diff --git a/release/update_manpages.py b/release/update_manpages.py
index ecf51bb7a..fa7f90e24 100644
--- a/release/update_manpages.py
+++ b/release/update_manpages.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ import tempfile
 from typing import List
 
 
-# NB: This script is currently imported by tests/ to unittest some logic.
-assert sys.version_info >= (3, 6), "Python 3.6+ required"
+assert sys.version_info >= (3, 9), "Release framework requires Python 3.9+"
 
 
 THIS_FILE = Path(__file__).resolve()
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@ def replace_regex(data):
     """
     regex = (
         (r"(It was generated by help2man) [0-9.]+", r"\g<1>."),
-        (r"^\033\[[0-9;]*m([^\033]*)\033\[m", r"\g<1>"),
         (r"^\.IP\n(.*:)\n", r".SS \g<1>\n"),
         (r"^\.PP\nDescription", r".SH DETAILS"),
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_update_manpages.py b/tests/test_update_manpages.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f52f8575f..000000000
--- a/tests/test_update_manpages.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""Unittests for the update_manpages module."""
-
-from release import update_manpages
-
-
-def test_replace_regex() -> None:
-    """Check that replace_regex works."""
-    data = "\n\033[1mSummary\033[m\n"
-    assert update_manpages.replace_regex(data) == "\nSummary\n"