diff --git a/src/Optimizely/DecisionService/DecisionService.php b/src/Optimizely/DecisionService/DecisionService.php
index c8c8a3e0..34f86db6 100644
--- a/src/Optimizely/DecisionService/DecisionService.php
+++ b/src/Optimizely/DecisionService/DecisionService.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright 2017-2021, Optimizely Inc and Contributors
+ * Copyright 2017-2022, Optimizely Inc and Contributors
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -117,6 +117,34 @@ protected function getBucketingId($userId, $userAttributes)
         return [ $userId, $decideReasons ];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Finds a validated forced decision.
+     *
+     * @param OptimizelyDecisionContext $context         containing flag and rule key.
+     * @param ProjectConfigInterface    $projectConfig   Optimizely project config
+     * @param OptimizelyUserContext     $user            Optimizely user context object.
+     *
+     * @return [ variation, array ] variation and decide reasons.
+     */
+    public function findValidatedForcedDecision(OptimizelyDecisionContext $context, ProjectConfigInterface $projectConfig, OptimizelyUserContext $user)
+    {
+        $decideReasons = [];
+        $flagKey = $context->getFlagKey();
+        $ruleKey = $context->getRuleKey();
+        $variationKey = $user->findForcedDecision($context);
+        $variation = null;
+        if ($variationKey && $projectConfig) {
+            $variation = $projectConfig->getFlagVariationByKey($flagKey, $variationKey);
+            if ($variation) {
+                array_push($decideReasons, 'Decided by forced decision.');
+                array_push($decideReasons, sprintf('Variation (%s) is mapped to %s and user (%s) in the forced decision map.', $variationKey, $ruleKey? 'flag ('.$flagKey.'), rule ('.$ruleKey.')': 'flag ('.$flagKey.')', $user->getUserId()));
+            } else {
+                array_push($decideReasons, sprintf('Invalid variation is mapped to %s and user (%s) in the forced decision map.', $ruleKey? 'flag ('.$flagKey.'), rule ('.$ruleKey.')': 'flag ('.$flagKey.')', $user->getUserId()));
+            }
+        }
+        return [$variation, $decideReasons];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine which variation to show the user.
      *
@@ -377,7 +405,7 @@ private function getVariationFromExperimentRule(ProjectConfigInterface $projectC
         $decideReasons = [];
         // check forced-decision first
         $context = new OptimizelyDecisionContext($flagKey, $rule->getKey());
-        list($decisionResponse, $reasons) = $user->findValidatedForcedDecision($context);
+        list($decisionResponse, $reasons) = $this->findValidatedForcedDecision($context, $projectConfig, $user);
         $decideReasons = array_merge($decideReasons, $reasons);
         if ($decisionResponse) {
             return [$decisionResponse, $decideReasons];
@@ -410,7 +438,7 @@ public function getVariationFromDeliveryRule(ProjectConfigInterface $projectConf
         // check forced-decision first
         $rule = $rules[$ruleIndex];
         $context = new OptimizelyDecisionContext($flagKey, $rule->getKey());
-        list($forcedDecisionResponse, $reasons) = $user->findValidatedForcedDecision($context);
+        list($forcedDecisionResponse, $reasons) = $this->findValidatedForcedDecision($context, $projectConfig, $user);
 
         $decideReasons = array_merge($decideReasons, $reasons);
         if ($forcedDecisionResponse) {
diff --git a/src/Optimizely/Optimizely.php b/src/Optimizely/Optimizely.php
index 179360de..4f4bc9c2 100644
--- a/src/Optimizely/Optimizely.php
+++ b/src/Optimizely/Optimizely.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright 2016-2021, Optimizely
+ * Copyright 2016-2022, Optimizely
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public function decide(OptimizelyUserContext $userContext, $key, array $decideOp
         $decision = null;
         // check forced-decisions first
         $context = new OptimizelyDecisionContext($flagKey, $ruleKey);
-        list($forcedDecisionResponse, $reasons) = $userContext->findValidatedForcedDecision($context);
+        list($forcedDecisionResponse, $reasons) = $this->_decisionService->findValidatedForcedDecision($context, $config, $userContext);
         if ($forcedDecisionResponse) {
             $decision = new FeatureDecision(null, $forcedDecisionResponse, FeatureDecision::DECISION_SOURCE_FEATURE_TEST, $decideReasons);
         } else {
@@ -1305,17 +1305,4 @@ protected function validateInputs(array $values, $logLevel = Logger::ERROR)
 
         return $isValid;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the variation associated with experiment or rollout in instance of given feature flag key
-     *
-     * @param string Feature flag key
-     * @param string variation key
-     *
-     * @return Variation / null
-     */
-    public function getFlagVariationByKey($flagKey, $variationKey)
-    {
-        return $this->getConfig()->getFlagVariationByKey($flagKey, $variationKey);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Optimizely/OptimizelyUserContext.php b/src/Optimizely/OptimizelyUserContext.php
index 2533b029..1e200038 100644
--- a/src/Optimizely/OptimizelyUserContext.php
+++ b/src/Optimizely/OptimizelyUserContext.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright 2021, Optimizely
+ * Copyright 2021-2022, Optimizely
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -74,25 +74,6 @@ public function removeAllForcedDecisions()
         return true;
     }
 
-    public function findValidatedForcedDecision($context)
-    {
-        $decideReasons = [];
-        $flagKey = $context->getFlagKey();
-        $ruleKey = $context->getRuleKey();
-        $variationKey = $this->findForcedDecision($context);
-        $variation = null;
-        if ($variationKey) {
-            $variation = $this->optimizelyClient->getFlagVariationByKey($flagKey, $variationKey);
-            if ($variation) {
-                array_push($decideReasons, 'Decided by forced decision.');
-                array_push($decideReasons, sprintf('Variation (%s) is mapped to %s and user (%s) in the forced decision map.', $variationKey, $ruleKey? 'flag ('.$flagKey.'), rule ('.$ruleKey.')': 'flag ('.$flagKey.')', $this->userId));
-            } else {
-                array_push($decideReasons, sprintf('Invalid variation is mapped to %s and user (%s) in the forced decision map.', $ruleKey? 'flag ('.$flagKey.'), rule ('.$ruleKey.')': 'flag ('.$flagKey.')', $this->userId));
-            }
-        }
-        return [$variation, $decideReasons];
-    }
-
     private function findExistingRuleAndFlagKey($context)
     {
         if ($this->forcedDecisions) {