diff --git a/example/external/url/mrdocs.yml b/example/external/url/mrdocs.yml
index 7e8603de0..a3d27a41f 100644
--- a/example/external/url/mrdocs.yml
+++ b/example/external/url/mrdocs.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ see-below:
   - 'boost::urls::grammar::see_below'
   - 'boost::urls::string_token::see_below'
 
+# Metadata Extraction
+private-bases: false
+
 # Generator
 generate: adoc
 base-url: https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/ # boost/url/url_view.hpp
diff --git a/src/lib/AST/ASTVisitor.cpp b/src/lib/AST/ASTVisitor.cpp
index c5442f075..380b61c23 100644
--- a/src/lib/AST/ASTVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/AST/ASTVisitor.cpp
@@ -896,14 +896,14 @@ populate(
 
     // Extract direct bases. D->bases() will get the bases
     // from whichever declaration is the definition (if any)
-    if(D->hasDefinition())
+    if(D->hasDefinition() && I.Bases.empty())
     {
         for (const CXXBaseSpecifier& B : D->bases())
         {
             AccessSpecifier const access = B.getAccessSpecifier();
 
             if (!config_->privateBases &&
-                access == AccessSpecifier::AS_private)
+                access == AS_private)
             {
                 continue;
             }