2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/pycode/ast.py b/sphinx/pycode/ast.py
index e61b01d18..4997ab09e 100644
--- a/sphinx/pycode/ast.py
+++ b/sphinx/pycode/ast.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 """Helpers for AST (Abstract Syntax Tree)."""
 
 import ast
+import warnings
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Type, overload
 
+from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx70Warning
+
 OPERATORS: Dict[Type[ast.AST], str] = {
     ast.Add: "+",
     ast.And: "and",
@@ -28,6 +31,10 @@ OPERATORS: Dict[Type[ast.AST], str] = {
 
 def parse(code: str, mode: str = 'exec') -> "ast.AST":
     """Parse the *code* using the built-in ast module."""
+    warnings.warn(
+        "'sphinx.pycode.ast.parse' is deprecated, use 'ast.parse' instead.",
+        RemovedInSphinx70Warning, stacklevel=2
+    )
     try:
         return ast.parse(code, mode=mode, type_comments=True)
     except SyntaxError:
diff --git a/sphinx/pycode/parser.py b/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
index e537a7726..a51892e5e 100644
--- a/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
+++ b/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from token import DEDENT, INDENT, NAME, NEWLINE, NUMBER, OP, STRING
 from tokenize import COMMENT, NL
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
-from sphinx.pycode.ast import parse as ast_parse
 from sphinx.pycode.ast import unparse as ast_unparse
 
 comment_re = re.compile('^\\s*#: ?(.*)\r?\n?$')
@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@ class Parser:
 
     def parse_comments(self) -> None:
         """Parse the code and pick up comments."""
-        tree = ast_parse(self.code)
+        tree = ast.parse(self.code, type_comments=True)
         picker = VariableCommentPicker(self.code.splitlines(True), self.encoding)
         picker.visit(tree)
         self.annotations = picker.annotations