diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/AnotB.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/AnotB.java
index a7fe752..1a355e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/AnotB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/AnotB.java
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@
     return daB;
   }
 
-
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private static <S extends Summary> DataArrays<S> getResultArraysTheta(
       final long minThetaLong,
@@ -432,7 +431,6 @@
     return daB;
   }
 
-
   /**
    * Resets this sketch back to the empty state.
    */
@@ -444,38 +442,4 @@
     curCount_ = 0;
   }
 
-  //Deprecated methods
-
-  /**
-   * Perform A-and-not-B set operation on the two given sketches.
-   * A null sketch is interpreted as an empty sketch.
-   * This is not an accumulating update. Calling this update() more than once
-   * without calling getResult() will discard the result of previous update() by this method.
-   * The result is obtained by calling getResult();
-   *
-   * @param skA The incoming sketch for the first argument
-   * @param skB The incoming sketch for the second argument
-   * @deprecated v2.0.0. Instead please use {@link #aNotB(Sketch, Sketch)}.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void update(final Sketch<S> skA, final Sketch<S> skB) {
-    //duplicate old behavior
-    reset();
-    if (skA == null) { return; }
-    else { setA(skA); }
-    if (skB == null) { return; }
-    else { notB(skB); }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Gets the result of this operation. This clears the state of this operator after the result is
-   * returned.
-   * @return the result of this operation as an unordered {@link CompactSketch}
-   * @deprecated v2.0.0. Instead use {@link #getResult(boolean)}.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public CompactSketch<S> getResult() {
-    return getResult(true);
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/AdoubleAnotBTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/AdoubleAnotBTest.java
index a2eae9d..8f8115f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/AdoubleAnotBTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/AdoubleAnotBTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
   private static final DoubleSummary.Mode mode = Mode.Sum;
   private final Results results = new Results();
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   private static void threeMethodsWithTheta(
       final AnotB<DoubleSummary> aNotB,
       final Sketch<DoubleSummary> skA,
@@ -54,11 +53,16 @@
   {
     CompactSketch<DoubleSummary> result;
 
-    //Deprecated v2.0.0., Stateless, A = Tuple, B = Tuple
-    //Old behavior is tolerant of nulls
-    aNotB.update(skA, skB);
-    result = aNotB.getResult();
-    results.check(result);
+    //Stateful, A = Tuple, B = Tuple
+    if (skA != null) {
+      try {
+        aNotB.setA(skA);
+        aNotB.notB(skB);
+        result = aNotB.getResult(true);
+        results.check(result);
+      }
+      catch (final SketchesArgumentException e) { }
+    }
 
     //Stateless A = Tuple, B = Tuple
     if (skA == null || skB == null) {
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@
   public void aNotBNullEmptyCombinations() {
     final AnotB<DoubleSummary> aNotB = new AnotB<>();
     // calling getResult() before calling update() should yield an empty set
-    final CompactSketch<DoubleSummary> result = aNotB.getResult();
+    final CompactSketch<DoubleSummary> result = aNotB.getResult(true);
     results.set(0, true, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0).check(result);
 
     final UpdatableSketch<Double, DoubleSummary> sketch = buildUpdatableTuple();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketchTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketchTest.java
index d12339c..4a877f7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketchTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketchTest.java
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@
     for (int i = 0; i < u; i++) {
       a1Sk1.update(i, 1);
     }
-    anotb.update(a1Sk1, a1Sk2);
-    final CompactSketch<IntegerSummary> cSk = anotb.getResult();
+    anotb.setA(a1Sk1);
+    anotb.notB(a1Sk2);
+    final CompactSketch<IntegerSummary> cSk = anotb.getResult(true);
     assertEquals((int)cSk.getEstimate(), u);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/strings/ArrayOfStringsSketchTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/strings/ArrayOfStringsSketchTest.java
index 73b207a..f5e3881 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/strings/ArrayOfStringsSketchTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/strings/ArrayOfStringsSketchTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 public class ArrayOfStringsSketchTest {
   private static final String LS = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Test
   public void checkSketch() {
     ArrayOfStringsSketch sketch1 = new ArrayOfStringsSketch();
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@
     assertEquals(csk.getRetainedEntries(), 3);
 
     AnotB<ArrayOfStringsSummary> aNotB =  new AnotB<>();
-    aNotB.update(sketch2, sketch1);
-    csk = aNotB.getResult();
+    aNotB.setA(sketch2);
+    aNotB.notB(sketch1);
+    csk = aNotB.getResult(true);
     assertEquals(csk.getRetainedEntries(), 1);
 
   }