diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index a31b105884e29..e79e5c85222d1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -517,7 +517,10 @@ protected function getAttributeDenormalizationContext(string $class, string $att
         return array_merge($context, $metadata->getDenormalizationContextForGroups($this->getGroups($context)));
     }
 
-    private function getAttributeMetadata($objectOrClass, string $attribute): ?AttributeMetadataInterface
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    protected function getAttributeMetadata(object|string $objectOrClass, string $attribute): ?AttributeMetadataInterface
     {
         if (!$this->classMetadataFactory) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index 2113a2b53b551..98b0092f628b5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -226,41 +226,6 @@ public function normalize(mixed $object, string $format = null, array $context =
         return $data;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Computes the normalization context merged with current one. Metadata always wins over global context, as more specific.
-     */
-    private function getAttributeNormalizationContext(object $object, string $attribute, array $context): array
-    {
-        if (null === $metadata = $this->getAttributeMetadata($object, $attribute)) {
-            return $context;
-        }
-
-        return array_merge($context, $metadata->getNormalizationContextForGroups($this->getGroups($context)));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Computes the denormalization context merged with current one. Metadata always wins over global context, as more specific.
-     */
-    private function getAttributeDenormalizationContext(string $class, string $attribute, array $context): array
-    {
-        $context['deserialization_path'] = ($context['deserialization_path'] ?? false) ? $context['deserialization_path'].'.'.$attribute : $attribute;
-
-        if (null === $metadata = $this->getAttributeMetadata($class, $attribute)) {
-            return $context;
-        }
-
-        return array_merge($context, $metadata->getDenormalizationContextForGroups($this->getGroups($context)));
-    }
-
-    private function getAttributeMetadata(object|string $objectOrClass, string $attribute): ?AttributeMetadataInterface
-    {
-        if (!$this->classMetadataFactory) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        return $this->classMetadataFactory->getMetadataFor($objectOrClass)->getAttributesMetadata()[$attribute] ?? null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */