diff --git a/pkg/controlplane/instance.go b/pkg/controlplane/instance.go
index 05a585fe995..aaa27854477 100644
--- a/pkg/controlplane/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/controlplane/instance.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import (
 	networkingapiv1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	networkingapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1alpha1"
 	nodev1 "k8s.io/api/node/v1"
-	nodev1beta1 "k8s.io/api/node/v1beta1"
 	policyapiv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
 	policyapiv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
@@ -711,7 +710,6 @@ var (
 	// betaAPIGroupVersionsDisabledByDefault is for all future beta groupVersions.
 	betaAPIGroupVersionsDisabledByDefault = []schema.GroupVersion{
 		authenticationv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion,
-		nodev1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion, // remove in 1.26
 		policyapiv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		storageapiv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		flowcontrolv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/registry/node/rest/runtime_class.go b/pkg/registry/node/rest/runtime_class.go
index 0252d1d0f91..f56ab236ea6 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/node/rest/runtime_class.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/node/rest/runtime_class.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package rest
 
 import (
 	nodev1 "k8s.io/api/node/v1"
-	nodev1beta1 "k8s.io/api/node/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
@@ -35,13 +34,6 @@ type RESTStorageProvider struct{}
 func (p RESTStorageProvider) NewRESTStorage(apiResourceConfigSource serverstorage.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter generic.RESTOptionsGetter) (genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo, error) {
 	apiGroupInfo := genericapiserver.NewDefaultAPIGroupInfo(nodeinternal.GroupName, legacyscheme.Scheme, legacyscheme.ParameterCodec, legacyscheme.Codecs)
 
-	if storageMap, err := p.v1beta1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter); err != nil {
-		// remove in 1.26
-		return genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo{}, err
-	} else if len(storageMap) > 0 {
-		apiGroupInfo.VersionedResourcesStorageMap[nodev1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version] = storageMap
-	}
-
 	if storageMap, err := p.v1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter); err != nil {
 		return genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo{}, err
 	} else if len(storageMap) > 0 {
@@ -51,20 +43,6 @@ func (p RESTStorageProvider) NewRESTStorage(apiResourceConfigSource serverstorag
 	return apiGroupInfo, nil
 }
 
-func (p RESTStorageProvider) v1beta1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource serverstorage.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter generic.RESTOptionsGetter) (map[string]rest.Storage, error) {
-	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
-
-	if resource := "runtimeclasses"; apiResourceConfigSource.ResourceEnabled(nodev1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource)) {
-		s, err := runtimeclassstorage.NewREST(restOptionsGetter)
-		if err != nil {
-			return storage, err
-		}
-		storage[resource] = s
-	}
-
-	return storage, nil
-}
-
 func (p RESTStorageProvider) v1Storage(apiResourceConfigSource serverstorage.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter generic.RESTOptionsGetter) (map[string]rest.Storage, error) {
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 
diff --git a/test/integration/etcd/data.go b/test/integration/etcd/data.go
index cf6962e9381..c4d2cae7587 100644
--- a/test/integration/etcd/data.go
+++ b/test/integration/etcd/data.go
@@ -416,14 +416,6 @@ func GetEtcdStorageDataForNamespace(namespace string) map[schema.GroupVersionRes
 		},
 		// --
 
-		// k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/node/v1beta1
-		gvr("node.k8s.io", "v1beta1", "runtimeclasses"): {
-			Stub:             `{"metadata": {"name": "rc2"}, "handler": "h2"}`,
-			ExpectedEtcdPath: "/registry/runtimeclasses/rc2",
-			ExpectedGVK:      gvkP("node.k8s.io", "v1", "RuntimeClass"),
-		},
-		// --
-
 		// k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/node/v1
 		gvr("node.k8s.io", "v1", "runtimeclasses"): {
 			Stub:             `{"metadata": {"name": "rc3"}, "handler": "h3"}`,