diff --git a/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py b/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py
index 959ff017b..2f784e678 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ def test_doc_token_api_ancestors(en_tokenizer):
     assert [t.text for t in doc[1].ancestors] == ["saw"]
     assert [t.text for t in doc[2].ancestors] == []
 
-    assert doc[2].is_ancestor_of(doc[7])
-    assert not doc[6].is_ancestor_of(doc[2])
+    assert doc[2].is_ancestor(doc[7])
+    assert not doc[6].is_ancestor(doc[2])
 
 
 def test_doc_token_api_head_setter(en_tokenizer):
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
index 68c19f4b5..fb459b155 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ cdef class Token:
             cdef int rel_newhead_i = new_head.i - self.i
 
             # is the new head a descendant of the old head
-            cdef bint is_desc = old_head.is_ancestor_of(new_head)
+            cdef bint is_desc = old_head.is_ancestor(new_head)
 
             cdef int new_edge
             cdef Token anc, child