diff --git a/Tests/test_file_jxl_metadata.py b/Tests/test_file_jxl_metadata.py
index 8fc540642..b1bcf6e79 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_jxl_metadata.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_jxl_metadata.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_read_exif_metadata() -> None:
         exif_data = image.info.get("exif", None)
         assert exif_data
 
-        exif = image._getexif()
+        exif = image.getexif()
 
         # Camera make
         assert exif[271] == "Canon"
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ def test_4_byte_exif(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
 
 def test_read_exif_metadata_empty() -> None:
     with Image.open("Tests/images/hopper.jxl") as image:
-        assert image._getexif() is None
+        assert image.getexif() == {}
diff --git a/src/PIL/JpegXlImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/JpegXlImagePlugin.py
index 0a8c415b6..d3192d0bd 100644
--- a/src/PIL/JpegXlImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/JpegXlImagePlugin.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import struct
 from io import BytesIO
-from typing import Any
 
 from . import Image, ImageFile
 
@@ -77,11 +76,6 @@ class JpegXlImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
 
         self._rewind()
 
-    def _getexif(self) -> dict[int, Any] | None:
-        if "exif" not in self.info:
-            return None
-        return self.getexif()._get_merged_dict()
-
     def _get_next(self) -> tuple[bytes, float, float, bool]:
 
         # Get next frame