diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 02a23de3322d..0ec474bf866d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ utils/                       export-ignore
 .php-cs-fixer.user-guide.php export-ignore
 structarmed-baseline.php     export-ignore
 structarmed.php              export-ignore
-phpmetrics.json              export-ignore
 phpstan-baseline.php         export-ignore
 phpstan-bootstrap.php        export-ignore
 phpstan.dist.neon            export-ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-autoreview.yml b/.github/workflows/test-autoreview.yml
index 7793a3cc091b..26b50e049208 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-autoreview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-autoreview.yml
@@ -30,79 +30,3 @@ jobs:
       php-version: '8.2'
       job-id: auto-review-tests
       group-name: AutoReview
-
-  composer-normalize-tests:
-    name: Check normalized composer.json
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-
-      - name: Setup PHP
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@eb7c497e18156a6bbabfef1d3a82760b9eda3962 # 2.40.0
-        with:
-          php-version: '8.2'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: composer update
-
-      - name: Run on root composer.json
-        id: normalize-root-composer
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: |
-          echo "ROOT_COMPOSER_RESULT<<RCR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$(composer normalize)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RCR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Run on framework composer.json
-        id: normalize-framework-composer
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        working-directory: admin/framework
-        run: |
-          echo "FRAMEWORK_COMPOSER_RESULT<<FCR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$(composer normalize)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "FCR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Run on starter composer.json
-        id: normalize-starter-composer
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        working-directory: admin/starter
-        run: |
-          echo "STARTER_COMPOSER_RESULT<<SCR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$(composer normalize)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "SCR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Analyse normalization results
-        run: |
-          if [[ '${{ steps.normalize-root-composer.conclusion }}' == 'failure' ]]; then
-            echo 'Normalization of root composer.json encountered a problem.';
-            echo 'Please run it locally: `composer normalize`';
-            exit 1;
-          fi
-
-          if [[ ${{ contains(steps.normalize-root-composer.outputs.ROOT_COMPOSER_RESULT, 'Successfully normalized') }} == true ]]; then
-            echo 'Root composer.json is not yet normalized.';
-            exit 1;
-          fi
-
-          if [[ '${{ steps.normalize-framework-composer.conclusion }}' == 'failure' ]]; then
-            echo 'Normalization of framework composer.json encountered a problem.';
-            echo 'Please run it locally: `composer normalize -d admin/framework`';
-            exit 1;
-          fi
-
-          if [[ ${{ contains(steps.normalize-framework-composer.outputs.FRAMEWORK_COMPOSER_RESULT, 'Successfully normalized') }} == true ]]; then
-            echo 'Framework composer.json is not yet normalized.';
-            exit 1;
-          fi
-
-          if [[ '${{ steps.normalize-starter-composer.conclusion }}' == 'failure' ]]; then
-            echo 'Normalization of starter composer.json encountered a problem.';
-            echo 'Please run it locally: `composer normalize -d admin/starter`';
-            exit 1;
-          fi
-
-          if [[ ${{ contains(steps.normalize-starter-composer.outputs.STARTER_COMPOSER_RESULT, 'Successfully normalized') }} == true ]]; then
-            echo 'Starter composer.json is not yet normalized.';
-            exit 1;
-          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-composer-normalize.yml b/.github/workflows/test-composer-normalize.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..164c2424976c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-composer-normalize.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Composer Normalize
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/composer.json'
+      - '.github/workflows/test-composer-normalize.yml'
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/composer.json'
+      - '.github/workflows/test-composer-normalize.yml'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  composer-normalize:
+    name: Check normalized composer.json
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@eb7c497e18156a6bbabfef1d3a82760b9eda3962 # 2.40.0
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.2'
+          coverage: none
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer update --ansi --no-interaction --working-dir=utils
+
+      - name: Run on root composer.json
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        run: composer normalize --ansi --dry-run --working-dir=utils "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/composer.json"
+
+      - name: Run on framework composer.json
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        run: composer normalize --ansi --dry-run --working-dir=utils "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/admin/framework/composer.json"
+
+      - name: Run on starter composer.json
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        run: composer normalize --ansi --dry-run --working-dir=utils "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/admin/starter/composer.json"
+
+      - name: Run on utils composer.json
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        run: composer normalize --ansi --dry-run --working-dir=utils
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3fbec754b543..1ab6a1686f01 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
             "utils/vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --ansi --verbose --diff --config=.php-cs-fixer.tests.php",
             "utils/vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --ansi --verbose --diff"
         ],
-        "metrics": "utils/vendor/bin/phpmetrics --config=phpmetrics.json",
         "phpstan:baseline": [
             "phpstan analyse --ansi --generate-baseline=utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon",
             "split-phpstan-baseline utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon"
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@
         "analyze": "Run static analysis",
         "cs": "Check the coding style",
         "cs-fix": "Fix the coding style",
-        "metrics": "Run PhpMetrics",
         "phpstan:baseline": "Run PHPStan then dump all errors to baseline",
         "phpstan:check": "Run PHPStan with support for identifiers",
         "test": "Run unit tests"
diff --git a/phpmetrics.json b/phpmetrics.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ff72a669193..000000000000
--- a/phpmetrics.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "includes": ["system"],
-    "excludes": ["ThirdParty"],
-    "report": {
-        "html": "build/phpmetrics/"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/utils/composer.json b/utils/composer.json
index b5cd6aa43a55..9b5250df0352 100644
--- a/utils/composer.json
+++ b/utils/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
         "ergebnis/composer-normalize": "^2.28",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.76",
         "nexusphp/cs-config": "^3.26",
-        "phpmetrics/phpmetrics": "^2.8 || ^3.0rc6",
         "vimeo/psalm": "^6.14"
     },
     "autoload": {