diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 0ece4f635b2..3827a55e388 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1085,8 +1085,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	genericfeatures.APIResponseCompression: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	genericfeatures.AdvancedAuditing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
-
 	genericfeatures.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
 	genericfeatures.CustomResourceValidationExpressions: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index a2d342d6262..6084a86f893 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -87,16 +87,6 @@ const (
 	// Add support for distributed tracing in the API Server
 	APIServerTracing featuregate.Feature = "APIServerTracing"
 
-	// owner: @tallclair
-	// alpha: v1.7
-	// beta: v1.8
-	// GA: v1.12
-	//
-	// AdvancedAuditing enables a much more general API auditing pipeline, which includes support for
-	// pluggable output backends and an audit policy specifying how different requests should be
-	// audited.
-	AdvancedAuditing featuregate.Feature = "AdvancedAuditing"
-
 	// owner: @cici37 @jpbetz
 	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/3488
 	// alpha: v1.26
@@ -236,8 +226,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	APIServerTracing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	AdvancedAuditing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
-
 	ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
 	CustomResourceValidationExpressions: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},