diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 181f9a8ae25..c628e3eb13a 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -637,12 +637,6 @@ const (
 	// alpha: v1.21
 	VolumeCapacityPriority featuregate.Feature = "VolumeCapacityPriority"
 
-	// owner: @mattcary
-	// alpha: v1.22
-	//
-	// Enables policies controlling deletion of PVCs created by a StatefulSet.
-	StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC featuregate.Feature = "StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC"
-
 	// owner: @ahg-g
 	// alpha: v1.21
 	// beta: v1.22
@@ -898,7 +892,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	ProbeTerminationGracePeriod:                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta}, // Default to false in beta 1.22, set to true in 1.24
 	NodeSwap:                                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	PodDeletionCost:                                {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-	StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC:                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	TopologyAwareHints:                             {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	PodAffinityNamespaceSelector:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	ServiceLoadBalancerClass:                       {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/strategy.go
index e00f732a7c0..c8d39bc670c 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apps/statefulset/strategy.go
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ import (
 	genericapirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/validation"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/fieldpath"
 )