diff --git a/src/Configuration/Option.php b/src/Configuration/Option.php
index ee05a0314ab..5c3025fc8d9 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/Option.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/Option.php
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ final class Option
      */
     public const string DEPRECATED_PHP_SETS_METHODS = 'deprecated_php_sets_methods';
 
+    /**
+     * @internal For reporting deprecated withAttributesSets() arguments
+     */
+    public const string DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTES_SETS_ARGS = 'deprecated_attributes_sets_args';
+
     /**
      * @internal For collect skipped start with short open tag files to be reported
      */
diff --git a/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php b/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
index bab164f6d86..cf520b64fbb 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 use Rector\Enum\Config\Defaults;
 use Rector\Exception\Configuration\InvalidConfigurationException;
 use Rector\Php\PhpVersionResolver\ComposerJsonPhpVersionResolver;
-use Rector\Php80\Rector\Class_\AnnotationToAttributeRector;
-use Rector\Php80\ValueObject\AnnotationToAttribute;
 use Rector\PHPUnit\Set\PHPUnitSetList;
 use Rector\Set\Contract\SetProviderInterface;
 use Rector\Set\Enum\SetGroup;
@@ -462,6 +460,9 @@ public function withSets(array $sets): self
 
     /**
      * Upgrade your annotations to attributes
+     *
+     * @param bool $symfonyRoute Deprecated, included in $symfony
+     * @param bool $symfonyValidator Deprecated, included in $symfony
      */
     public function withAttributesSets(
         bool $symfony = false,
@@ -486,27 +487,13 @@ public function withAttributesSets(
             $this->sets[] = SymfonySetList::ANNOTATIONS_TO_ATTRIBUTES;
         }
 
-        // dx for more granular upgrade
+        // both are part of $symfony set, no longer applied on their own
         if ($symfonyRoute) {
-            if ($symfony) {
-                throw new InvalidConfigurationException(
-                    '$symfonyRoute is already included in $symfony. Use $symfony only'
-                );
-            }
-
-            $this->withConfiguredRule(AnnotationToAttributeRector::class, [
-                new AnnotationToAttribute('Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route'),
-            ]);
+            SimpleParameterProvider::addParameter(Option::DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTES_SETS_ARGS, 'symfonyRoute');
         }
 
         if ($symfonyValidator) {
-            if ($symfony) {
-                throw new InvalidConfigurationException(
-                    '$symfonyValidator is already included in $symfony. Use $symfony only'
-                );
-            }
-
-            $this->sets[] = SymfonySetList::SYMFONY_52_VALIDATOR_ATTRIBUTES;
+            SimpleParameterProvider::addParameter(Option::DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTES_SETS_ARGS, 'symfonyValidator');
         }
 
         if ($doctrine || $all) {
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/ProcessCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/ProcessCommand.php
index 53219616a8c..d285ddd1d92 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/ProcessCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/ProcessCommand.php
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $this->deprecatedRulesReporter->reportDeprecatedRectorUnsupportedMethods();
         $this->deprecatedRulesReporter->reportDeprecatedCacheMetaExtensions();
         $this->deprecatedRulesReporter->reportDeprecatedPhpSetsMethods();
+        $this->deprecatedRulesReporter->reportDeprecatedAttributesSetsArgs();
 
         $this->missConfigurationReporter->reportSkippedNeverRegisteredRules();
         $this->missConfigurationReporter->reportUnusedSkips($processResult);
diff --git a/src/Reporting/DeprecatedRulesReporter.php b/src/Reporting/DeprecatedRulesReporter.php
index 2b9ff2601a9..3a05e6437c0 100644
--- a/src/Reporting/DeprecatedRulesReporter.php
+++ b/src/Reporting/DeprecatedRulesReporter.php
@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ public function reportDeprecatedPhpSetsMethods(): void
         }
     }
 
+    public function reportDeprecatedAttributesSetsArgs(): void
+    {
+        /** @var string[] $deprecatedAttributesSetsArgs */
+        $deprecatedAttributesSetsArgs = SimpleParameterProvider::provideArrayParameter(
+            Option::DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTES_SETS_ARGS
+        );
+
+        foreach (array_unique($deprecatedAttributesSetsArgs) as $deprecatedAttributesSetsArg) {
+            $this->symfonyStyle->warning(sprintf(
+                'The "->withAttributesSets(%s: true)" argument is deprecated and no longer applied. It is already included in the "symfony: true" argument, use it instead.',
+                $deprecatedAttributesSetsArg
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
     public function reportDeprecatedRectorUnsupportedMethods(): void
     {
         // to be added in related PR