diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
index 4cdb74e6ae43..3f4013008b4d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
@@ -2032,32 +2032,6 @@ public HRegion createLocalHRegion(RegionInfo info, TableDescriptor desc, WAL wal
     return HRegion.createHRegion(info, getDataTestDir(), getConfiguration(), desc, wal);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param tableName the name of the table
-   * @param startKey the start key of the region
-   * @param stopKey the stop key of the region
-   * @param callingMethod the name of the calling method probably a test method
-   * @param conf the configuration to use
-   * @param isReadOnly {@code true} if the table is read only, {@code false} otherwise
-   * @param families the column families to use
-   * @throws IOException if an IO problem is encountered
-   * @return A region on which you must call {@link HBaseTestingUtility#closeRegionAndWAL(HRegion)}
-   *         when done.
-   * @deprecated since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0. Use
-   *   {@link #createLocalHRegion(TableName, byte[], byte[], boolean, Durability, WAL, byte[]...)}
-   *   instead.
-   * @see #createLocalHRegion(TableName, byte[], byte[], boolean, Durability, WAL, byte[]...)
-   * @see <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-13893">HBASE-13893</a>
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public HRegion createLocalHRegion(byte[] tableName, byte[] startKey, byte[] stopKey,
-      String callingMethod, Configuration conf, boolean isReadOnly, Durability durability,
-      WAL wal, byte[]... families) throws IOException {
-    return this
-        .createLocalHRegion(TableName.valueOf(tableName), startKey, stopKey, isReadOnly, durability,
-            wal, families);
-  }
-
   /**
    * @param tableName
    * @param startKey
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java
index 726d2c494312..518234b921d1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ public void testSeqIdsFromReplay() throws IOException {
     byte[] tableName = Bytes.toBytes(method);
     byte[] family = Bytes.toBytes("family");
 
-    HRegion region = initHRegion(tableName, method, family);
+    HRegion region = initHRegion(tableName, family);
     try {
       // replay an entry that is bigger than current read point
       long readPoint = region.getMVCC().getReadPoint();
@@ -1706,16 +1706,8 @@ private void putDataByReplay(HRegion region,
     }
   }
 
-  private static HRegion initHRegion(byte[] tableName,
-      String callingMethod, byte[]... families) throws IOException {
-    return initHRegion(tableName, HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW, HConstants.EMPTY_END_ROW,
-      callingMethod, TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration(), false, Durability.SYNC_WAL, null, families);
-  }
-
-  private static HRegion initHRegion(byte[] tableName, byte[] startKey, byte[] stopKey,
-      String callingMethod, Configuration conf, boolean isReadOnly, Durability durability,
-      WAL wal, byte[]... families) throws IOException {
-    return TEST_UTIL.createLocalHRegion(tableName, startKey, stopKey, callingMethod, conf,
-      isReadOnly, durability, wal, families);
+  private static HRegion initHRegion(byte[] tableName, byte[]... families) throws IOException {
+    return TEST_UTIL.createLocalHRegion(TableName.valueOf(tableName), HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW,
+      HConstants.EMPTY_END_ROW, false, Durability.SYNC_WAL, null, families);
   }
 }