diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java
index b173155644..edef7858a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java
@@ -1204,15 +1204,6 @@ protected String _coercedTypeDesc() {
 
     // Removed from 3.0
 
-    @Deprecated // since 2.12
-    protected Object _coerceNullToken(DeserializationContext ctxt, boolean isPrimitive) throws JsonMappingException
-    {
-        if (isPrimitive) {
-            _verifyNullForPrimitive(ctxt);
-        }
-        return getNullValue(ctxt);
-    }
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Helper methods for sub-classes, resolving dependencies
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/convert/CoerceEmptyArrayTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/convert/CoerceEmptyArrayTest.java
index 6c9cf766ee..d2c8c46142 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/convert/CoerceEmptyArrayTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/convert/CoerceEmptyArrayTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public void testMapFromEmptyArray() throws Exception
 
     public void testEnumMapFromEmptyArray() throws Exception
     {
-        final JavaType targetType = DEFAULT_READER.getTypeFactory()
+        final JavaType targetType = DEFAULT_READER.typeFactory()
                 .constructType(new TypeReference<EnumMap<ABC,String>>() { });
 
         assertNull(MAPPER_TO_NULL.readerFor(targetType).readValue(EMPTY_ARRAY));