diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/api/__init__.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/api/__init__.py
index d3fc90f9c..c4944d5e9 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/api/__init__.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/api/__init__.py
@@ -108,13 +108,7 @@ def __init__(
         file_context: FileContext,
     ):
         _SemgrepCodemod.__init__(self, execution_context, file_context)
-        BaseTransformer.__init__(
-            self,
-            codemod_context,
-            self._results,
-            file_context.line_exclude,
-            file_context.line_include,
-        )
+        BaseTransformer.__init__(self, codemod_context, self._results)
 
     # TODO: there needs to be a way to generalize this so that it applies
     # more broadly than to just a specific kind of node. There's probably a
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/base_codemod.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/base_codemod.py
index 82c628935..e717864a3 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/base_codemod.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/base_codemod.py
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ def node_position(self, node):
     def lineno_for_node(self, node):
         return self.node_position(node).start.line
 
+    @property
+    def line_exclude(self):
+        return self.file_context.line_exclude
+
+    @property
+    def line_include(self):
+        return self.file_context.line_include
+
 
 class SemgrepCodemod(BaseCodemod):
     YAML_FILES: ClassVar[List[str]] = NotImplemented
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/base_visitor.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/base_visitor.py
index a578dc579..81b36c638 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/base_visitor.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/base_visitor.py
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 class UtilsMixin:
     METADATA_DEPENDENCIES: Tuple[Any, ...] = (PositionProvider,)
 
-    def __init__(self, context, results, line_exclude=None, line_include=None):
+    def __init__(self, context, results):
         super().__init__(context)
         self.results = results
-        self.line_exclude = line_exclude or []
-        self.line_include = line_include or []
 
     def filter_by_result(self, pos_to_match):
         all_pos = [extract_pos_from_result(result) for result in self.results]
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/django_debug_flag_on.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/django_debug_flag_on.py
index f03886107..64b6b6420 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/django_debug_flag_on.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/django_debug_flag_on.py
@@ -49,12 +49,9 @@ class DebugFlagTransformer(BaseTransformer):
     def __init__(
         self, codemod_context: CodemodContext, file_context: FileContext, results
     ):
-        super().__init__(
-            codemod_context,
-            results,
-            file_context.line_exclude,
-            file_context.line_include,
-        )
+        super().__init__(codemod_context, results)
+        self.line_exclude = file_context.line_exclude
+        self.line_include = file_context.line_include
         self.changes_in_file: List[Change] = []
 
     def leave_Assign(
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/django_session_cookie_secure_off.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/django_session_cookie_secure_off.py
index 0af67284d..feafb5bfe 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/django_session_cookie_secure_off.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/django_session_cookie_secure_off.py
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ class SessionCookieSecureTransformer(BaseTransformer):
     def __init__(
         self, codemod_context: CodemodContext, file_context: FileContext, results
     ):
-        super().__init__(
-            codemod_context,
-            results,
-            file_context.line_exclude,
-            file_context.line_include,
-        )
+        super().__init__(codemod_context, results)
+        self.line_exclude = file_context.line_exclude
+        self.line_include = file_context.line_include
         self.changes_in_file: List[Change] = []
         self.flag_correctly_set = False
 
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/https_connection.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/https_connection.py
index 18ffad7f0..8f8d3d225 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/https_connection.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/https_connection.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     ReviewGuidance,
 )
 from codemodder.change import Change
-from codemodder.context import CodemodExecutionContext
 from codemodder.codemods.utils_mixin import NameResolutionMixin
 from codemodder.file_context import FileContext
 import libcst as cst
@@ -37,16 +36,9 @@ class HTTPSConnection(BaseCodemod, Codemod):
         "urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool",
     }
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        codemod_context: CodemodContext,
-        execution_context: CodemodExecutionContext,
-        file_context: FileContext,
-    ):
+    def __init__(self, codemod_context: CodemodContext, *codemod_args):
         Codemod.__init__(self, codemod_context)
-        BaseCodemod.__init__(self, execution_context, file_context)
-        self.line_exclude = file_context.line_exclude
-        self.line_include = file_context.line_include
+        BaseCodemod.__init__(self, *codemod_args)
 
     def transform_module_impl(self, tree: cst.Module) -> cst.Module:
         visitor = ConnectionPollVisitor(self.context, self.file_context)
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/order_imports.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/order_imports.py
index 69ee49c2e..b88538295 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/order_imports.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/order_imports.py
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
     ReviewGuidance,
 )
 from codemodder.change import Change
-from codemodder.context import CodemodExecutionContext
 from codemodder.codemods.transformations.clean_imports import (
     GatherTopLevelImportBlocks,
     OrderImportsBlocksTransform,
 )
-from codemodder.file_context import FileContext
 import libcst as cst
 from libcst.codemod import Codemod, CodemodContext
 
@@ -26,16 +24,9 @@ class OrderImports(BaseCodemod, Codemod):
 
     METADATA_DEPENDENCIES = (PositionProvider,)
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        codemod_context: CodemodContext,
-        execution_context: CodemodExecutionContext,
-        file_context: FileContext,
-    ):
+    def __init__(self, codemod_context: CodemodContext, *codemod_args):
         Codemod.__init__(self, codemod_context)
-        BaseCodemod.__init__(self, execution_context, file_context)
-        self.line_exclude = file_context.line_exclude
-        self.line_include = file_context.line_include
+        BaseCodemod.__init__(self, *codemod_args)
 
     def transform_module_impl(self, tree: cst.Module) -> cst.Module:
         top_imports_visitor = GatherTopLevelImportBlocks()
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/remove_unused_imports.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/remove_unused_imports.py
index 52e14d487..439030f4c 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/remove_unused_imports.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/remove_unused_imports.py
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
     ReviewGuidance,
 )
 from codemodder.change import Change
-from codemodder.context import CodemodExecutionContext
 from codemodder.codemods.transformations.remove_unused_imports import (
     RemoveUnusedImportsTransformer,
 )
-from codemodder.file_context import FileContext
 import libcst as cst
 from libcst.codemod import Codemod, CodemodContext
 
@@ -26,17 +24,9 @@ class RemoveUnusedImports(BaseCodemod, Codemod):
 
     METADATA_DEPENDENCIES = (PositionProvider, ScopeProvider, QualifiedNameProvider)
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        codemod_context: CodemodContext,
-        execution_context: CodemodExecutionContext,
-        file_context: FileContext,
-    ):
+    def __init__(self, codemod_context: CodemodContext, *codemod_args):
         Codemod.__init__(self, codemod_context)
-        BaseCodemod.__init__(self, execution_context, file_context)
-        # TODO: these should be moved to the base codemod class (as properties)
-        self.line_exclude = file_context.line_exclude
-        self.line_include = file_context.line_include
+        BaseCodemod.__init__(self, *codemod_args)
 
     def transform_module_impl(self, tree: cst.Module) -> cst.Module:
         gather_unused_visitor = GatherUnusedImportsVisitor(self.context)
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/upgrade_sslcontext_tls.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/upgrade_sslcontext_tls.py
index cc2ed432a..8cd4f51bf 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/upgrade_sslcontext_tls.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/upgrade_sslcontext_tls.py
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ def __init__(
         file_context: FileContext,
     ):
         SemgrepCodemod.__init__(self, execution_context, file_context)
-        BaseTransformer.__init__(
-            self,
-            codemod_context,
-            self._results,
-            file_context.line_exclude,
-            file_context.line_include,
-        )
+        BaseTransformer.__init__(self, codemod_context, self._results)
 
         # TODO: apply unused import remover
 
diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/url_sandbox.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/url_sandbox.py
index 3acfcf4da..4fee3e114 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/url_sandbox.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/url_sandbox.py
@@ -78,12 +78,9 @@ class FindRequestCallsAndImports(BaseVisitor):
     def __init__(
         self, codemod_context: CodemodContext, file_context: FileContext, results
     ):
-        super().__init__(
-            codemod_context,
-            results,
-            file_context.line_exclude,
-            file_context.line_include,
-        )
+        super().__init__(codemod_context, results)
+        self.line_exclude = file_context.line_exclude
+        self.line_include = file_context.line_include
         self.nodes_to_change: dict[
             cst.CSTNode, Union[cst.CSTNode, cst.FlattenSentinel, cst.RemovalSentinel]
         ] = {}
diff --git a/tests/codemods/test_base_visitor.py b/tests/codemods/test_base_visitor.py
index 8cd90f1ec..1c6627e33 100644
--- a/tests/codemods/test_base_visitor.py
+++ b/tests/codemods/test_base_visitor.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ class DeleteStatementLinesCodemod(BaseTransformer):
     METADATA_DEPENDENCIES = (PositionProvider,)
 
     def __init__(self, context, results, line_exclude=None, line_include=None):
-        BaseTransformer.__init__(
-            self, context, [], line_exclude or [], line_include or []
-        )
+        BaseTransformer.__init__(self, context, results)
+        self.line_exclude = line_exclude or []
+        self.line_include = line_include or []
 
     def filter_by_result(self, pos_to_match):
         return True