diff --git a/python/run-tests.py b/python/run-tests.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/python/run-tests.py
+++ b/python/run-tests.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from test.misc import *
 
 # Annotator tests
 unittest.TextTestRunner().run(BasicAnnotatorsTestSpec())
-unittest.TextTestRunner().run(RegexNERApproachTestSpec())
 unittest.TextTestRunner().run(RegexMatcherTestSpec())
 unittest.TextTestRunner().run(LemmatizerTestSpec())
 unittest.TextTestRunner().run(DateMatcherTestSpec())
diff --git a/python/sparknlp/annotator.py b/python/sparknlp/annotator.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/python/sparknlp/annotator.py
+++ b/python/sparknlp/annotator.py
@@ -41,16 +41,12 @@ class AnnotatorProperties(Params):
                                    "required input annotations",
                                    typeConverter=TypeConverters.toListString)
 
-
     def setInputCols(self, value):
         return self._set(inputCols=value)
 
     def setOutputCol(self, value):
         return self._set(outputCol=value)
 
-    def setRequiredAnnotatorTypes(self, value):
-        return self._set(requiredAnnotatorTypes=value)
-
 
 class AnnotatorTransformer(JavaModel, JavaMLReadable, JavaMLWritable, AnnotatorProperties):
-Removed deprecated setRequiredAnnotatorTypes function
-Removed deprecated unit test of Regex NER