diff --git a/config/set/php84.php b/config/set/php84.php
index 582a9ec5780..2fb2433c360 100644
--- a/config/set/php84.php
+++ b/config/set/php84.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
-use Rector\Php84\Rector\Class_\DeprecatedAnnotationToDeprecatedAttributeRector;
 use Rector\Php84\Rector\Foreach_\ForeachToArrayAllRector;
 use Rector\Php84\Rector\Foreach_\ForeachToArrayAnyRector;
 use Rector\Php84\Rector\Foreach_\ForeachToArrayFindKeyRector;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
         RoundingModeEnumRector::class,
         AddEscapeArgumentRector::class,
         NewMethodCallWithoutParenthesesRector::class,
-        DeprecatedAnnotationToDeprecatedAttributeRector::class,
         ForeachToArrayFindRector::class,
         ForeachToArrayFindKeyRector::class,
         ForeachToArrayAllRector::class,
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index aa10f8f83ad..182522df8d4 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ parameters:
             identifier: rector.upgradeDowngradeRegisteredInSet
             path: rules/Php81/Rector/FuncCall/NullToStrictStringFuncCallArgRector.php
 
+        # deliberately kept out of the php84 set, as it turns a doc annotation into a runtime deprecation;
+        # it stays available to register directly with withRules()
+        -
+            identifier: rector.upgradeDowngradeRegisteredInSet
+            path: rules/Php84/Rector/Class_/DeprecatedAnnotationToDeprecatedAttributeRector.php
+
         # is nested expr
         -
             message: '#Access to an undefined property PhpParser\\Node\\Expr\:\:\$expr#'