diff --git a/bob/bio/spear/database/asvspoof2017.py b/bob/bio/spear/database/asvspoof2017.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/bob/bio/spear/database/asvspoof2017.py
+++ b/bob/bio/spear/database/asvspoof2017.py
@@ -108,3 +108,6 @@ class ASVspoof2017BioDatabase(BioDatabase):
                                     **kwargs)
         # make sure to return BioFile representation of a file, not the database one
         return [ASVspoof2017BioFile(f) for f in objects]
+
+    def annotations(self, file):
+        return None
diff --git a/bob/bio/spear/database/cpqd_replay.py b/bob/bio/spear/database/cpqd_replay.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/bob/bio/spear/database/cpqd_replay.py
+++ b/bob/bio/spear/database/cpqd_replay.py
@@ -108,3 +108,6 @@ class CPqDReplayBioDatabase(BioDatabase):
                                     **kwargs)
         # make sure to return BioFile representation of a file, not the database one
         return [CPqDReplayBioFile(f) for f in objects]
+
+    def annotations(self, file):
+        return None
abstract annotations() is implemented in DBs