diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/base.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/base.rb
index 7953ec217ed..fbbec231bdf 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/base.rb
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ def excluded_file?(file)
         !relevant_file?(file)
       end
 
+      # There should be very limited reasons for a Cop to do it's own parsing
+      def parse(source, path = nil)
+        ProcessedSource.new(source, target_ruby_version, path)
+      end
+
       ### Persistence
 
       # Override if your cop should be called repeatedly for multiple investigations
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/cop.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/cop.rb
index 80af3dea948..9e6cbf7b02f 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/cop.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/cop.rb
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ def self.qualified_cop_name(name, origin)
         Registry.qualified_cop_name(name, origin)
       end
 
-      # @deprecated
-      # Open issue if there's a valid use case to include this in Base
-      def parse(source, path = nil)
-        ProcessedSource.new(source, target_ruby_version, path)
-      end
-
       private
 
       def begin_investigation(processed_source)