diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
index e217820950057..443c0288891fb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public function prepare(Request $request)
 
         if (!$this->headers->has('Accept-Ranges')) {
             // Only accept ranges on safe HTTP methods
-            $this->headers->set('Accept-Ranges', $request->isMethodSafe(false) ? 'bytes' : 'none');
+            $this->headers->set('Accept-Ranges', $request->isMethodSafe() ? 'bytes' : 'none');
         }
 
         if (self::$trustXSendfileTypeHeader && $request->headers->has('X-Sendfile-Type')) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index 54acd6ae10bde..7ecbdffa9e2bd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+4.4.0
+-----
+
+ * passing arguments to `Request::isMethodSafe()` is deprecated.
+
 4.3.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index fffe2ab81ec0e..83cdf60169a75 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -1437,15 +1437,12 @@ public function isMethod($method)
      *
      * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.2.1
      *
-     * @param bool $andCacheable Adds the additional condition that the method should be cacheable. True by default.
-     *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function isMethodSafe(/* $andCacheable = true */)
+    public function isMethodSafe()
     {
-        if (!\func_num_args() || func_get_arg(0)) {
-            // setting $andCacheable to false should be deprecated in 4.1
-            throw new \BadMethodCallException('Checking only for cacheable HTTP methods with Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::isMethodSafe() is not supported.');
+        if (\func_num_args() > 0) {
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('Passing arguments to "%s()" has been deprecated since Symfony 4.4; use "%s::isMethodCacheable() to check if the method is cacheable instead."', __METHOD__, __CLASS__), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
         }
 
         return \in_array($this->getMethod(), ['GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS', 'TRACE']);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index ab0dcf6818168..c1168f5e45d4e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ public function testMethodSafe($method, $safe)
     {
         $request = new Request();
         $request->setMethod($method);
-        $this->assertEquals($safe, $request->isMethodSafe(false));
+        $this->assertEquals($safe, $request->isMethodSafe());
     }
 
     public function methodSafeProvider()
@@ -2134,16 +2134,6 @@ public function methodSafeProvider()
         ];
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \BadMethodCallException
-     */
-    public function testMethodSafeChecksCacheable()
-    {
-        $request = new Request();
-        $request->setMethod('OPTIONS');
-        $request->isMethodSafe();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @dataProvider methodCacheableProvider
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/FragmentListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/FragmentListener.php
index fc4ba56d9b0d8..f7d3dc69566ab 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/FragmentListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/FragmentListener.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function onKernelRequest(GetResponseEvent $event)
     protected function validateRequest(Request $request)
     {
         // is the Request safe?
-        if (!$request->isMethodSafe(false)) {
+        if (!$request->isMethodSafe()) {
             throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php
index 051285aeba60e..982e8cdb9ae30 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public function handle(Request $request, $type = HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQ
 
         $this->traces[$this->getTraceKey($request)] = [];
 
-        if (!$request->isMethodSafe(false)) {
+        if (!$request->isMethodSafe()) {
             $response = $this->invalidate($request, $catch);
         } elseif ($request->headers->has('expect') || !$request->isMethodCacheable()) {
             $response = $this->pass($request, $catch);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
index 1fb79ca3b8393..4d923b716664c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.1.3",
         "symfony/event-dispatcher": "^4.3",
-        "symfony/http-foundation": "^4.1.1|^5.0",
+        "symfony/http-foundation": "^4.4|^5.0",
         "symfony/debug": "^3.4|^4.0|^5.0",
         "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "^1.8",
         "symfony/polyfill-php73": "^1.9",
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/Firewall/ExceptionListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/Firewall/ExceptionListener.php
index 76a5a9107b4c2..a89874a0808f2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/Firewall/ExceptionListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Http/Firewall/ExceptionListener.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ private function startAuthentication(Request $request, AuthenticationException $
     protected function setTargetPath(Request $request)
     {
         // session isn't required when using HTTP basic authentication mechanism for example
-        if ($request->hasSession() && $request->isMethodSafe(false) && !$request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
+        if ($request->hasSession() && $request->isMethodSafe() && !$request->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
             $this->saveTargetPath($request->getSession(), $this->providerKey, $request->getUri());
         }
     }