diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/ClientRequestObservationContext.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/ClientRequestObservationContext.java
index 926684eba85..deba7061c09 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/ClientRequestObservationContext.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/ClientRequestObservationContext.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client;
 
-import java.util.Optional;
-
 import io.micrometer.observation.transport.RequestReplySenderContext;
 
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -35,14 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  */
 public class ClientRequestObservationContext extends RequestReplySenderContext<ClientRequest.Builder, ClientResponse> {
 
-	/**
-	 * Name of the request attribute holding the {@link ClientRequestObservationContext context}
-	 * for the current observation.
-	 * @since 6.0.15
-	 */
-	public static final String CURRENT_OBSERVATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE = ClientRequestObservationContext.class.getName();
-
-
 	@Nullable
 	private String uriTemplate;
 
@@ -127,15 +117,4 @@ public class ClientRequestObservationContext extends RequestReplySenderContext<C
 	}
 
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the current {@link ClientRequestObservationContext observation context}
-	 * from the given request, if available.
-	 * @param request the current client request
-	 * @return the current observation context
-	 * @since 6.0.15
-	 */
-	public static Optional<ClientRequestObservationContext> findCurrent(ClientRequest request) {
-		return Optional.ofNullable((ClientRequestObservationContext) request.attributes().get(CURRENT_OBSERVATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE));
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java
index a185ec81a66..6308ddf5a9f 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java
@@ -454,9 +454,7 @@ final class DefaultWebClient implements WebClient {
 				if (filterFunctions != null) {
 					filterFunction = filterFunctions.andThen(filterFunction);
 				}
-				ClientRequest request = requestBuilder
-						.attribute(ClientRequestObservationContext.CURRENT_OBSERVATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, observationContext)
-						.build();
+				ClientRequest request = requestBuilder.build();
 				observationContext.setUriTemplate((String) request.attribute(URI_TEMPLATE_ATTRIBUTE).orElse(null));
 				observationContext.setRequest(request);
 				Mono<ClientResponse> responseMono = filterFunction.apply(exchangeFunction)
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientObservationTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientObservationTests.java
index 3ef2cdda489..73a35047e14 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientObservationTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientObservationTests.java
@@ -148,23 +148,6 @@ class WebClientObservationTests {
 		verifyAndGetRequest();
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	void setsCurrentObservationContextAsRequestAttribute() {
-		ExchangeFilterFunction assertionFilter = (request, chain) -> {
-			Optional<ClientRequestObservationContext> observationContext = ClientRequestObservationContext.findCurrent(request);
-			assertThat(observationContext).isPresent();
-			return chain.exchange(request).contextWrite(context -> {
-				Observation currentObservation = context.get(ObservationThreadLocalAccessor.KEY);
-				assertThat(currentObservation.getContext()).isEqualTo(observationContext.get());
-				return context;
-			});
-		};
-		this.builder.filter(assertionFilter).build().get().uri("/resource/{id}", 42)
-				.retrieve().bodyToMono(Void.class)
-				.block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
-		verifyAndGetRequest();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void recordsObservationWithResponseDetailsWhenFilterFunctionErrors() {
 		ExchangeFilterFunction errorFunction = (req, next) -> next.exchange(req).then(Mono.error(new IllegalStateException()));