diff --git a/src/Parsoid/Cite.php b/src/Parsoid/Cite.php
index 0f717f4cd..ce8f5f2df 100644
--- a/src/Parsoid/Cite.php
+++ b/src/Parsoid/Cite.php
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ class Cite implements ExtensionModule {
 		return [
 			'name' => 'Cite',
 			'domProcessors' => [
-				'wt2htmlPostProcessor' => RefProcessor::class,
-				'html2wtPreProcessor' => [ self::class, 'html2wtPreProcessor' ],
+				RefProcessor::class,
 			],
 			'tags' => [
 				[
diff --git a/src/Parsoid/RefProcessor.php b/src/Parsoid/RefProcessor.php
index c7b76f3b5..149aa8f18 100644
--- a/src/Parsoid/RefProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Parsoid/RefProcessor.php
@@ -4,35 +4,26 @@ declare( strict_types = 1 );
 namespace Wikimedia\Parsoid\Ext\Cite;
 
 use DOMElement;
+use Wikimedia\Parsoid\Ext\DOMProcessor;
 use Wikimedia\Parsoid\Ext\ParsoidExtensionAPI;
 
 /**
  * wt -> html DOM PostProcessor
  */
-class RefProcessor {
-	/** @var ParsoidExtensionAPI Provides post-processing support */
-	private $extApi;
+class RefProcessor extends DOMProcessor {
 
 	/**
-	 * @param ParsoidExtensionAPI $extApi
+	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */
-	public function __construct( ParsoidExtensionAPI $extApi ) {
-		$this->extApi = $extApi;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param ParsoidExtensionAPI $extApi
-	 * @param DOMElement $body
-	 * @param array $options
-	 * @param bool $atTopLevel
-	 */
-	public function run(
+	public function wtPostprocess(
 		ParsoidExtensionAPI $extApi, DOMElement $body, array $options, bool $atTopLevel
 	): void {
 		if ( $atTopLevel ) {
 			$refsData = new ReferencesData();
-			References::processRefs( $this->extApi, $refsData, $body );
-			References::insertMissingReferencesIntoDOM( $this->extApi, $refsData, $body );
+			References::processRefs( $extApi, $refsData, $body );
+			References::insertMissingReferencesIntoDOM( $extApi, $refsData, $body );
 		}
 	}
+
+	// FIXME: should implement an htmlPreprocess method as well.
 }