diff --git a/metagpt/roles/qa_engineer.py b/metagpt/roles/qa_engineer.py
index 7a2b7cbd4..6f0738294 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/qa_engineer.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/qa_engineer.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from metagpt.const import OUTPUTS_FILE_REPO, TEST_CODES_FILE_REPO
 from metagpt.logs import logger
 from metagpt.roles import Role
 from metagpt.schema import Document, Message, RunCodeContext, TestingContext
-from metagpt.utils.common import CodeParser, any_to_str_set
+from metagpt.utils.common import any_to_str_set
 
 
 class QaEngineer(Role):
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ class QaEngineer(Role):
         self.test_round = 0
         self.test_round_allowed = test_round_allowed
 
-    @classmethod
-    def parse_workspace(cls, system_design_msg: Message) -> str:
-        if system_design_msg.instruct_content:
-            return system_design_msg.instruct_content.dict().get("Python package name")
-        return CodeParser.parse_str(block="Python package name", text=system_design_msg.content)
-
     async def _write_test(self, message: Message) -> None:
         changed_files = message.content.splitlines()
         src_file_repo = CONFIG.git_repo.new_file_repository(CONFIG.src_workspace)
diff --git a/metagpt/roles/role.py b/metagpt/roles/role.py
index d1e65a4e0..2e3bcbbd5 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/role.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/role.py
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ class Role:
         if env:
             env.set_subscription(self, self._subscription)
 
-    def get_env(self):
-        """Return the environment in which the role works."""
-        return self._rc.env
-
     @property
     def profile(self):
         """Get the role description (position)"""