diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Parser.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Parser.cs
index 5880347832093..ebf04983b385a 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Parser.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Parser.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ private sealed class Parser
             private const string JsonPropertyNameAttributeFullName = "System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonPropertyNameAttribute";
             private const string JsonPropertyOrderAttributeFullName = "System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonPropertyOrderAttribute";
             private const string JsonSerializerContextFullName = "System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerContext";
-            private const string JsonSerializableAttributeFullName = "System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializableAttribute";
+            internal const string JsonSerializableAttributeFullName = "System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializableAttribute";
             private const string JsonSourceGenerationOptionsAttributeFullName = "System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonSourceGenerationOptionsAttribute";
 
             private const string DateOnlyFullName = "System.DateOnly";
@@ -552,37 +552,7 @@ private static bool TryGetClassDeclarationList(INamedTypeSymbol typeSymbol, [Not
                 return typeGenerationSpec;
             }
 
-            internal static bool IsSyntaxTargetForGeneration(SyntaxNode node) => node is ClassDeclarationSyntax { AttributeLists: { Count: > 0 }, BaseList: { Types : {Count : > 0 } } };
-
-            internal static ClassDeclarationSyntax? GetSemanticTargetForGeneration(GeneratorSyntaxContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-            {
-                var classDeclarationSyntax = (ClassDeclarationSyntax)context.Node;
-
-                foreach (AttributeListSyntax attributeListSyntax in classDeclarationSyntax.AttributeLists)
-                {
-                    foreach (AttributeSyntax attributeSyntax in attributeListSyntax.Attributes)
-                    {
-                        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-                        IMethodSymbol attributeSymbol = context.SemanticModel.GetSymbolInfo(attributeSyntax, cancellationToken).Symbol as IMethodSymbol;
-                        if (attributeSymbol == null)
-                        {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-
-                        INamedTypeSymbol attributeContainingTypeSymbol = attributeSymbol.ContainingType;
-                        string fullName = attributeContainingTypeSymbol.ToDisplayString();
-
-                        if (fullName == JsonSerializableAttributeFullName)
-                        {
-                            return classDeclarationSyntax;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                }
-
-                return null;
-            }
+            internal static bool IsSyntaxTargetForGeneration(SyntaxNode node) => node is ClassDeclarationSyntax;
 
             private static JsonSourceGenerationMode? GetJsonSourceGenerationModeEnumVal(SyntaxNode propertyValueMode)
             {
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Roslyn4.0.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Roslyn4.0.cs
index 765e3adb9e30d..9d7f19cf6312e 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Roslyn4.0.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/gen/JsonSourceGenerator.Roslyn4.0.cs
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ public sealed partial class JsonSourceGenerator : IIncrementalGenerator
     {
         public void Initialize(IncrementalGeneratorInitializationContext context)
         {
-            IncrementalValuesProvider<ClassDeclarationSyntax> classDeclarations = context.SyntaxProvider
-                .CreateSyntaxProvider(static (s, _) => Parser.IsSyntaxTargetForGeneration(s), static (s, c) => Parser.GetSemanticTargetForGeneration(s, c))
-                .Where(static c => c is not null);
+            IncrementalValuesProvider<ClassDeclarationSyntax> classDeclarations = context
+                .ForAttributeWithMetadataName(
+                    Parser.JsonSerializableAttributeFullName,
+                    static (c, _) => Parser.IsSyntaxTargetForGeneration(c),
+                    static (c, _) => (ClassDeclarationSyntax)c.TargetNode);
 
             IncrementalValueProvider<(Compilation, ImmutableArray<ClassDeclarationSyntax>)> compilationAndClasses =
                 context.CompilationProvider.Combine(classDeclarations.Collect());