diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java
index 5d7da3ef77..9d5c96b9e5 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@ public interface SemanticErrorReporter {
     // TODO use resource bundle keys instead of string messages.
 
 
-    /**
-     * Report an informational message at the given location.
-     *
-     * @param location   Location where the message should be reported
-     * @param message    Message (rendered using a {@link MessageFormat})
-     * @param formatArgs Format arguments
-     */
-    default void info(Node location, String message, Object... formatArgs) {
-        // noop
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Report a warning at the given location. Warnings do not abort
      * the analysis. They are usually recoverable errors. They are used
@@ -108,11 +96,6 @@ public interface SemanticErrorReporter {
                 return fullMessage;
             }
 
-            @Override
-            public void info(Node location, String message, Object... formatArgs) {
-                logMessage(Level.INFO, location, message, formatArgs);
-            }
-
             @Override
             public void warning(Node location, String message, Object... args) {
                 logMessage(Level.WARN, location, message, args);
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java
index 667ac21f88..292461a225 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ abstract class PmdRunnable implements Runnable {
         RootNode rootNode = parse(parser, task);
 
         if (reporter.hasError()) {
-            reporter.info(rootNode, "Errors occurred in file, skipping rule analysis");
+            configuration.getReporter().info("Errors occurred in file, skipping rule analysis: {0}", filename);
             return;
         }