diff --git a/tests/spans/test_times.py b/tests/spans/test_times.py
index 1958157f5..e33d08bcd 100644
--- a/tests/spans/test_times.py
+++ b/tests/spans/test_times.py
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import pytest
 
-
-@pytest.mark.models
-def test_am_pm(en_nlp):
-    numbers = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12']
-    variants = ['a.m.', 'am', 'p.m.', 'pm']
-    spaces = ['', ' ']
-    for num in numbers:
-        for var in variants:
-            for space in spaces:
-                string = u"The meeting was at %s%s%s wasn't it?" % (num, space, var)
-                tokens = en_nlp(string, merge_mwes=True)
-                assert tokens[4].orth_ == '%s%s%s' % (num, space, var)
-                ents = list(tokens.ents)
-                assert len(ents) == 1, ents
-                assert ents[0].label_ == 'TIME', string
-                if ents[0].start == 4 and ents[0].end == 5:
-                    assert ents[0].orth_ == '%s%s%s' % (num, space, var)
+# This approach is deprecated for now
+#
+#@pytest.mark.models
+#def test_am_pm(en_nlp):
+#    numbers = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12']
+#    variants = ['a.m.', 'am', 'p.m.', 'pm']
+#    spaces = ['', ' ']
+#    for num in numbers:
+#        for var in variants:
+#            for space in spaces:
+#                string = u"The meeting was at %s%s%s wasn't it?" % (num, space, var)
+#                tokens = en_nlp(string, merge_mwes=True)
+#                assert tokens[4].orth_ == '%s%s%s' % (num, space, var)
+#                ents = list(tokens.ents)
+#                assert len(ents) == 1, ents
+#                assert ents[0].label_ == 'TIME', string
+#                if ents[0].start == 4 and ents[0].end == 5:
+#                    assert ents[0].orth_ == '%s%s%s' % (num, space, var)