diff --git a/packages/hono/src/shared/middlewareHandlers.ts b/packages/hono/src/shared/middlewareHandlers.ts
index ffba879603ea..0eddae5e81e0 100644
--- a/packages/hono/src/shared/middlewareHandlers.ts
+++ b/packages/hono/src/shared/middlewareHandlers.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   winterCGRequestToRequestData,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Context } from 'hono';
-import { hasFetchEvent } from '../utils/hono-context';
 import { defaultShouldHandleError } from './defaultShouldHandleError';
 import { resolveRouteName } from './resolveRouteName';
 import { type SentryHonoMiddlewareOptions } from '../shared/types';
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ export function requestHandler(context: Context, getConnInfo?: GetConnInfo): voi
   updateSpanRouteName(isolationScope, context);
 
   isolationScope.setSDKProcessingMetadata({
-    normalizedRequest: winterCGRequestToRequestData(hasFetchEvent(context) ? context.event.request : context.req.raw),
+    normalizedRequest: winterCGRequestToRequestData(context.req.raw),
   });
 
   if (getConnInfo) {
diff --git a/packages/hono/src/utils/hono-context.ts b/packages/hono/src/utils/hono-context.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 96df44ee655a..000000000000
--- a/packages/hono/src/utils/hono-context.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import type { Context } from 'hono';
-
-/**
- * Checks whether the given Hono context has a fetch event.
- */
-export function hasFetchEvent(c: Context): boolean {
-  let hasFetchEvent = true;
-  try {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions
-    c.event;
-  } catch {
-    hasFetchEvent = false;
-  }
-  return hasFetchEvent;
-}
diff --git a/packages/hono/test/shared/middlewareHandlers.test.ts b/packages/hono/test/shared/middlewareHandlers.test.ts
index c52e4f62eb69..0f406192ea8d 100644
--- a/packages/hono/test/shared/middlewareHandlers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/hono/test/shared/middlewareHandlers.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as SentryCore from '@sentry/core';
 import { SENTRY_SEGMENT_NAME_SOURCE, HTTP_ROUTE } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { Context } from 'hono';
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { requestHandler, responseHandler } from '../../src/shared/middlewareHandlers';
 
@@ -8,10 +9,6 @@ vi.mock('hono/route', () => ({
   matchedRoutes: () => [{ basePath: '/', path: '/test', method: 'GET', handler: (_c: unknown) => undefined }],
 }));
 
-vi.mock('../../src/utils/hono-context', () => ({
-  hasFetchEvent: () => false,
-}));
-
 const mockSetTransactionName = vi.fn();
 const mockSetSDKProcessingMetadata = vi.fn();
 const mockSetUser = vi.fn();
@@ -44,12 +41,14 @@ vi.mock('@sentry/core', async () => {
     })),
     getClient: vi.fn(() => undefined),
     captureException: vi.fn(),
+    winterCGRequestToRequestData: vi.fn(actual.winterCGRequestToRequestData),
   };
 });
 
 const getClientMock = SentryCore.getClient as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 const captureExceptionMock = SentryCore.captureException as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 const getActiveSpanMock = SentryCore.getActiveSpan as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+const winterCGRequestToRequestDataMock = SentryCore.winterCGRequestToRequestData as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 
 function createMockContext(status: number, error?: Error): unknown {
   return {
@@ -185,11 +184,21 @@ describe('responseHandler', () => {
   });
 
   describe('transaction name', () => {
-    it('sets transaction name on isolation scope', () => {
+    it('sets request metadata and transaction name without reading the event', () => {
+      const context = createMockContext(200) as ReturnType<typeof createMockContext> & {
+        req: { raw: Request };
+      };
+      const eventGetter = vi.fn(() => {
+        throw new Error('This context has no FetchEvent');
+      });
+      Object.defineProperty(context, 'event', { get: eventGetter });
+
       // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-explicit-any
-      requestHandler(createMockContext(200) as any);
+      requestHandler(context as any);
 
       expect(mockSetTransactionName).toHaveBeenCalledWith('GET /test');
+      expect(winterCGRequestToRequestDataMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(context.req.raw);
+      expect(eventGetter).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it('sets http.route and segment name source on the root span', () => {
@@ -332,3 +341,27 @@ describe('requestHandler — connection info', () => {
     expect(mockSetUser).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+describe('requestHandler — request metadata', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('uses the same request exposed by a legacy FetchEvent context', () => {
+    const request = new Request('http://localhost/test?source=event');
+    const context = new Context(request, {
+      env: {},
+      executionCtx: {
+        request,
+        respondWith: vi.fn(),
+        passThroughOnException: vi.fn(),
+        waitUntil: vi.fn(),
+      },
+    });
+
+    requestHandler(context);
+
+    expect(context.event.request).toBe(context.req.raw);
+    expect(winterCGRequestToRequestDataMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request);
+  });
+});