diff --git a/spacy/pipeline.pyx b/spacy/pipeline.pyx
index 634d3e4b5..d1a2a2964 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline.pyx
+++ b/spacy/pipeline.pyx
@@ -653,14 +653,6 @@ cdef class NeuralEntityRecognizer(NeuralParser):
 
     nr_feature = 6
 
-    def predict_confidences(self, docs):
-        tensors = [d.tensor for d in docs]
-        samples = []
-        for i in range(10):
-            states = self.parse_batch(docs, tensors, drop=0.3)
-            for state in states:
-                samples.append(self._get_entities(state))
-
     def __reduce__(self):
         return (NeuralEntityRecognizer, (self.vocab, self.moves, self.model), None, None)