_H_
-#define ABSL_RANDOM_DISTRIBUTION_FORMAT_TRAITS_H_
-
-#include <string>
-#include <tuple>
-#include <typeinfo>
-
-#include "absl/meta/type_traits.h"
-#include "absl/random/bernoulli_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/beta_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/exponential_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/gaussian_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/log_uniform_int_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/poisson_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/uniform_int_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/uniform_real_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/zipf_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
-#include "absl/strings/str_join.h"
-#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
-#include "absl/types/span.h"
-
-namespace absl {
-ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
-
-struct IntervalClosedClosedTag;
-struct IntervalClosedOpenTag;
-struct IntervalOpenClosedTag;
-struct IntervalOpenOpenTag;
-
-namespace random_internal {
-
-// ScalarTypeName defines a preferred hierarchy of preferred type names for
-// scalars, and is evaluated at compile time for the specific type
-// specialization.
-template <typename T>
-constexpr const char* ScalarTypeName() {
-  static_assert(std::is_integral<T>() || std::is_floating_point<T>(), "");
-  // clang-format off
-    return
-        std::is_same<T, float>::value ? "float" :
-        std::is_same<T, double>::value ? "double" :
-        std::is_same<T, long double>::value ? "long double" :
-        std::is_same<T, bool>::value ? "bool" :
-        std::is_signed<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 1 ? "int8_t" :
-        std::is_signed<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 2 ? "int16_t" :
-        std::is_signed<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 4 ? "int32_t" :
-        std::is_signed<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 8 ? "int64_t" :
-        std::is_unsigned<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 1 ? "uint8_t" :
-        std::is_unsigned<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 2 ? "uint16_t" :
-        std::is_unsigned<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 4 ? "uint32_t" :
-        std::is_unsigned<T>::value && sizeof(T) == 8 ? "uint64_t" :
-            "undefined";
-  // clang-format on
-
-  // NOTE: It would be nice to use typeid(T).name(), but that's an
-  // implementation-defined attribute which does not necessarily
-  // correspond to a name. We could potentially demangle it
-  // using, e.g. abi::__cxa_demangle.
-}
-
-// Distribution traits used by DistributionCaller and internal implementation
-// details of the mocking framework.
-/*
-struct DistributionFormatTraits {
-   // Returns the parameterized name of the distribution function.
-   static constexpr const char* FunctionName()
-   // Format DistrT parameters.
-   static std::string FormatArgs(DistrT& dist);
-   // Format DistrT::result_type results.
-   static std::string FormatResults(DistrT& dist);
-};
-*/
-template <typename DistrT>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits;
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::uniform_int_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::uniform_int_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Uniform"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat("absl::IntervalClosedClosed, ", (d.min)(), ", ",
-                        (d.max)());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::uniform_real_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::uniform_real_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Uniform"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat((d.min)(), ", ", (d.max)());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::exponential_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::exponential_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Exponential"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat(d.lambda());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::poisson_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::poisson_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Poisson"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat(d.mean());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::bernoulli_distribution> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::bernoulli_distribution;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Bernoulli"; }
-
-  static constexpr const char* FunctionName() { return Name(); }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat(d.p());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::beta_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::beta_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Beta"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat(d.alpha(), ", ", d.beta());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::zipf_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::zipf_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Zipf"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat(d.k(), ", ", d.v(), ", ", d.q());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::gaussian_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::gaussian_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Gaussian"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(std::make_tuple(d.mean(), d.stddev()), ", ");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename R>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<absl::log_uniform_int_distribution<R>> {
-  using distribution_t = absl::log_uniform_int_distribution<R>;
-  using result_t = typename distribution_t::result_type;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "LogUniform"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<R>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(std::make_tuple((d.min)(), (d.max)(), d.base()), ", ");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename NumType>
-struct UniformDistributionWrapper;
-
-template <typename NumType>
-struct DistributionFormatTraits<UniformDistributionWrapper<NumType>> {
-  using distribution_t = UniformDistributionWrapper<NumType>;
-  using result_t = NumType;
-
-  static constexpr const char* Name() { return "Uniform"; }
-
-  static std::string FunctionName() {
-    return absl::StrCat(Name(), "<", ScalarTypeName<NumType>(), ">");
-  }
-  static std::string FormatArgs(const distribution_t& d) {
-    return absl::StrCat((d.min)(), ", ", (d.max)());
-  }
-  static std::string FormatResults(absl::Span<const result_t> results) {
-    return absl::StrJoin(results, ", ");
-  }
-};
-
-}  // namespace random_internal
-ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
-}  // namespace absl
-
-#endif  // ABSL_RANDOM_DISTRIBUTION_FORMAT_TRAITS_H_
diff --git a/absl/random/distributions.h b/absl/random/distributions.h
index c1fb66501..7abdfa8f2 100644
--- a/absl/random/distributions.h
+++ b/absl/random/distributions.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #include "absl/base/internal/inline_variable.h"
 #include "absl/random/bernoulli_distribution.h"
 #include "absl/random/beta_distribution.h"
-#include "absl/random/distribution_format_traits.h"
 #include "absl/random/exponential_distribution.h"
 #include "absl/random/gaussian_distribution.h"
 #include "absl/random/internal/distributions.h"  // IWYU pragma: export
@@ -126,14 +125,13 @@ Uniform(TagType tag,
         R lo, R hi) {
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = random_internal::UniformDistributionWrapper<R>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   auto a = random_internal::uniform_lower_bound(tag, lo, hi);
   auto b = random_internal::uniform_upper_bound(tag, lo, hi);
   if (a > b) return a;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, tag, lo, hi);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, tag, lo, hi);
 }
 
 // absl::Uniform<T>(bitgen, lo, hi)
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ Uniform(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
         R lo, R hi) {
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = random_internal::UniformDistributionWrapper<R>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   constexpr auto tag = absl::IntervalClosedOpen;
   auto a = random_internal::uniform_lower_bound(tag, lo, hi);
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ Uniform(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
   if (a > b) return a;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, lo, hi);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, lo, hi);
 }
 
 // absl::Uniform(tag, bitgen, lo, hi)
@@ -172,15 +169,14 @@ Uniform(TagType tag,
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using return_t = typename random_internal::uniform_inferred_return_t<A, B>;
   using distribution_t = random_internal::UniformDistributionWrapper<return_t>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   auto a = random_internal::uniform_lower_bound<return_t>(tag, lo, hi);
   auto b = random_internal::uniform_upper_bound<return_t>(tag, lo, hi);
   if (a > b) return a;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, tag, static_cast<return_t>(lo),
-                                static_cast<return_t>(hi));
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, tag, static_cast<return_t>(lo),
+                      static_cast<return_t>(hi));
 }
 
 // absl::Uniform(bitgen, lo, hi)
@@ -196,7 +192,6 @@ Uniform(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using return_t = typename random_internal::uniform_inferred_return_t<A, B>;
   using distribution_t = random_internal::UniformDistributionWrapper<return_t>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   constexpr auto tag = absl::IntervalClosedOpen;
   auto a = random_internal::uniform_lower_bound<return_t>(tag, lo, hi);
@@ -204,8 +199,8 @@ Uniform(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
   if (a > b) return a;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, static_cast<return_t>(lo),
-                                static_cast<return_t>(hi));
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, static_cast<return_t>(lo),
+                      static_cast<return_t>(hi));
 }
 
 // absl::Uniform<unsigned T>(bitgen)
@@ -217,10 +212,9 @@ typename absl::enable_if_t<!std::is_signed<R>::value, R>  //
 Uniform(URBG&& urbg) {  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = random_internal::UniformDistributionWrapper<R>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -248,10 +242,9 @@ bool Bernoulli(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
                double p) {
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = absl::bernoulli_distribution;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, p);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, p);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -281,10 +274,9 @@ RealType Beta(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = typename absl::beta_distribution<RealType>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, alpha, beta);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, alpha, beta);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -314,10 +306,9 @@ RealType Exponential(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = typename absl::exponential_distribution<RealType>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, lambda);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, lambda);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -346,10 +337,9 @@ RealType Gaussian(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = typename absl::gaussian_distribution<RealType>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, mean, stddev);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, mean, stddev);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -389,10 +379,9 @@ IntType LogUniform(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = typename absl::log_uniform_int_distribution<IntType>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, lo, hi, base);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, lo, hi, base);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -420,10 +409,9 @@ IntType Poisson(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = typename absl::poisson_distribution<IntType>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, mean);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, mean);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -453,10 +441,9 @@ IntType Zipf(URBG&& urbg,  // NOLINT(runtime/references)
 
   using gen_t = absl::decay_t<URBG>;
   using distribution_t = typename absl::zipf_distribution<IntType>;
-  using format_t = random_internal::DistributionFormatTraits<distribution_t>;
 
   return random_internal::DistributionCaller<gen_t>::template Call<
-      distribution_t, format_t>(&urbg, hi, q, v);
+      distribution_t>(&urbg, hi, q, v);
 }
 
 ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
diff --git a/absl/random/internal/BUILD.bazel b/absl/random/internal/BUILD.bazel
index d7ad4efec..8839078f5 100644
--- a/absl/random/internal/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/random/internal/BUILD.bazel
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ cc_library(
     linkopts = ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS,
     deps = [
         "//absl/random",
-        "//absl/strings",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/absl/random/internal/distribution_caller.h b/absl/random/internal/distribution_caller.h
index 02603cf84..ae2680ddd 100644
--- a/absl/random/internal/distribution_caller.h
+++ b/absl/random/internal/distribution_caller.h
@@ -31,22 +31,8 @@ namespace random_internal {
 template <typename URBG>
 struct DistributionCaller {
   // Call the provided distribution type. The parameters are expected
-  // to be explicitly specified.
-  // DistrT is the distribution type.
-  // FormatT is the formatter type:
-  //
-  // struct FormatT {
-  //   using result_type = distribution_t::result_type;
-  //   static std::string FormatCall(
-  //       const distribution_t& distr,
-  //       absl::Span<const result_type>);
-  //
-  //   static std::string FormatExpectation(
-  //       absl::string_view match_args,
-  //       absl::Span<const result_t> results);
-  // }
-  //
-  template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT, typename... Args>
+  // to be explicitly specified.  DistrT is the distribution type.
+  template <typename DistrT, typename... Args>
   static typename DistrT::result_type Call(URBG* urbg, Args&&... args) {
     DistrT dist(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     return dist(*urbg);
diff --git a/absl/random/internal/mocking_bit_gen_base.h b/absl/random/internal/mocking_bit_gen_base.h
index eeeae9d29..acd638720 100644
--- a/absl/random/internal/mocking_bit_gen_base.h
+++ b/absl/random/internal/mocking_bit_gen_base.h
@@ -16,39 +16,14 @@
 #ifndef ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_MOCKING_BIT_GEN_BASE_H_
 #define ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_MOCKING_BIT_GEN_BASE_H_
 
-#include <atomic>
-#include <deque>
-#include <string>
 #include <typeinfo>
 
 #include "absl/random/random.h"
-#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 
 namespace absl {
 ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace random_internal {
 
-// MockingBitGenExpectationFormatter is invoked to format unsatisfied mocks
-// and remaining results into a description string.
-template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT>
-struct MockingBitGenExpectationFormatter {
-  std::string operator()(absl::string_view args) {
-    return absl::StrCat(FormatT::FunctionName(), "(", args, ")");
-  }
-};
-
-// MockingBitGenCallFormatter is invoked to format each distribution call
-// into a description string for the mock log.
-template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT>
-struct MockingBitGenCallFormatter {
-  std::string operator()(const DistrT& dist,
-                         const typename DistrT::result_type& result) {
-    return absl::StrCat(
-        FormatT::FunctionName(), "(", FormatT::FormatArgs(dist), ") => {",
-        FormatT::FormatResults(absl::MakeSpan(&result, 1)), "}");
-  }
-};
-
 class MockingBitGenBase {
   template <typename>
   friend struct DistributionCaller;
@@ -61,14 +36,9 @@ class MockingBitGenBase {
   static constexpr result_type(max)() { return (generator_type::max)(); }
   result_type operator()() { return gen_(); }
 
-  MockingBitGenBase() : gen_(), observed_call_log_() {}
   virtual ~MockingBitGenBase() = default;
 
  protected:
-  const std::deque<std::string>& observed_call_log() {
-    return observed_call_log_;
-  }
-
   // CallImpl is the type-erased virtual dispatch.
   // The type of dist is always distribution<T>,
   // The type of result is always distribution<T>::result_type.
@@ -81,10 +51,9 @@ class MockingBitGenBase {
   }
 
   // Call the generating distribution function.
-  // Invoked by DistributionCaller<>::Call<DistT, FormatT>.
+  // Invoked by DistributionCaller<>::Call<DistT>.
   // DistT is the distribution type.
-  // FormatT is the distribution formatter traits type.
-  template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT, typename... Args>
+  template <typename DistrT, typename... Args>
   typename DistrT::result_type Call(Args&&... args) {
     using distr_result_type = typename DistrT::result_type;
     using ArgTupleT = std::tuple<absl::decay_t<Args>...>;
@@ -99,18 +68,11 @@ class MockingBitGenBase {
     if (!found_match) {
       result = dist(gen_);
     }
-
-    // TODO(asoffer): Forwarding the args through means we no longer need to
-    // extract them from the from the distribution in formatter traits. We can
-    // just StrJoin them.
-    observed_call_log_.push_back(
-        MockingBitGenCallFormatter<DistrT, FormatT>{}(dist, result));
     return result;
   }
 
  private:
   generator_type gen_;
-  std::deque<std::string> observed_call_log_;
 };  // namespace random_internal
 
 }  // namespace random_internal
diff --git a/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.cc b/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.cc
index 6bb1e414a..022091154 100644
--- a/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.cc
+++ b/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 namespace absl {
 ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 MockingBitGen::~MockingBitGen() {
-
   for (const auto& del : deleters_) {
     del();
   }
diff --git a/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.h b/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.h
index 36cef9111..246c5b1e0 100644
--- a/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.h
+++ b/absl/random/mocking_bit_gen.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class MockingBitGen : public absl::random_internal::MockingBitGenBase {
 
   // MockingBitGen::Register
   //
-  // Register<DistrT, FormatT, ArgTupleT> is the main extension point for
+  // Register<DistrT, ArgTupleT> is the main extension point for
   // extending the MockingBitGen framework. It provides a mechanism to install a
   // mock expectation for the distribution `distr_t` onto the MockingBitGen
   // context.
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ namespace random_internal {
 
 template <>
 struct DistributionCaller<absl::MockingBitGen> {
-  template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT, typename... Args>
+  template <typename DistrT, typename... Args>
   static typename DistrT::result_type Call(absl::MockingBitGen* gen,
                                            Args&&... args) {
-    return gen->template Call<DistrT, FormatT>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    return gen->template Call<DistrT>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel b/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
index 8d0a6b6d4..b5547f71d 100644
--- a/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ cc_test(
     copts = ABSL_TEST_COPTS,
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
     deps = [
+        ":internal",
         ":pow10_helper",
         ":strings",
         "//absl/base:config",
diff --git a/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
index 98101573a..5366fb658 100644
--- a/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ absl_cc_test(
     ${ABSL_TEST_COPTS}
   DEPS
     absl::strings
+    absl::strings_internal
     absl::core_headers
     absl::pow10_helper
     absl::config
diff --git a/absl/strings/numbers_test.cc b/absl/strings/numbers_test.cc
index 68229b15a..f66d9c36b 100644
--- a/absl/strings/numbers_test.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/numbers_test.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "absl/random/distributions.h"
 #include "absl/random/random.h"
 #include "absl/strings/internal/numbers_test_common.h"
+#include "absl/strings/internal/ostringstream.h"
 #include "absl/strings/internal/pow10_helper.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 
diff --git a/ci/absl_types_options.h b/ci/absl_types_options.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f8ed34a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/absl_types_options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef ABSL_BASE_OPTIONS_H_
+#define ABSL_BASE_OPTIONS_H_
+
+// Copyright 2019 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Alternate options.h file, requesting to always use Abseil implementations
+// of the workalike types, regardless of language version.
+
+#define ABSL_OPTION_USE_STD_ANY 0
+#define ABSL_OPTION_USE_STD_OPTIONAL 0
+#define ABSL_OPTION_USE_STD_STRING_VIEW 0
+#define ABSL_OPTION_USE_STD_VARIANT 0
+
+
+#endif  // ABSL_BASE_OPTIONS_H_
diff --git a/ci/linux_clang-latest_libcxx_bazel.sh b/ci/linux_clang-latest_libcxx_bazel.sh
index 40a27c0ba..127e7bc7b 100755
--- a/ci/linux_clang-latest_libcxx_bazel.sh
+++ b/ci/linux_clang-latest_libcxx_bazel.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ for std in ${STD}; do
     for exceptions_mode in ${EXCEPTIONS_MODE}; do
       echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------"
       time docker run \
-        --volume="${ABSEIL_ROOT}:/abseil-cpp:ro" \
+        --volume="${ABSEIL_ROOT}:/abseil-cpp-ro:ro" \
+        --tmpfs=/abseil-cpp \
         --workdir=/abseil-cpp \
         --cap-add=SYS_PTRACE \
         --rm \
@@ -66,18 +67,23 @@ for std in ${STD}; do
         -e CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="/opt/llvm/libcxx/include/c++/v1" \
         ${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS:-} \
         ${DOCKER_CONTAINER} \
-        /usr/local/bin/bazel test ... \
-          --compilation_mode="${compilation_mode}" \
-          --copt="${exceptions_mode}" \
-          --copt=-Werror \
-          --define="absl=1" \
-          --keep_going \
-          --show_timestamps \
-          --test_env="GTEST_INSTALL_FAILURE_SIGNAL_HANDLER=1" \
-          --test_env="TZDIR=/abseil-cpp/absl/time/internal/cctz/testdata/zoneinfo" \
-          --test_output=errors \
-          --test_tag_filters=-benchmark \
-          ${BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS:-}
+        /bin/sh -c "
+          cp -r /abseil-cpp-ro/* /abseil-cpp/
+          if [ -n \"${ALTERNATE_OPTIONS:-}\" ]; then
+            cp ${ALTERNATE_OPTIONS:-} absl/base/options.h || exit 1
+          fi
+          /usr/local/bin/bazel test ... \
+            --compilation_mode=\"${compilation_mode}\" \
+            --copt=\"${exceptions_mode}\" \
+            --copt=-Werror \
+            --define=\"absl=1\" \
+            --keep_going \
+            --show_timestamps \
+            --test_env=\"GTEST_INSTALL_FAILURE_SIGNAL_HANDLER=1\" \
+            --test_env=\"TZDIR=/abseil-cpp/absl/time/internal/cctz/testdata/zoneinfo\" \
+            --test_output=errors \
+            --test_tag_filters=-benchmark \
+            ${BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
     done
   done
 done