diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorBase.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorBase.java
index 30531f9b153..acf1c74bf9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorBase.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.VariantContext;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.cmdline.StandardArgumentDefinitions;
 import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.engine.ReferenceContext;
 import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.exceptions.GATKException;
 import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.tools.walkers.annotator.InfoFieldAnnotation;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ private String establishReadGroupFlowOrder(final LocalContext localContext, fina
         // if here, no flow order was found. may we use a default?
         if ( isActualFlowOrderRequired() ) {
             localContext.generateAnnotation = false;
-            flowMissingOneShotLogger.warn("this.getClass().getSimpleName() + \" annotation will not be calculated, no '\" + StandardArgumentDefinitions.FLOW_ORDER_FOR_ANNOTATIONS + \"' argument provided\"");
+            flowMissingOneShotLogger.warn(this.getClass().getSimpleName() + " annotation will not be calculated, no '" + StandardArgumentDefinitions.FLOW_ORDER_FOR_ANNOTATIONS + "' argument provided");
         }
 
         return FlowBasedRead.DEFAULT_FLOW_ORDER;
@@ -204,10 +205,6 @@ protected void variantType(final VariantContext vc, final LocalContext localCont
             if ((localContext.hmerIndelLength.get(i)==null) || (localContext.hmerIndelLength.get(i)==0)){
                 isHmer=false;
             }
-            if ((localContext.hmerIndelLength.get(i)==1) && (localContext.indel.equals(C_DELETE))){ // new definition 1->0 has hmer indel 1
-                isHmer=false;
-            }
-
         }
 
         if (isHmer){
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorUnitTest.java
index 6a71d8c82aa..5e399ea662c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/flow/FlowAnnotatorUnitTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ public class FlowAnnotatorUnitTest extends GATKBaseTest {
             new HmerIndelNuc(),
             new HmerMotifs(),
             new GcContent(),
-            new CycleSkipStatus()
+            new CycleSkipStatus(),
+            new VariantType()
     };
 
     @DataProvider(name = "testData")
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public Object[][] getTestData() {
                 {
                         // not hmer indel
                         "TATCT CA TTGACCAA", "C",
-                        "del", "1", "1", "A", "ATCTC", "TTGAC", "0.3", "NA", "non-h-indel"
+                        "del", "1", "1", "A", "ATCTC", "TTGAC", "0.3", "NA", "h-indel"
                 },
                 {
                         // del hmer indel
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ public void testBasic(final String refBases, final String altAllele,
         // check that all expected attributes are there
         String[]        testResults = {indelClass, indelLength, hmerIndelLength, hmerIndelNuc,
                 leftMotif, rightMotif, gcContent, cycleskipStatus, variantType};
-        for ( int n = 0 ; n < 8 ; n++ ) {
+        for ( int n = 0 ; n < 9 ; n++ ) {
             String       key = expectedAttrs.get(n);
             String       elem = testResults[n];
             String       keyMsg = "on " + key + " " + msg;