diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/fixture.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/fixture.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index a457be2406a..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/fixture.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class SomeClass
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('#[0-9]#', $value);
-        Strings::match($value, '#[A-Za-z0-9_]+#');
-    }
-}
-
-?>
------
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class SomeClass
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('#\d#', $value);
-        Strings::match($value, '#\w+#');
-    }
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/other_delimiter.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/other_delimiter.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 72d130079b8..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/other_delimiter.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class OtherDelimiter
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('([0-9])', $value);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
------
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class OtherDelimiter
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('(\d)', $value);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/pattern_in_constant.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/pattern_in_constant.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ab89835547..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/pattern_in_constant.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-class PatternInConstant
-{
-    const PATTERN = '#[0-9]#';
-
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match(self::PATTERN, $value);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
------
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-class PatternInConstant
-{
-    const PATTERN = '#\d#';
-
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match(self::PATTERN, $value);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_direct_square_bracket_as_delimiter.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_direct_square_bracket_as_delimiter.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index ec48d5b2bda..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_direct_square_bracket_as_delimiter.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class SkipDirectSquareBracketAsDelimiter
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('[0-9]', $value);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_not_regex.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_not_regex.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 54016ce6595..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_not_regex.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-class SkipNotRegex
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        echo '[0-9] and \d are a bit different.';
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_surplus_open_square_bracket.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_surplus_open_square_bracket.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9872d9ed9..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/skip_surplus_open_square_bracket.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-class SkipSurplusOpenSquareBracket
-{
-    public function run()
-    {
-        $purln = preg_replace("/[^[a-zA-Z0-9_]/", "", "test");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/slash_delimiter.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/slash_delimiter.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 36bac9c3f75..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/slash_delimiter.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-class SlashDelimiter
-{
-    public function run(string $param)
-    {
-        return preg_match('/^[0-9]+$/', $param);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
------
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-class SlashDelimiter
-{
-    public function run(string $param)
-    {
-        return preg_match('/^\d+$/', $param);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/with_square_bracket_as_delimiter.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/with_square_bracket_as_delimiter.php.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a4f9014352..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/Fixture/with_square_bracket_as_delimiter.php.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class WithSquareBracketAsDelimiter
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('[[0-9]]', $value);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
------
-<?php
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\Fixture;
-
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-class WithSquareBracketAsDelimiter
-{
-    public function run($value)
-    {
-        preg_match('[\d]', $value);
-    }
-}
-
-?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/SimplifyRegexPatternRectorTest.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/SimplifyRegexPatternRectorTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ad57569f3e..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/SimplifyRegexPatternRectorTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector;
-
-use Iterator;
-use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
-use Rector\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractRectorTestCase;
-
-final class SimplifyRegexPatternRectorTest extends AbstractRectorTestCase
-{
-    #[DataProvider('provideData')]
-    public function test(string $filePath): void
-    {
-        $this->doTestFile($filePath);
-    }
-
-    public static function provideData(): Iterator
-    {
-        return self::yieldFilesFromDirectory(__DIR__ . '/Fixture');
-    }
-
-    public function provideConfigFilePath(): string
-    {
-        return __DIR__ . '/config/configured_rule.php';
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/config/configured_rule.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/config/configured_rule.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bd47f6935d..00000000000
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector/config/configured_rule.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector;
-use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
-
-return RectorConfig::configure()
-    ->withRules([SimplifyRegexPatternRector::class]);
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector.php
index 4c29d7a9853..6c19a25b21a 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/SimplifyRegexPatternRector.php
@@ -4,39 +4,19 @@
 
 namespace Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall;
 
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
 use PhpParser\Node;
 use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_;
-use Rector\NodeNameResolver\Regex\RegexPatternDetector;
+use Rector\Configuration\Deprecation\Contract\DeprecatedInterface;
+use Rector\Exception\ShouldNotHappenException;
 use Rector\Rector\AbstractRector;
 use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\CodeSample\CodeSample;
 use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\RuleDefinition;
 
 /**
- * @see \Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector\SimplifyRegexPatternRectorTest
+ * @deprecated This rule is deprecated, as shortening ranges like "[a-zA-Z0-9_]" to "\w" is a matter of personal preference. It can worsen regex readability and is rather a coding standard change.
  */
-final class SimplifyRegexPatternRector extends AbstractRector
+final class SimplifyRegexPatternRector extends AbstractRector implements DeprecatedInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * Using double quote "\d", "\w", "\s" to avoid unescaped issue on scoped build
-     * Reproduced with php-scoper 0.18.17, @see https://github.com/rectorphp/rector/issues/9395
-     *
-     * @var array<string, string>
-     */
-    private const array COMPLEX_PATTERN_TO_SIMPLE = [
-        '[0-9]' => "\d",
-        '[a-zA-Z0-9_]' => "\w",
-        '[A-Za-z0-9_]' => "\w",
-        '[0-9a-zA-Z_]' => "\w",
-        '[0-9A-Za-z_]' => "\w",
-        '[\r\n\t\f\v ]' => "\s",
-    ];
-
-    public function __construct(
-        private readonly RegexPatternDetector $regexPatternDetector
-    ) {
-    }
-
     public function getRuleDefinition(): RuleDefinition
     {
         return new RuleDefinition('Simplify regex pattern to known ranges', [
@@ -75,36 +55,11 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
     /**
      * @param String_ $node
      */
-    public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
+    public function refactor(Node $node): ?String_
     {
-        if (! $this->regexPatternDetector->isRegexPattern($node->value)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        foreach (self::COMPLEX_PATTERN_TO_SIMPLE as $complexPattern => $simple) {
-            $originalValue = $node->value;
-            $simplifiedValue = Strings::replace(
-                $node->value,
-                '#' . preg_quote($complexPattern, '#') . '#',
-                $simple
-            );
-
-            if ($originalValue === $simplifiedValue) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (str_contains($originalValue, '[^' . $complexPattern)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if ($complexPattern === $node->value) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $node->value = $simplifiedValue;
-            return $node;
-        }
-
-        return null;
+        throw new ShouldNotHappenException(sprintf(
+            '"%s" is deprecated, as simplifying regex ranges is a personal preference that can worsen readability',
+            self::class
+        ));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Config/Level/CodeQualityLevel.php b/src/Config/Level/CodeQualityLevel.php
index 8e68890fb4f..5e0fd9f6a12 100644
--- a/src/Config/Level/CodeQualityLevel.php
+++ b/src/Config/Level/CodeQualityLevel.php
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SetTypeToCastRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyFuncGetArgsCountRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyInArrayValuesRector;
-use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyRegexPatternRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SimplifyStrposLowerRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SingleInArrayToCompareRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SortCallLikeNamedArgsRector;
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ final class CodeQualityLevel
         ConsecutiveNullCompareReturnsToNullCoalesceQueueRector::class,
         UseIdenticalOverEqualWithSameTypeRector::class,
         SimplifyBoolIdenticalTrueRector::class,
-        SimplifyRegexPatternRector::class,
         BooleanNotIdenticalToNotIdenticalRector::class,
         AndAssignsToSeparateLinesRector::class,
         CompactToVariablesRector::class,
diff --git a/src/NodeNameResolver/Regex/RegexPatternDetector.php b/src/NodeNameResolver/Regex/RegexPatternDetector.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a9e87dd5a8..00000000000
--- a/src/NodeNameResolver/Regex/RegexPatternDetector.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Rector\NodeNameResolver\Regex;
-
-final class RegexPatternDetector
-{
-    /**
-     * @var string[]
-     *
-     * This prevents miss matching like "aMethoda"
-     */
-    private const array POSSIBLE_DELIMITERS = ['#', '~', '/'];
-
-    /**
-     * @var array<string, string>
-     */
-    private const array START_AND_END_DELIMITERS = [
-        '(' => ')',
-        '{' => '}',
-        '[' => ']',
-        '<' => '>',
-    ];
-
-    public function isRegexPattern(string $name): bool
-    {
-        if (strlen($name) <= 2) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        $firstChar = $name[0];
-        $lastChar = $name[strlen($name) - 1];
-        if ($firstChar !== $lastChar) {
-            foreach (self::START_AND_END_DELIMITERS as $start => $end) {
-                if ($firstChar !== $start) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if ($lastChar !== $end) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return in_array($firstChar, self::POSSIBLE_DELIMITERS, true);
-    }
-}