diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py
index bc6540399..2e8bc8a2c 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/base.py
@@ -239,28 +239,3 @@ def secret_generator(self, string, *args, **kwargs):
         for regex in self.denylist:
             for match in regex.findall(string):
                 yield match
-
-
-class WordListSupportedDetector(BasePlugin):
-    """Parent class for detectors supporting a word list.
-
-    To create a new word list supported detector, subclass this
-    and pass `automaton` in __init__ like:
-
-    class BarDetector(WordListSupportedDetector):
-
-        secret_type = "bar"
-
-        def __init__(self, automaton=None, **kwargs):
-            super(BarDetector, self).__init__(
-                automaton,
-                **kwargs
-            )
-            ...
-    """
-    __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
-
-    def __init__(self, automaton=None, **kwargs):
-        super(WordListSupportedDetector, self).__init__(**kwargs)
-
-        self.automaton = automaton
diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/high_entropy_strings.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/high_entropy_strings.py
index caedfc09b..ee3ce363d 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/high_entropy_strings.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/high_entropy_strings.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import yaml
 
-from .base import WordListSupportedDetector
+from .base import BasePlugin
 from .common.filetype import determine_file_type
 from .common.filetype import FileType
 from .common.filters import is_false_positive
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from detect_secrets.core.potential_secret import PotentialSecret
 
 
-class HighEntropyStringsPlugin(WordListSupportedDetector):
+class HighEntropyStringsPlugin(BasePlugin):
     """Base class for string pattern matching"""
 
     __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ def __init__(self, charset, limit, exclude_lines_regex, automaton, *args):
 
         self.charset = charset
         self.entropy_limit = limit
+        self.automaton = automaton
         self.regex = re.compile(r'([\'"])([%s]+)(\1)' % charset)
 
         super(HighEntropyStringsPlugin, self).__init__(
             exclude_lines_regex=exclude_lines_regex,
-            automaton=automaton,
         )
 
     def analyze(self, file, filename):
diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
index d75269370..ec3edd17b 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-from .base import WordListSupportedDetector
+from .base import BasePlugin
 from .common.filetype import determine_file_type
 from .common.filetype import FileType
 from .common.filters import is_false_positive
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 }
 
 
-class KeywordDetector(WordListSupportedDetector):
+class KeywordDetector(BasePlugin):
     """This checks if denylisted keywords
     are present in the analyzed string.
     """
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ class KeywordDetector(WordListSupportedDetector):
     def __init__(self, keyword_exclude=None, exclude_lines_regex=None, automaton=None, **kwargs):
         super(KeywordDetector, self).__init__(
             exclude_lines_regex=exclude_lines_regex,
-            automaton=automaton,
             **kwargs
         )
 
@@ -268,6 +267,8 @@ def __init__(self, keyword_exclude=None, exclude_lines_regex=None, automaton=Non
                 re.IGNORECASE,
             )
 
+        self.automaton = automaton
+
     def analyze_string_content(self, string, line_num, filename):
         output = {}
         if (