diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
index d4996256b1c..1b5f74bed47 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
@@ -1274,12 +1274,14 @@ public class ModelUtils {
             }
         }
 
-        if (refedWithoutDiscriminator.size() == 1 && hasAmbiguousParents) {
-            // allOf with a single $ref (no discriminator)
-            // TODO to be removed in 5.x or 6.x release
-            LOGGER.info("[deprecated] inheritance without use of 'discriminator.propertyName' has been deprecated" +
-                    " in the 5.x release. Composed schema name: {}. Title: {}",
-                    composedSchema.getName(), composedSchema.getTitle()); 
+        // parent name only makes sense when there is a single obvious parent
+        if (refedWithoutDiscriminator.size() == 1) {
+            if (hasAmbiguousParents) {
+                LOGGER.warn("[deprecated] inheritance without use of 'discriminator.propertyName' is deprecated " +
+                                "and will be removed in a future release. Generating model for composed schema name: {}. Title: {}",
+                        composedSchema.getName(), composedSchema.getTitle());
+            }
+            return refedWithoutDiscriminator.get(0);
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java
index 1ede1491958..472ee64f586 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegenTest {
         assertEquals(cm.discriminator, discriminator);
     }
 
+
     @Test
     public void testAllOfSingleRefNoOwnProps() {
         final OpenAPI openAPI = TestUtils.parseFlattenSpec("src/test/resources/2_0/composed-allof.yaml");
@@ -1371,9 +1372,9 @@ public class DefaultCodegenTest {
         Schema schema = openAPI.getComponents().getSchemas().get("NewMessageEventCoreNoOwnProps");
         codegen.setOpenAPI(openAPI);
         CodegenModel model = codegen.fromModel("NewMessageEventCoreNoOwnProps", schema);
-        Assert.assertEquals(getNames(model.getVars()), Arrays.asList("id","message"));
-        Assert.assertNull(model.parent);
-        Assert.assertNull(model.allParents); 
+        Assert.assertEquals(getNames(model.getVars()), Collections.emptyList());
+        Assert.assertEquals(model.parent, "MessageEventCore");
+        Assert.assertEquals(model.allParents, Collections.singletonList("MessageEventCore"));
     }
 
     class CodegenWithMultipleInheritance extends DefaultCodegen {
@@ -1384,6 +1385,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegenTest {
         }
     }
 
+
     @Test
     public void testAllOfParent() {
         final OpenAPI openAPI = TestUtils.parseFlattenSpec("src/test/resources/3_0/allOf-required-parent.yaml");
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaInheritanceTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaInheritanceTest.java
index ac94d91542f..1111b380384 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaInheritanceTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaInheritanceTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.Discriminator;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ObjectSchema;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.Schema;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.StringSchema;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.CodegenModel;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.CodegenProperty;
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ public class JavaInheritanceTest {
 
         Assert.assertEquals(cm.name, "sample");
         Assert.assertEquals(cm.classname, "Sample");
-        Assert.assertNull(cm.parent);
-        Assert.assertEquals(cm.imports, Collections.emptySet());
+        Assert.assertEquals(cm.parent, "Base");
+        Assert.assertEquals(cm.imports, Sets.newHashSet("Base"));
     }
 
     @Test(description = "convert a composed model with discriminator")