diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fa7239ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { getMockObjectCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/object-cache.service.mock';
+import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { HIERARCHICAL_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from '../shared/hierarchical-browse-definition.resource-type';
+import { FLAT_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from '../shared/flat-browse-definition.resource-type';
+import { VALUE_LIST_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from '../shared/value-list-browse-definition.resource-type';
+
+class TestService extends BrowseResponseParsingService {
+  constructor(protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService) {
+    super(objectCache);
+  }
+
+  // Overwrite method to make it public for testing
+  public deserialize<ObjectDomain>(obj): any {
+    return super.deserialize(obj);
+  }
+}
+
+describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
+  let service: TestService;
+
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new TestService(getMockObjectCacheService());
+  });
+
+  describe('', () => {
+    const mockFlatBrowse = {
+        id: 'title',
+        browseType: 'flatBrowse',
+        type: 'browse',
+      };
+
+    const mockValueList = {
+        id: 'author',
+        browseType: 'valueList',
+        type: 'browse',
+      };
+
+    const mockHierarchicalBrowse = {
+        id: 'srsc',
+        browseType: 'hierarchicalBrowse',
+        type: 'browse',
+      };
+
+    it('should deserialize flatBrowses correctly', () => {
+      let deserialized = service.deserialize(mockFlatBrowse);
+      expect(deserialized.type).toBe(FLAT_BROWSE_DEFINITION);
+      expect(deserialized.id).toBe(mockFlatBrowse.id);
+    });
+
+    it('should deserialize valueList browses correctly', () => {
+      let deserialized = service.deserialize(mockValueList);
+      expect(deserialized.type).toBe(VALUE_LIST_BROWSE_DEFINITION);
+      expect(deserialized.id).toBe(mockValueList.id);
+    });
+
+    it('should deserialize hierarchicalBrowses correctly', () => {
+      let deserialized = service.deserialize(mockHierarchicalBrowse);
+      expect(deserialized.type).toBe(HIERARCHICAL_BROWSE_DEFINITION);
+      expect(deserialized.id).toBe(mockHierarchicalBrowse.id);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.ts
index 57b76c72a4..3681198406 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 import { FLAT_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from '../shared/flat-browse-definition.resource-type';
 import { HierarchicalBrowseDefinition } from '../shared/hierarchical-browse-definition.model';
 import { FlatBrowseDefinition } from '../shared/flat-browse-definition.model';
-import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './dso-response-parsing.service';
+import { DspaceRestResponseParsingService } from './dspace-rest-response-parsing.service';
 import { Serializer } from '../serializer';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { BROWSE_DEFINITION } from '../shared/browse-definition.resource-type';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { VALUE_LIST_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from '../shared/value-list-browse-defini
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root',
 })
-export class BrowseResponseParsingService extends DSOResponseParsingService {
+export class BrowseResponseParsingService extends DspaceRestResponseParsingService {
   constructor(
     protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
   ) {
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
index fd5a22fae9..74117e79d3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dso-response-parsing.service.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { RestRequest } from './rest-request.model';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated use DspaceRestResponseParsingService for new code, this is only left to support a
+ * few legacy use cases, and should get removed eventually
+ */
 @Injectable()
 export class DSOResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
   protected toCache = true;