diff --git a/src/Symfony/Validator/Metadata/Property/ValidatorPropertyMetadataFactory.php b/src/Symfony/Validator/Metadata/Property/ValidatorPropertyMetadataFactory.php
index 5aba1bb66da..f2cb40b0ff5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Validator/Metadata/Property/ValidatorPropertyMetadataFactory.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Validator/Metadata/Property/ValidatorPropertyMetadataFactory.php
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiProperty;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Property\Factory\PropertyMetadataFactoryInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Metadata\Property\Restriction\PropertySchemaRestrictionMetadataInterface;
-use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait;
-use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Bic;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\CardScheme;
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\DateTime;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Email;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\File;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Iban;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Image;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Isbn;
@@ -49,10 +48,6 @@
  */
 final class ValidatorPropertyMetadataFactory implements PropertyMetadataFactoryInterface
 {
-    use ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait {
-        getValidationGroups as extractValidationGroups;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @var string[] A list of constraint classes making the entity required
      */
@@ -78,13 +73,8 @@ final class ValidatorPropertyMetadataFactory implements PropertyMetadataFactoryI
     /**
      * @param PropertySchemaRestrictionMetadataInterface[] $restrictionsMetadata
      */
-    public function __construct(
-        private readonly ValidatorMetadataFactoryInterface $validatorMetadataFactory,
-        private readonly PropertyMetadataFactoryInterface $decorated,
-        private readonly iterable $restrictionsMetadata = [],
-        ?ContainerInterface $container = null,
-    ) {
-        $this->container = $container;
+    public function __construct(private readonly ValidatorMetadataFactoryInterface $validatorMetadataFactory, private readonly PropertyMetadataFactoryInterface $decorated, private readonly iterable $restrictionsMetadata = [])
+    {
     }
 
     /**
@@ -162,8 +152,14 @@ public function create(string $resourceClass, string $property, array $options =
      */
     private function getValidationGroups(ValidatorClassMetadataInterface $classMetadata, array $options): array
     {
-        if (null !== ($groups = $this->extractValidationGroups($options['validation_groups'] ?? null))) {
-            return $groups;
+        if (isset($options['validation_groups'])) {
+            if ($options['validation_groups'] instanceof GroupSequence) {
+                return $options['validation_groups']->groups;
+            }
+
+            if (!\is_callable($options['validation_groups'])) {
+                return $options['validation_groups'];
+            }
         }
 
         if (!method_exists($classMetadata, 'getDefaultGroup')) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Validator/ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Validator/ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 36f44e9a915..00000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Validator/ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of the API Platform project.
- *
- * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator;
-
-use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
-
-trait ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait
-{
-    /**
-     * A service locator for ValidationGroupsGenerator.
-     */
-    private ?ContainerInterface $container = null;
-
-    public function getValidationGroups(\Closure|array|GroupSequence|string|null $validationGroups, ?object $data = null): string|array|GroupSequence|null
-    {
-        if (null === $validationGroups) {
-            return $validationGroups;
-        }
-
-        if (
-            $this->container
-            && \is_string($validationGroups)
-            && $this->container->has($validationGroups)
-            && ($service = $this->container->get($validationGroups))
-            && \is_callable($service)
-        ) {
-            $validationGroups = $service($data);
-        } elseif (\is_callable($validationGroups)) {
-            $validationGroups = $validationGroups($data);
-        }
-
-        if (!$validationGroups instanceof GroupSequence) {
-            $validationGroups = (array) $validationGroups;
-        }
-
-        return $validationGroups;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php b/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php
index 0b21eebe3b5..a0645ab9968 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ValidationException;
 use ApiPlatform\Validator\ValidatorInterface;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator\ValidatorInterface as SymfonyValidatorInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -25,11 +26,8 @@
  */
 final class Validator implements ValidatorInterface
 {
-    use ValidationGroupsExtractorTrait;
-
-    public function __construct(private readonly SymfonyValidatorInterface $validator, ?ContainerInterface $container = null)
+    public function __construct(private readonly SymfonyValidatorInterface $validator, private readonly ?ContainerInterface $container = null)
     {
-        $this->container = $container;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -37,7 +35,25 @@ public function __construct(private readonly SymfonyValidatorInterface $validato
      */
     public function validate(object $data, array $context = []): void
     {
-        $violations = $this->validator->validate($data, null, $this->getValidationGroups($context['groups'] ?? null, $data));
+        if (null !== $validationGroups = $context['groups'] ?? null) {
+            if (
+                $this->container
+                && \is_string($validationGroups)
+                && $this->container->has($validationGroups)
+                && ($service = $this->container->get($validationGroups))
+                && \is_callable($service)
+            ) {
+                $validationGroups = $service($data);
+            } elseif (\is_callable($validationGroups)) {
+                $validationGroups = $validationGroups($data);
+            }
+
+            if (!$validationGroups instanceof GroupSequence) {
+                $validationGroups = (array) $validationGroups;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $violations = $this->validator->validate($data, null, $validationGroups);
         if (0 !== \count($violations)) {
             throw new ValidationException($violations);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php
index c678469a66e..161e6a6280b 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Prophecy\PhpUnit\ProphecyTrait;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolation;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationList;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationListInterface;
@@ -119,4 +120,22 @@ public function testValidatorWithScalarGroup(): void
         $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, $containerProphecy->reveal());
         $validator->validate(new DummyEntity(), ['groups' => 'foo']);
     }
+
+    public function testValidatorWithGroupSequence(): void
+    {
+        $data = new DummyEntity();
+        $expectedValidationGroups = new GroupSequence(['foo', 'bar']);
+
+        $constraintViolationListProphecy = $this->prophesize(ConstraintViolationListInterface::class);
+        $constraintViolationListProphecy->count()->willReturn(0);
+
+        $symfonyValidatorProphecy = $this->prophesize(SymfonyValidatorInterface::class);
+        $symfonyValidatorProphecy->validate($data, null, $expectedValidationGroups)->willreturn($constraintViolationListProphecy->reveal())->shouldBeCalled();
+        $symfonyValidator = $symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal();
+
+        $containerProphecy = $this->prophesize(ContainerInterface::class);
+
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, $containerProphecy->reveal());
+        $validator->validate(new DummyEntity(), ['groups' => $expectedValidationGroups]);
+    }
 }