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It's always disappointing to hear some of the laws in place that are meant to "protect citizens" at the expense of hobbyists and enthusiasts...while said laws simultaneously also not really making anyone that much safer, other than on paper. A knife is a knife. Regardless of how a knife opens, if someone wants to do harm with it, they're going to do so no matter how they happen to open it.
While i think removing the assisted opening mechanism would technichally make the knife legal when tested by customs (assuming the pivot is tight enough to remain closed under the flick test), however for popular brands like kershaw I've been told they don't bother testing the well known models, as they know they have assisted opening and as such are automatically confiscated.