diff --git a/src/utils/cors/utils.ts b/src/utils/cors/utils.ts
index a83872f1..1e15b2c3 100644
--- a/src/utils/cors/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/cors/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { defu } from "defu";
 import { appendHeaders } from "../response";
-import { getMethod, getRequestHeaders, getRequestHeader } from "../request";
+import { getRequestHeaders, getRequestHeader } from "../request";
 import type { H3Event } from "../../event";
 import type {
   H3CorsOptions,
@@ -32,14 +32,13 @@ export function resolveCorsOptions(
 }
 
 export function isPreflightRequest(event: H3Event): boolean {
-  const method = getMethod(event);
   const origin = getRequestHeader(event, "origin");
   const accessControlRequestMethod = getRequestHeader(
     event,
     "access-control-request-method"
   );
 
-  return method === "OPTIONS" && !!origin && !!accessControlRequestMethod;
+  return event.method === "OPTIONS" && !!origin && !!accessControlRequestMethod;
 }
 
 export function isCorsOriginAllowed(
diff --git a/src/utils/request.ts b/src/utils/request.ts
index 65cdc1b9..89cb09e0 100644
--- a/src/utils/request.ts
+++ b/src/utils/request.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ export function getRouterParam(
   return params[name];
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Directly use `event.method` instead.
+ */
 export function getMethod(
   event: H3Event,
   defaultMethod: HTTPMethod = "GET"
@@ -49,17 +52,15 @@ export function isMethod(
   expected: HTTPMethod | HTTPMethod[],
   allowHead?: boolean
 ) {
-  const method = getMethod(event);
-
-  if (allowHead && method === "HEAD") {
+  if (allowHead && event.method === "HEAD") {
     return true;
   }
 
   if (typeof expected === "string") {
-    if (method === expected) {
+    if (event.method === expected) {
       return true;
     }
-  } else if (expected.includes(method)) {
+  } else if (expected.includes(event.method)) {
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/cors.test.ts b/test/cors.test.ts
index d913a960..cf1dba3c 100644
--- a/test/cors.test.ts
+++ b/test/cors.test.ts
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ describe("resolveCorsOptions", () => {
 describe("isPreflightRequest", () => {
   it("can detect preflight request", () => {
     const eventMock = {
+      method: "OPTIONS",
       node: {
         req: {
-          method: "OPTIONS",
           headers: {
             origin: "http://example.com",
             "access-control-request-method": "GET",
diff --git a/test/event.test.ts b/test/event.test.ts
index f468c8a2..3478887a 100644
--- a/test/event.test.ts
+++ b/test/event.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import supertest, { SuperTest, Test } from "supertest";
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from "vitest";
-import {
-  createApp,
-  App,
-  toNodeListener,
-  eventHandler,
-  getMethod,
-} from "../src";
+import { createApp, App, toNodeListener, eventHandler } from "../src";
 
 describe("Event", () => {
   let app: App;
@@ -21,7 +15,7 @@ describe("Event", () => {
     app.use(
       "/",
       eventHandler((event) => {
-        expect(event.method).toBe(getMethod(event));
+        expect(event.method).toBe(event.method);
         expect(event.method).toBe("POST");
         return "200";
       })
diff --git a/test/proxy.test.ts b/test/proxy.test.ts
index 536694b9..87fbfd83 100644
--- a/test/proxy.test.ts
+++ b/test/proxy.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   App,
   eventHandler,
   getHeaders,
-  getMethod,
   setHeader,
   readRawBody,
   setCookie,
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ describe("", () => {
             body = await readRawBody(event);
           } catch {}
           return {
-            method: getMethod(event),
+            method: event.method,
             headers,
             body,
           };
diff --git a/test/utils.test.ts b/test/utils.test.ts
index cfae633b..0cf30e67 100644
--- a/test/utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/utils.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   assertMethod,
   toNodeListener,
   eventHandler,
-  getMethod,
   getQuery,
   getRequestURL,
   readFormData,
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ describe("", () => {
     it("can get method", async () => {
       app.use(
         "/",
-        eventHandler((event) => getMethod(event))
+        eventHandler((event) => event.method)
       );
       expect((await request.get("/api")).text).toBe("GET");
       expect((await request.post("/api")).text).toBe("POST");