diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 53822723f2b..98564cc5ede 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1108,8 +1108,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	genericfeatures.CustomResourceValidationExpressions: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	genericfeatures.DryRun: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
-
 	genericfeatures.OpenAPIEnums: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
 	genericfeatures.OpenAPIV3: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.29
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 72cd493758b..a2d342d6262 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -112,17 +112,6 @@ const (
 	// Enables expression validation for Custom Resource
 	CustomResourceValidationExpressions featuregate.Feature = "CustomResourceValidationExpressions"
 
-	// owner: @apelisse
-	// alpha: v1.12
-	// beta: v1.13
-	// stable: v1.18
-	//
-	// Allow requests to be processed but not stored, so that
-	// validation, merging, mutation can be tested without
-	// committing.
-	DryRun featuregate.Feature = "DryRun"
-
-	// owner: @wojtek-t
 	// alpha: v1.20
 	// beta: v1.21
 	// GA: v1.24
@@ -253,8 +242,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	CustomResourceValidationExpressions: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	DryRun: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
-
 	EfficientWatchResumption: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
 
 	KMSv2: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
diff --git a/test/integration/dryrun/dryrun_test.go b/test/integration/dryrun/dryrun_test.go
index aa6138a7892..883df4a9e0d 100644
--- a/test/integration/dryrun/dryrun_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/dryrun/dryrun_test.go
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
-	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	kubeapiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/etcd"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@ func DryRunDeleteTest(t *testing.T, rsc dynamic.ResourceInterface, name string)
 
 // TestDryRun tests dry-run on all types.
 func TestDryRun(t *testing.T) {
-	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.DryRun, true)()
 
 	// start API server
 	s, err := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServer(t, kubeapiservertesting.NewDefaultTestServerOptions(), []string{