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 ce740d538a5..5f59f7f7117 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
@@ -1073,18 +1073,6 @@ public class HBaseTestingUtility extends HBaseCommonTestingUtility {
     return createTable(TableName.valueOf(tableName), new byte[][]{family});
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Create a table.
-   * @param tableName
-   * @param families
-   * @return An HTable instance for the created table.
-   * @throws IOException
-   */
-  public HTable createTable(String tableName, String[] families)
-  throws IOException {
-    return createTable(tableName, families);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Create a table.
    * @param tableName