diff --git a/src/Contract/Rector/RectorInterface.php b/src/Contract/Rector/RectorInterface.php
index 2602bd2a67e..89553c6c804 100644
--- a/src/Contract/Rector/RectorInterface.php
+++ b/src/Contract/Rector/RectorInterface.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use PhpParser\NodeVisitor;
 use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\Contract\DocumentedRuleInterface;
 
-interface RectorInterface extends NodeVisitor, DocumentedRuleInterface
+interface RectorInterface extends DocumentedRuleInterface
 {
     /**
      * List of nodes this class checks, classes that implements \PhpParser\Node
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ interface RectorInterface extends NodeVisitor, DocumentedRuleInterface
      */
     public function getNodeTypes(): array;
 
+    /**
+     * @return int|Node|Node[]|null
+     */
+    public function enterNode(Node $node): int|Node|array|null;
+
     /**
      * Process Node of matched type
      * @return Node|Node[]|null|NodeVisitor::REMOVE_NODE
diff --git a/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php b/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
index db40c8f2140..ae927e9b818 100644
--- a/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
+++ b/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Rector;
 
-use Deprecated;
 use PhpParser\Node;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr;
 use PhpParser\Node\Name;
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
 use PhpParser\NodeTraverser;
 use PhpParser\NodeVisitor;
 use PhpParser\NodeVisitor\CloningVisitor;
-use PhpParser\NodeVisitorAbstract;
 use PHPStan\Analyser\MutatingScope;
 use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\Type;
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@
 use Rector\Skipper\ValueObject\SkipMatch;
 use Rector\ValueObject\Application\File;
 
-abstract class AbstractRector extends NodeVisitorAbstract implements RectorInterface
+abstract class AbstractRector implements RectorInterface
 {
     private const string EMPTY_NODE_ARRAY_MESSAGE = <<<CODE_SAMPLE
 Array of nodes cannot be empty. Ensure "%s->refactor()" returns non-empty array for Nodes.
@@ -103,26 +101,6 @@ public function autowire(
         $this->commentsMerger = $commentsMerger;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Node[]|null
-     *
-     * @internal
-     */
-    final public function beforeTraverse(array $nodes): ?array
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return Node[]|null
-     *
-     * @internal
-     */
-    final public function afterTraverse(array $nodes)
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return NodeVisitor::REMOVE_NODE|Node|null|Node[]
      */
@@ -190,12 +168,6 @@ final public function enterNode(Node $node): int|Node|null|array
         return $this->postRefactorProcess($originalNode, $node, $refactoredNodeOrState, $filePath);
     }
 
-    #[Deprecated(message: 'no longer used')]
-    final public function leaveNode(Node $node): array|int|Node|null
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     protected function getFile(): File
     {
         $file = $this->currentFileProvider->getFile();