ext: Remove dead code from runner.py

ext: Remove dead code from runner.py

This has been tested with vulture:
https://pypi.org/project/vulture

JIRA: https://gem5.atlassian.net/projects/GEM5/issues/GEM5-533

Change-Id: Ic851c3681a40b7e61ee53b81b17df52dc1289e9f
Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/30240
Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Hoa Nguyen <hoanguyen@ucdavis.edu>