diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php
index 1421eb803..b1dcf3b05 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ private function Annotation()
 
         // verify that the class is really meant to be an annotation and not just any ordinary class
         if (self::$annotationMetadata[$name]['is_annotation'] === false) {
-            if ($this->ignoreNotImportedAnnotations || isset($this->ignoredAnnotationNames[$originalName])) {
+            if ($this->isIgnoredAnnotation($name)) {
                 return false;
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
index f67199540..07f5a0593 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
@@ -1055,7 +1055,6 @@ public function provideTestIgnoreWholeNamespaces()
     public function testNotAnAnnotationClassIsIgnoredWithoutWarning()
     {
         $parser = new DocParser();
-        $parser->setIgnoreNotImportedAnnotations(true);
         $parser->setIgnoredAnnotationNames([\PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::class => true]);
         $result = $parser->parse('@\PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase');