diff --git a/include/libxml/parser.h b/include/libxml/parser.h
index 4043a907..c3211dc7 100644
--- a/include/libxml/parser.h
+++ b/include/libxml/parser.h
@@ -1281,6 +1281,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN xmlParserCtxtPtr
 					 void *userData);
 XMLPUBFUN int
 		xmlInitParserCtxt	(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt);
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlClearParserCtxt	(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt);
 XMLPUBFUN void
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 538f1431..b89c0c98 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -12748,7 +12748,7 @@ xmlSetupParserForBuffer(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const xmlChar* buffer,
     if ((ctxt == NULL) || (buffer == NULL))
         return;
 
-    xmlClearParserCtxt(ctxt);
+    xmlCtxtReset(ctxt);
 
     input = xmlCtxtNewInputFromString(ctxt, filename, (const char *) buffer,
                                       NULL, 0);
diff --git a/parserInternals.c b/parserInternals.c
index fa16f6b3..08e5255b 100644
--- a/parserInternals.c
+++ b/parserInternals.c
@@ -3199,16 +3199,14 @@ xmlCtxtGetValidCtxt(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt) {
 /**
  * @param ctxt  an XML parser context
  *
- * Clear (release owned resources) and reinitialize a parser context
+ * @deprecated Use xmlCtxtReset()
+ *
+ * Same as xmlCtxtReset()
  */
-
 void
 xmlClearParserCtxt(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)
 {
-  if (ctxt==NULL)
-    return;
-  xmlClearNodeInfoSeq(&ctxt->node_seq);
-  xmlCtxtReset(ctxt);
+    xmlCtxtReset(ctxt);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py
index c13234cb..23bde481 100755
--- a/python/generator.py
+++ b/python/generator.py
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ deprecated_funcs = {
     'xmlCleanupCharEncodingHandlers': True,
     'xmlCleanupEncodingAliases': True,
     'xmlCleanupGlobals': True,
+    'xmlClearParserCtxt': True,
     'xmlCopyChar': True,
     'xmlCopyCharMultiByte': True,
     'xmlCreateEntityParserCtxt': True,