diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 84c720a8117..231d222f8bc 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -11944,7 +11944,7 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         "scope": {
-          "description": "Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource. This may be set to \"Cluster\" (default) or \"Namespace\". Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.",
+          "description": "Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource. This may be set to \"Cluster\" (default) or \"Namespace\".",
           "type": "string"
         }
       },
diff --git a/pkg/apis/networking/types.go b/pkg/apis/networking/types.go
index a3f68bd07c2..5f87d99c53b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/networking/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/networking/types.go
@@ -339,15 +339,12 @@ type IngressClassParametersReference struct {
 	Name string
 	// Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource.
 	// This may be set to "Cluster" (default) or "Namespace".
-	// Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.
 	// +optional
-	// +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
 	Scope *string
 	// Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is
 	// required when scope is set to "Namespace" and must be unset when scope is set to
 	// "Cluster".
 	// +optional
-	// +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
 	Namespace *string
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults.go
index 9ce991e8c75..b021083bfc8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults.go
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	networkingv1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
@@ -48,9 +46,6 @@ func SetDefaults_NetworkPolicy(obj *networkingv1.NetworkPolicy) {
 }
 
 func SetDefaults_IngressClass(obj *networkingv1.IngressClass) {
-	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.IngressClassNamespacedParams) {
-		return
-	}
 	if obj.Spec.Parameters != nil && obj.Spec.Parameters.Scope == nil {
 		obj.Spec.Parameters.Scope = utilpointer.StringPtr(networkingv1.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeCluster)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults_test.go
index 023b21e5f34..308fb087939 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/networking/v1/defaults_test.go
@@ -24,13 +24,10 @@ import (
 	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
-	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/install"
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking/install"
 	. "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
@@ -240,13 +237,12 @@ func TestSetDefaultNetworkPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSetDefaultsForIngressClassParametersReference(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		name                            string
-		original                        *networkingv1.IngressClass
-		expected                        *networkingv1.IngressClass
-		enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate bool
+		name     string
+		original *networkingv1.IngressClass
+		expected *networkingv1.IngressClass
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "populated parameters sets the default Scope when feature is enabled",
+			name: "populated parameters sets the default Scope",
 			original: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
 				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
 					Controller: "controller",
@@ -266,10 +262,9 @@ func TestSetDefaultsForIngressClassParametersReference(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "existing scope is not overridden when feature is enabled",
+			name: "existing scope is not overridden",
 			original: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
 				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
 					Controller: "controller",
@@ -292,10 +287,9 @@ func TestSetDefaultsForIngressClassParametersReference(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "empty Parameters does not set the default Scope when feature is enabled",
+			name: "empty Parameters does not set the default Scope",
 			original: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
 				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
 					Controller: "controller",
@@ -306,43 +300,6 @@ func TestSetDefaultsForIngressClassParametersReference(t *testing.T) {
 					Controller: "controller",
 				},
 			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "populated parameters does not set the default Scope when feature is disabled",
-			original: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networkingv1.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networkingv1.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "empty Parameters does not set the default Scope when feature is disabled",
-			original: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networkingv1.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -350,7 +307,6 @@ func TestSetDefaultsForIngressClassParametersReference(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			original := test.original
 			expected := test.expected
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.IngressClassNamespacedParams, test.enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate)()
 			obj2 := roundTrip(t, runtime.Object(original))
 			got, ok := obj2.(*networkingv1.IngressClass)
 			if !ok {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation.go
index 6ce045d7a39..078456933db 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation.go
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	apivalidation "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/validation"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
@@ -537,7 +535,7 @@ func validateIngressClassParametersReference(params *networking.IngressClassPara
 		Name:     params.Name,
 	}, fldPath)...)
 
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.IngressClassNamespacedParams) && params.Scope == nil {
+	if params.Scope == nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("scope"), ""))
 		return allErrs
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go
index 2201d81c093..ca692b9dfb3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
-	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
@@ -1444,9 +1441,8 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
-		ingressClass                    *networking.IngressClass
-		expectedErrs                    field.ErrorList
-		enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate bool
+		ingressClass *networking.IngressClass
+		expectedErrs field.ErrorList
 	}{
 		"valid name, valid controller": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar"),
@@ -1470,25 +1466,25 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		"valid name, valid controller, valid params": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"), "foo", "bar", nil, nil)),
+				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"), "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), nil)),
 			),
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{},
 		},
 		"valid name, valid controller, invalid params (no kind)": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"), "", "bar", nil, nil)),
+				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"), "", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), nil)),
 			),
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.kind"), "kind is required")},
 		},
 		"valid name, valid controller, invalid params (no name)": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"), "foo", "", nil, nil)),
+				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"), "foo", "", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), nil)),
 			),
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.name"), "name is required")},
 		},
 		"valid name, valid controller, invalid params (bad kind)": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo/", "bar", nil, nil)),
+				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo/", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), nil)),
 			),
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.kind"), "foo/", "may not contain '/'")},
 		},
@@ -1496,7 +1492,6 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("bad-scope"), nil)),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.scope"),
 				"bad-scope", []string{"Cluster", "Namespace"})},
 		},
@@ -1504,14 +1499,12 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Namespace"), utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"))),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-			expectedErrs:                    field.ErrorList{},
+			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{},
 		},
 		"valid name, valid controller, valid scope, invalid namespace": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Namespace"), utilpointer.StringPtr("foo_ns"))),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.namespace"), "foo_ns",
 				"a lowercase RFC 1123 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-',"+
 					" and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', "+
@@ -1521,14 +1514,12 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), nil)),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-			expectedErrs:                    field.ErrorList{},
+			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{},
 		},
 		"namespace not set when scope is Namespace": {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Namespace"), nil)),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.namespace"),
 				"`parameters.scope` is set to 'Namespace'")},
 		},
@@ -1536,7 +1527,6 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"))),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.namespace"),
 				"`parameters.scope` is set to 'Cluster'")},
 		},
@@ -1544,38 +1534,13 @@ func TestValidateIngressClass(t *testing.T) {
 			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
 				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("Cluster"), utilpointer.StringPtr(""))),
 			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
 			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.namespace"),
 				"`parameters.scope` is set to 'Cluster'")},
 		},
-		"validation is performed when feature gate is disabled and scope is not empty": {
-			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", utilpointer.StringPtr("bad-scope"), nil)),
-			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.scope"),
-				"bad-scope", []string{"Cluster", "Namespace"})},
-		},
-		"validation fails when feature gate is enabled and scope is not set": {
-			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", nil, nil)),
-			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-			expectedErrs:                    field.ErrorList{field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.scope"), "")},
-		},
-		"validation is performed when feature gate is disabled and namespace is not empty": {
-			ingressClass: makeValidIngressClass("test123", "foo.co/bar",
-				setParams(makeIngressClassParams(nil, "foo", "bar", nil, utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"))),
-			),
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-			expectedErrs: field.ErrorList{field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("spec.parameters.scope"),
-				"", []string{"Cluster", "Namespace"})},
-		},
 	}
 
 	for name, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.IngressClassNamespacedParams, testCase.enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate)()
 			errs := ValidateIngressClass(testCase.ingressClass)
 
 			if len(errs) != len(testCase.expectedErrs) {
diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index fe36edd4a62..90036be3003 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ const (
 	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/2365
 	// alpha: v1.21
 	// beta: v1.22
+	// GA: v1.23
 	//
 	// Enable Scope and Namespace fields on IngressClassParametersReference.
 	IngressClassNamespacedParams featuregate.Feature = "IngressClassNamespacedParams"
@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	TopologyAwareHints:                             {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	PodAffinityNamespaceSelector:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	ServiceLoadBalancerClass:                       {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-	IngressClassNamespacedParams:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	IngressClassNamespacedParams:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.24
 	ServiceInternalTrafficPolicy:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	LogarithmicScaleDown:                           {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	SuspendJob:                                     {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
diff --git a/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy.go
index 3434a794340..4e1b22688ca 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy.go
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking/validation"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 )
 
 // ingressClassStrategy implements verification logic for IngressClass
@@ -51,10 +49,6 @@ func (ingressClassStrategy) NamespaceScoped() bool {
 func (ingressClassStrategy) PrepareForCreate(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object) {
 	ingressClass := obj.(*networking.IngressClass)
 	ingressClass.Generation = 1
-
-	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.IngressClassNamespacedParams) {
-		dropIngressClassParametersReferenceScope(ingressClass)
-	}
 }
 
 // PrepareForUpdate clears fields that are not allowed to be set by end users on
@@ -68,10 +62,6 @@ func (ingressClassStrategy) PrepareForUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj, old runti
 	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(oldIngressClass.Spec, newIngressClass.Spec) {
 		newIngressClass.Generation = oldIngressClass.Generation + 1
 	}
-
-	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.IngressClassNamespacedParams) && !scopeInUse(oldIngressClass) {
-		dropIngressClassParametersReferenceScope(newIngressClass)
-	}
 }
 
 // Validate validates a new IngressClass.
@@ -113,15 +103,3 @@ func (ingressClassStrategy) WarningsOnUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj, old runti
 func (ingressClassStrategy) AllowUnconditionalUpdate() bool {
 	return true
 }
-
-func scopeInUse(ingressClass *networking.IngressClass) bool {
-	return ingressClass.Spec.Parameters != nil && ingressClass.Spec.Parameters.Scope != nil
-}
-
-// Drops Scope and Namespace field from IngressClass's parameters.
-func dropIngressClassParametersReferenceScope(ingressClass *networking.IngressClass) {
-	if ingressClass.Spec.Parameters != nil {
-		ingressClass.Spec.Parameters.Scope = nil
-		ingressClass.Spec.Parameters.Namespace = nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy_test.go
index 61c88e66614..0f8cbaf8b85 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/networking/ingressclass/strategy_test.go
@@ -19,15 +19,9 @@ package ingressclass
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	genericapirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
-	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/networking"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
 func TestIngressClassStrategy(t *testing.T) {
@@ -76,282 +70,3 @@ func TestIngressClassStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error from update validation for IngressClass, got none")
 	}
 }
-
-func TestIngressClassPrepareForCreate(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name                            string
-		original                        *networking.IngressClass
-		expected                        *networking.IngressClass
-		enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "cluster scope is removed when feature is not enabled",
-			original: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:  "k",
-						Name:  "n",
-						Scope: utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeCluster),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "namespace scope and namespace fields are removed when feature is not enabled",
-			original: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "cluster scope is not removed when feature is enabled",
-			original: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:  "k",
-						Name:  "n",
-						Scope: utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeCluster),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:  "k",
-						Name:  "n",
-						Scope: utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeCluster),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "namespace scope and namespace fields are not removed when feature is enabled",
-			original: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			original := test.original
-			expected := test.expected
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.IngressClassNamespacedParams, test.enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate)()
-			ctx := genericapirequest.NewDefaultContext()
-			Strategy.PrepareForCreate(ctx, runtime.Object(original))
-			if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(original.Spec, expected.Spec) {
-				t.Errorf("got different than expected\ngot:\n\t%+v\nexpected:\n\t%+v", original.Spec, expected.Spec)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestIngressClassPrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name                            string
-		newIngressClass                 *networking.IngressClass
-		oldIngressClass                 *networking.IngressClass
-		expected                        *networking.IngressClass
-		enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "scope can be updated if already set when feature is disabled",
-			newIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:  "k",
-						Name:  "n",
-						Scope: utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeCluster),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "scope is removed if not already set previously when feature is disabled",
-			newIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "scope can be set when feature is enabled",
-			newIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "scope can be removed when feature is enabled",
-			newIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldIngressClass: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind:      "k",
-						Name:      "n",
-						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr(networking.IngressClassParametersReferenceScopeNamespace),
-						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: &networking.IngressClass{
-				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
-					Controller: "controller",
-					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						Kind: "k",
-						Name: "n",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.IngressClassNamespacedParams, test.enableNamespaceScopedParamsGate)()
-			ctx := genericapirequest.NewDefaultContext()
-			Strategy.PrepareForUpdate(ctx, runtime.Object(test.newIngressClass), runtime.Object(test.oldIngressClass))
-			if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(test.newIngressClass.Spec, test.expected.Spec) {
-				t.Errorf("got different than expected\ngot:\n\t%+v\nexpected:\n\t%+v", test.newIngressClass.Spec, test.expected.Spec)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/generated.proto
index 8559e92d73b..e98ab179e2c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/generated.proto
@@ -167,16 +167,13 @@ message IngressClassParametersReference {
 
   // Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource.
   // This may be set to "Cluster" (default) or "Namespace".
-  // Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.
   // +optional
-  // +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
   optional string scope = 4;
 
   // Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is
   // required when scope is set to "Namespace" and must be unset when scope is set to
   // "Cluster".
   // +optional
-  // +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
   optional string namespace = 5;
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go
index 7edbcd5979e..e429dc5355b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go
@@ -534,15 +534,12 @@ type IngressClassParametersReference struct {
 	Name string `json:"name" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=name"`
 	// Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource.
 	// This may be set to "Cluster" (default) or "Namespace".
-	// Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.
 	// +optional
-	// +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
 	Scope *string `json:"scope" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=scope"`
 	// Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is
 	// required when scope is set to "Namespace" and must be unset when scope is set to
 	// "Cluster".
 	// +optional
-	// +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
 	Namespace *string `json:"namespace,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=namespace"`
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 49b38bd0492..38bd9c502b9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ var map_IngressClassParametersReference = map[string]string{
 	"apiGroup":  "APIGroup is the group for the resource being referenced. If APIGroup is not specified, the specified Kind must be in the core API group. For any other third-party types, APIGroup is required.",
 	"kind":      "Kind is the type of resource being referenced.",
 	"name":      "Name is the name of resource being referenced.",
-	"scope":     "Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource. This may be set to \"Cluster\" (default) or \"Namespace\". Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.",
+	"scope":     "Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource. This may be set to \"Cluster\" (default) or \"Namespace\".",
 	"namespace": "Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is required when scope is set to \"Namespace\" and must be unset when scope is set to \"Cluster\".",
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/generated.proto
index 5479ac482b3..ef8cceff437 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/generated.proto
@@ -154,16 +154,12 @@ message IngressClassParametersReference {
 
   // Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource.
   // This may be set to "Cluster" (default) or "Namespace".
-  // Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.
-  // +optional
-  // +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
   optional string scope = 4;
 
   // Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is
   // required when scope is set to "Namespace" and must be unset when scope is set to
   // "Cluster".
   // +optional
-  // +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
   optional string namespace = 5;
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types.go
index 4646e90b64c..1bfdcd0915b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -337,15 +337,11 @@ type IngressClassParametersReference struct {
 	Name string `json:"name" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=name"`
 	// Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource.
 	// This may be set to "Cluster" (default) or "Namespace".
-	// Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.
-	// +optional
-	// +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
 	Scope *string `json:"scope" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=scope"`
 	// Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is
 	// required when scope is set to "Namespace" and must be unset when scope is set to
 	// "Cluster".
 	// +optional
-	// +featureGate=IngressClassNamespacedParams
 	Namespace *string `json:"namespace,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=namespace"`
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 88c130e89b4..79c42a6ba4b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var map_IngressClassParametersReference = map[string]string{
 	"apiGroup":  "APIGroup is the group for the resource being referenced. If APIGroup is not specified, the specified Kind must be in the core API group. For any other third-party types, APIGroup is required.",
 	"kind":      "Kind is the type of resource being referenced.",
 	"name":      "Name is the name of resource being referenced.",
-	"scope":     "Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource. This may be set to \"Cluster\" (default) or \"Namespace\". Field can be enabled with IngressClassNamespacedParams feature gate.",
+	"scope":     "Scope represents if this refers to a cluster or namespace scoped resource. This may be set to \"Cluster\" (default) or \"Namespace\".",
 	"namespace": "Namespace is the namespace of the resource being referenced. This field is required when scope is set to \"Namespace\" and must be unset when scope is set to \"Cluster\".",
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/ingressclass.go b/test/e2e/network/ingressclass.go
index 1939b19f9d0..b4f33397ab7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/ingressclass.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/ingressclass.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/network/common"
+	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
@@ -96,6 +97,43 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("IngressClass [Feature:Ingress]", func() {
 		}
 	})
 
+	ginkgo.It("should allow IngressClass to have Namespace-scoped parameters [Serial]", func() {
+		ingressClass := &networkingv1.IngressClass{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "ingressclass1",
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					"ingressclass":  f.UniqueName,
+					"special-label": "generic",
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: networkingv1.IngressClassSpec{
+				Controller: "example.com/controller",
+				Parameters: &networkingv1.IngressClassParametersReference{
+					Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr("Namespace"),
+					Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("foo-ns"),
+					Kind:      "fookind",
+					Name:      "fooname",
+					APIGroup:  utilpointer.StringPtr("example.com"),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		createdIngressClass, err := cs.NetworkingV1().IngressClasses().Create(context.TODO(), ingressClass, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		defer deleteIngressClass(cs, createdIngressClass.Name)
+
+		if createdIngressClass.Spec.Parameters == nil {
+			framework.Failf("Expected IngressClass.spec.parameters to be set")
+		}
+		scope := ""
+		if createdIngressClass.Spec.Parameters.Scope != nil {
+			scope = *createdIngressClass.Spec.Parameters.Scope
+		}
+
+		if scope != "Namespace" {
+			framework.Failf("Expected IngressClass.spec.parameters.scope to be set to 'Namespace', got %v", scope)
+		}
+	})
+
 })
 
 func createIngressClass(cs clientset.Interface, name string, isDefault bool, uniqueName string) (*networkingv1.IngressClass, error) {