diff --git a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
index 4e2c6642532..935216079f1 100644
--- a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
+++ b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@ def _find_dist_info(path: Path) -> Iterator[Path]:
             yield Path(d)
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_metadata(cls, path: Path) -> PackageInfo | None:
+    def from_metadata(cls, metadata: RawMetadata) -> PackageInfo:
+        """
+        Create package information from core metadata.
+
+        :param metadata: raw metadata
+        """
+        return cls(
+            name=metadata.get("name"),
+            version=metadata.get("version"),
+            summary=metadata.get("summary"),
+            requires_dist=metadata.get("requires_dist"),
+            requires_python=metadata.get("requires_python"),
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_metadata_directory(cls, path: Path) -> PackageInfo | None:
         """
         Helper method to parse package information from an unpacked metadata directory.
 
@@ -477,7 +492,7 @@ def from_directory(cls, path: Path, disable_build: bool = False) -> PackageInfo:
         if project_package:
             info = cls.from_package(project_package)
         else:
-            info = cls.from_metadata(path)
+            info = cls.from_metadata_directory(path)
 
             if not info or info.requires_dist is None:
                 try:
@@ -523,21 +538,6 @@ def from_wheel(cls, path: Path) -> PackageInfo:
         except ValueError:
             return PackageInfo()
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_wheel_metadata(cls, metadata: RawMetadata) -> PackageInfo:
-        """
-        Gather package information from metadata of a remote wheel.
-
-        :param metadata: metadata of the wheel.
-        """
-        return cls(
-            name=metadata.get("name"),
-            version=metadata.get("version"),
-            summary=metadata.get("summary"),
-            requires_dist=metadata.get("requires_dist"),
-            requires_python=metadata.get("requires_python"),
-        )
-
     @classmethod
     def from_bdist(cls, path: Path) -> PackageInfo:
         """
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def get_pep517_metadata(path: Path) -> PackageInfo:
                 *PEP517_META_BUILD_DEPS,
             )
             venv.run_python_script(pep517_meta_build_script)
-            info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(dest_dir)
+            info = PackageInfo.from_metadata_directory(dest_dir)
         except EnvCommandError as e:
             # something went wrong while attempting pep517 metadata build
             # fallback to egg_info if setup.py available
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def get_pep517_metadata(path: Path) -> PackageInfo:
             os.chdir(path)
             try:
                 venv.run("python", "setup.py", "egg_info")
-                info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(path)
+                info = PackageInfo.from_metadata_directory(path)
             except EnvCommandError as fbe:
                 raise PackageInfoError(
                     path, e, "Fallback egg_info generation failed.", fbe
diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py b/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
index 9c89ec83ee1..61f1a088dac 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def _get_info_from_wheel(self, url: str) -> PackageInfo:
         # or we don't know yet, we try range requests.
         if self._lazy_wheel and self._supports_range_requests.get(netloc, True):
             try:
-                package_info = PackageInfo.from_wheel_metadata(
+                package_info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(
                     metadata_from_wheel_url(link.filename, link.url, self.session)
                 )
             except HTTPRangeRequestUnsupported:
diff --git a/tests/inspection/test_info.py b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
index aa55b76295a..56fadf25631 100644
--- a/tests/inspection/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def test_info_from_wheel(demo_wheel: Path) -> None:
 
 
 def test_info_from_wheel_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata: RawMetadata) -> None:
-    info = PackageInfo.from_wheel_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata)
+    info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata)
     demo_check_info(info)
     assert info.requires_python == ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
     assert info._source_type is None
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_incomplete() -> None:
     it is important that the representation of missing fields does not change!
     """
     metadata, _ = parse_email(b"Metadata-Version: 2.1\nName: demo\nVersion: 0.1.0\n")
-    info = PackageInfo.from_wheel_metadata(metadata)
+    info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(metadata)
     assert info.name == "demo"
     assert info.version == "0.1.0"
     assert info.summary is None
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def test_info_from_poetry_directory_fallback_on_poetry_create_error(
 
 
 def test_info_from_requires_txt(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> None:
-    info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(
+    info = PackageInfo.from_metadata_directory(
         fixture_dir("inspection") / "demo_only_requires_txt.egg-info"
     )
     assert info is not None