diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/ServletWebSocketHandlerRegistry.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/ServletWebSocketHandlerRegistry.java
index e9b9f17502a6..82115ba354e7 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/ServletWebSocketHandlerRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/ServletWebSocketHandlerRegistry.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@
 
 import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
-import org.springframework.util.PathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.web.HttpRequestHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.WebSocketHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.server.support.WebSocketHandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
-import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
 
 /**
  * {@link WebSocketHandlerRegistry} with Spring MVC handler mappings for the
@@ -79,17 +77,21 @@ public int getOrder() {
 	/**
 	 * Set the UrlPathHelper to configure on the {@code SimpleUrlHandlerMapping}
 	 * used to map handshake requests.
-	 * @deprecated use of {@link PathMatcher} and {@link UrlPathHelper} is deprecated
-	 * for use at runtime in web modules in favor of parsed patterns with
-	 * {@link PathPatternParser}.
+	 * @deprecated without a replacement since effectively the UrlPathHelper is
+	 * no longer used with {@code PathPatternParser} used by the default in
+	 * all extensions of {@code AbstractHandlerMapping}. To be removed in 7.0.
 	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "7.0", forRemoval = true)
+	@Deprecated(since = "6.2.4", forRemoval = true)
 	public void setUrlPathHelper(@Nullable UrlPathHelper urlPathHelper) {
 		this.urlPathHelper = urlPathHelper;
 	}
 
-	@Deprecated(since = "7.0", forRemoval = true)
-	public @Nullable UrlPathHelper getUrlPathHelper() {
+	/**
+	 * Return the configured {@code UrlPathHelper}.
+	 * @deprecated without a replacement; see notice on {@link #setUrlPathHelper}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "6.2.4", forRemoval = true)
+		public @Nullable UrlPathHelper getUrlPathHelper() {
 		return this.urlPathHelper;
 	}