diff --git a/src/SerializationContext.php b/src/SerializationContext.php
index 34aacd2f8..52a3295b0 100644
--- a/src/SerializationContext.php
+++ b/src/SerializationContext.php
@@ -153,23 +153,4 @@ public function getInitialType(): ?string
             ? $this->initialType
             : $this->hasAttribute('initial_type') ? $this->getAttribute('initial_type') : null;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Set if NULLs should be serialized (TRUE) ot not (FALSE)
-     */
-    public function setSerializeNull(bool $bool): self
-    {
-        $this->serializeNull = $bool;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns TRUE when NULLs should be serialized
-     * Returns FALSE when NULLs should not be serialized
-     */
-    public function shouldSerializeNull(): bool
-    {
-        return $this->serializeNull;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php b/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
index f8053450e..4a24dbe3d 100644
--- a/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
@@ -746,8 +746,7 @@ public function testDeserializingNull()
         self::assertEquals($this->getContent('blog_post_unauthored'), $this->serialize($post, SerializationContext::create()->setSerializeNull(true)));
 
         if ($this->hasDeserializer()) {
-            $ctx =  DeserializationContext::create()
-            $deserialized = $this->deserialize($this->getContent('blog_post_unauthored'), get_class($post), $ctx);
+            $deserialized = $this->deserialize($this->getContent('blog_post_unauthored'), get_class($post));
 
             self::assertEquals('2011-07-30T00:00:00+00:00', $this->getField($deserialized, 'createdAt')->format(\DateTime::ATOM));
             self::assertAttributeEquals('This is a nice title.', 'title', $deserialized);
@@ -758,6 +757,37 @@ public function testDeserializingNull()
         }
     }
 
+    public function testDeserializingNullAllowed()
+    {
+        $objectConstructor = new InitializedBlogPostConstructor();
+
+        $builder = SerializerBuilder::create();
+        $builder->setObjectConstructor($objectConstructor);
+        $this->serializer = $builder->build();
+
+        $post = new BlogPost('This is a nice title.', $author = new Author('Foo Bar'), new \DateTime('2011-07-30 00:00', new \DateTimeZone('UTC')), new Publisher('Bar Foo'));
+
+        $this->setField($post, 'author', null);
+        $this->setField($post, 'publisher', null);
+
+        $ctx = SerializationContext::create()->setSerializeNull(true);
+        self::assertEquals($this->getContent('blog_post_unauthored'), $this->serialize($post, $ctx));
+
+        if ($this->hasDeserializer()) {
+            $ctx =  DeserializationContext::create();
+            $ctx->setDeserializeNull(true);
+
+            $deserialized = $this->deserialize($this->getContent('blog_post_unauthored'), get_class($post), $ctx);
+
+            self::assertEquals('2011-07-30T00:00:00+00:00', $this->getField($deserialized, 'createdAt')->format(\DateTime::ATOM));
+            self::assertAttributeEquals('This is a nice title.', 'title', $deserialized);
+            self::assertAttributeSame(false, 'published', $deserialized);
+            self::assertAttributeSame(false, 'reviewed', $deserialized);
+            self::assertAttributeEquals(new ArrayCollection(), 'comments', $deserialized);
+            self::assertEquals(null, $this->getField($deserialized, 'author'));
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testExpressionAuthor()
     {
         $evaluator = new ExpressionEvaluator(new ExpressionLanguage());
diff --git a/tests/Serializer/XmlSerializationTest.php b/tests/Serializer/XmlSerializationTest.php
index 855b78197..b33254293 100644
--- a/tests/Serializer/XmlSerializationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Serializer/XmlSerializationTest.php
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ public function testDeserializingNull()
         $this->markTestSkipped('Not supported in XML.');
     }
 
+    public function testDeserializingNullAllowed()
+    {
+        $this->markTestSkipped('Not supported in XML.');
+    }
+
     public function testObjectWithXmlNamespaces()
     {
         $object = new ObjectWithXmlNamespaces('This is a nice title.', 'Foo Bar', new \DateTime('2011-07-30 00:00', new \DateTimeZone('UTC')), 'en');