No need to test this backward compatibility.

tests/test_job.py

@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
 
 from datetime import datetime
-import warnings
 
 from rq.compat import as_text, PY2
 from rq.exceptions import NoSuchJobError, UnpickleError
-from rq.job import get_current_job, Job, Status
+from rq.job import get_current_job, Job
 from rq.queue import Queue
 from rq.utils import utcformat
 
@@ -328,21 +327,3 @@ class TestJob(RQTestCase):
         job.cancel()
         self.assertFalse(self.testconn.exists(job.key))
         self.assertFalse(self.testconn.exists(job.dependents_key))
-
-    def test_get_and_set_job_status(self):
-        """job.get_status and set_status have same functionality as property"""
-        job = Job.create(func=say_hello)
-        job2 = Job.create(func=say_hello)
-
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
-            warnings.simplefilter("always")
-            job.set_status(Status.FINISHED)
-            job2.status = Status.FINISHED
-            self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
-            self.assertTrue(issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning))
-
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
-            warnings.simplefilter("always")
-            self.assertEqual(job.get_status(), job2.status)
-            self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
-            self.assertTrue(issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning))