diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index ed30555dbde..5239d3dd4aa 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ awareness about deprecated code.
 
 # Upgrade to 3.2
 
+## Deprecated `AbstractSchemaManager::getSchemaSearchPaths()`.
+
+1. The `AbstractSchemaManager::getSchemaSearchPaths()` method has been deprecated.
+2. Relying on `AbstractSchemaManager::createSchemaConfig()` populating the schema name for those database
+   platforms that don't support schemas (currently, all except for PostgreSQL) is deprecated.
+3. Relying on `Schema` using "public" as the default name is deprecated.
+
 ## Deprecated `AbstractAsset::getFullQualifiedName()`.
 
 The `AbstractAsset::getFullQualifiedName()` method has been deprecated. Use `::getNamespaceName()`
diff --git a/psalm.xml.dist b/psalm.xml.dist
index 2cfb15aa1bc..b4a45d930a9 100644
--- a/psalm.xml.dist
+++ b/psalm.xml.dist
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@
                     See https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4814
                 -->
                 <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\AbstractAsset::getFullQualifiedName"/>
+                <!--
+                    TODO: remove in 4.0.0
+                    See https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4821
+                -->
+                <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\AbstractSchemaManager::getSchemaSearchPaths"/>
             </errorLevel>
         </DeprecatedMethod>
         <DeprecatedProperty>
diff --git a/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php b/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
index 3b2e2fbf4dc..3c0b882d9e4 100644
--- a/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
+++ b/src/Schema/AbstractSchemaManager.php
@@ -1172,12 +1172,20 @@ public function createSchemaConfig()
      * For databases that don't support subschema/namespaces this method
      * returns the name of the currently connected database.
      *
+     * @deprecated
+     *
      * @return string[]
      *
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public function getSchemaSearchPaths()
     {
+        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4821',
+            'AbstractSchemaManager::getSchemaSearchPaths() is deprecated.'
+        );
+
         $database = $this->_conn->getDatabase();
 
         if ($database !== null) {
diff --git a/src/Schema/PostgreSQLSchemaManager.php b/src/Schema/PostgreSQLSchemaManager.php
index a015577f262..f112400df1a 100644
--- a/src/Schema/PostgreSQLSchemaManager.php
+++ b/src/Schema/PostgreSQLSchemaManager.php
@@ -76,9 +76,17 @@ public function listSchemaNames(): array
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getSchemaSearchPaths()
     {
+        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4821',
+            'PostgreSQLSchemaManager::getSchemaSearchPaths() is deprecated.'
+        );
+
         $params = $this->_conn->getParams();
 
         $searchPaths = $this->_conn->fetchOne('SHOW search_path');
@@ -101,6 +109,8 @@ public function getSchemaSearchPaths()
      * @internal The method should be only used from within the PostgreSQLSchemaManager class hierarchy.
      *
      * @return string[]
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     public function getExistingSchemaSearchPaths()
     {
@@ -111,6 +121,20 @@ public function getExistingSchemaSearchPaths()
         return $this->existingSchemaPaths;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the current schema.
+     *
+     * @return string|null
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    protected function getCurrentSchema()
+    {
+        $schemas = $this->getExistingSchemaSearchPaths();
+
+        return array_shift($schemas);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets or resets the order of the existing schemas in the current search path of the user.
      *
@@ -119,6 +143,8 @@ public function getExistingSchemaSearchPaths()
      * @internal The method should be only used from within the PostgreSQLSchemaManager class hierarchy.
      *
      * @return void
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     public function determineExistingSchemaSearchPaths()
     {
@@ -200,10 +226,9 @@ protected function _getPortableUserDefinition($user)
      */
     protected function _getPortableTableDefinition($table)
     {
-        $schemas     = $this->getExistingSchemaSearchPaths();
-        $firstSchema = array_shift($schemas);
+        $currentSchema = $this->getCurrentSchema();
 
-        if ($table['schema_name'] === $firstSchema) {
+        if ($table['schema_name'] === $currentSchema) {
             return $table['table_name'];
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php b/src/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
index 1895fc4e1dd..a96476f6106 100644
--- a/src/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
+++ b/src/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\StringType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\TextType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 
 use function array_change_key_case;
 use function array_map;
@@ -580,9 +581,17 @@ public function createComparator(): Comparator
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getSchemaSearchPaths()
     {
+        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4821',
+            'SqliteSchemaManager::getSchemaSearchPaths() is deprecated.'
+        );
+
         // SQLite does not support schemas or databases
         return [];
     }