diff --git a/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-javadoc-suppressions.xml b/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-javadoc-suppressions.xml
index 210c041270a..f5df657dd2f 100644
--- a/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-javadoc-suppressions.xml
+++ b/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-javadoc-suppressions.xml
@@ -333,15 +333,6 @@
     <lineContent>if (incompleteTag) {</lineContent>
   </mutation>
 
-  <mutation unstable="false">
-    <sourceFile>TagParser.java</sourceFile>
-    <mutatedClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.TagParser</mutatedClass>
-    <mutatedMethod>parseTags</mutatedMethod>
-    <mutator>org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor.mutators.experimental.ArgumentPropagationMutator</mutator>
-    <description>replaced call to com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/TagParser::findChar with argument</description>
-    <lineContent>Point position = findChar(text, &apos;&lt;&apos;, new Point(0, 0));</lineContent>
-  </mutation>
-
   <mutation unstable="false">
     <sourceFile>TagParser.java</sourceFile>
     <mutatedClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.TagParser</mutatedClass>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/TagParser.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/TagParser.java
index 1d24e02f6c8..4d708c3b198 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/TagParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/TagParser.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ private void add(HtmlTag tag) {
      */
     private void parseTags(String[] text, int lineNo) {
         final int nLines = text.length;
-        Point position = findChar(text, '<', new Point(0, 0));
+        Point position = new Point(0, 0);
         while (position.getLineNo() < nLines) {
             // if this is html comment then skip it
             if (isCommentTag(text, position)) {