diff --git a/airflow/secrets/metastore.py b/airflow/secrets/metastore.py
index ba595751320b3..21a26104ddeb2 100644
--- a/airflow/secrets/metastore.py
+++ b/airflow/secrets/metastore.py
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@
 
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
-from airflow.api_internal.internal_api_call import internal_api_call
 from airflow.secrets import BaseSecretsBackend
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-    from airflow.models.connection import Connection
+    from airflow.models import Connection
 
 
 class MetastoreBackend(BaseSecretsBackend):
@@ -38,33 +37,29 @@ class MetastoreBackend(BaseSecretsBackend):
 
     @provide_session
     def get_connection(self, conn_id: str, session: Session = NEW_SESSION) -> Connection | None:
-        return MetastoreBackend._fetch_connection(conn_id, session=session)
-
-    @provide_session
-    def get_variable(self, key: str, session: Session = NEW_SESSION) -> str | None:
         """
-        Get Airflow Variable from Metadata DB.
+        Get Airflow Connection from Metadata DB.
 
-        :param key: Variable Key
-        :return: Variable Value
+        :param conn_id: Connection ID
+        :param session: SQLAlchemy Session
+        :return: Connection Object
         """
-        return MetastoreBackend._fetch_variable(key=key, session=session)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    @internal_api_call
-    @provide_session
-    def _fetch_connection(conn_id: str, session: Session = NEW_SESSION) -> Connection | None:
-        from airflow.models.connection import Connection
+        from airflow.models import Connection
 
         conn = session.scalar(select(Connection).where(Connection.conn_id == conn_id).limit(1))
         session.expunge_all()
         return conn
 
-    @staticmethod
-    @internal_api_call
     @provide_session
-    def _fetch_variable(key: str, session: Session = NEW_SESSION) -> str | None:
-        from airflow.models.variable import Variable
+    def get_variable(self, key: str, session: Session = NEW_SESSION) -> str | None:
+        """
+        Get Airflow Variable from Metadata DB.
+
+        :param key: Variable Key
+        :param session: SQLAlchemy Session
+        :return: Variable Value
+        """
+        from airflow.models import Variable
 
         var_value = session.scalar(select(Variable).where(Variable.key == key).limit(1))
         session.expunge_all()