diff --git a/spacy/tests/parser/test_ner.py b/spacy/tests/parser/test_ner.py
index 5213d4d11..c7e4fb826 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/parser/test_ner.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/parser/test_ner.py
@@ -132,41 +132,6 @@ def test_negative_sample_key_is_in_config(vocab, entity_types):
     assert tsys.cfg["neg_key"] == "non_entities"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::UserWarning")
-def test_get_oracle_moves_negative_entities(tsys, doc, entity_annots):
-    entity_annots = [(s, e, "!" + label) for s, e, label in entity_annots]
-    example = Example.from_dict(doc, {"entities": entity_annots})
-    ex_dict = example.to_dict()
-
-    for i, tag in enumerate(ex_dict["doc_annotation"]["entities"]):
-        if tag == "L-!GPE":
-            ex_dict["doc_annotation"]["entities"][i] = "-"
-    example = Example.from_dict(doc, ex_dict)
-
-    act_classes = tsys.get_oracle_sequence(example)
-    names = [tsys.get_class_name(act) for act in act_classes]
-    assert names
-
-
-def test_get_oracle_moves_negative_entities2(tsys, vocab):
-    doc = Doc(vocab, words=["A", "B", "C", "D"])
-    entity_annots = ["B-!PERSON", "L-!PERSON", "B-!PERSON", "L-!PERSON"]
-    example = Example.from_dict(doc, {"entities": entity_annots})
-    act_classes = tsys.get_oracle_sequence(example)
-    names = [tsys.get_class_name(act) for act in act_classes]
-    assert names
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Maybe outdated? Unsure")
-def test_get_oracle_moves_negative_O(tsys, vocab):
-    doc = Doc(vocab, words=["A", "B", "C", "D"])
-    entity_annots = ["O", "!O", "O", "!O"]
-    example = Example.from_dict(doc, {"entities": entity_annots})
-    act_classes = tsys.get_oracle_sequence(example)
-    names = [tsys.get_class_name(act) for act in act_classes]
-    assert names
-
-
 # We can't easily represent this on a Doc object. Not sure what the best solution
 # would be, but I don't think it's an important use case?
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason="No longer supported")
diff --git a/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py b/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py
index 65c11620e..d597d353d 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def test_overfitting_IO(pipe_name):
         train_examples.append(Example.from_dict(nlp.make_doc(text), annotations))
         for dep in annotations.get("deps", []):
             parser.add_label(dep)
-    #train_examples = train_examples[:1]
+    # train_examples = train_examples[:1]
     optimizer = nlp.initialize()
     # run overfitting
     for i in range(200):