diff --git a/hack/go-apidocs.conf b/hack/go-apidocs.conf
index 65b20b3ce49..2cace2048ec 100644
--- a/hack/go-apidocs.conf
+++ b/hack/go-apidocs.conf
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 # hack/verify-go-apidocs.sh pass without an error.
 
 staging/src/k8s.io/client-go
-staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery
+
+# TODO: re-enable apimachinery once we have more experience with this feature.
+# staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/CHANGELOG.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/CHANGELOG.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 508f8dacf5a..00000000000
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-This file documents Go API changes in apimachinery.
-
-Breaking API changes *must* be documented here, together with instructions on
-how to deal with them or why they are expected to have no impact.
-
-Go API changes are typically not included in the Kubernetes release notes, so
-non-breaking noteworthy Go API changes *may* be documented here if they are
-useful to know about for developers.
-
-### KEP-4222: Support CBOR encoding for non-resource endpoints.
-
-See [PR #139632](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/139632).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/runtime.UseNondeterministicEncoding: changed from func(Encoder) Encoder to func(Serializer) Encoder
-```
-
-### Introduce Deferred Gen concept to Validation-gen framework
-
-See [PR #138205](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/138205).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/api/validate.IfOption: changed from func(context.Context, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/operation.Operation, *k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.Path, *T, *T, string, bool, func(context.Context, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/operation.Operation, *k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.Path, *T, *T) k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList) k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList to func(context.Context, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/operation.Operation, *k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.Path, T, T, string, bool, func(context.Context, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/operation.Operation, *k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.Path, T, T) k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList) k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList
-```
-
-### Revert DV native error matcher and errors
-
-See [PR #137017](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/137017).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/util/validation/field.(*Error).MarkDeclarativeNative: removed
-- ./pkg/util/validation/field.Error.DeclarativeNative: removed
-- ./pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList.MarkDeclarativeNative: removed
-- ./pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorMatcher.ByDeclarativeNative: removed
-```
-
-### KEP-4671: Add Declarative Validation to Workload API
-
-See [PR #135164](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135164).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/api/validation/path.NameMayNotBe: removed
-- ./pkg/api/validation/path.NameMayNotContain: removed
-```
-
-### KEP-5589 - drop gogo runtime dependencies
-
-See [PR #134256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134256).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).Descriptor: removed
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).ProtoMessage: removed
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).XXX_DiscardUnknown: removed
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).XXX_Marshal: removed
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).XXX_Merge: removed
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).XXX_Size: removed
-- ./pkg/api/resource.(*Quantity).XXX_Unmarshal: removed
-...
-- ./pkg/util/intstr.(*IntOrString).XXX_Unmarshal: removed
-```
-
-### feat(validation-gen): Add "cohorts" & Tighten and simplify test framework
-
-See [PR #134347](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134347).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/util/validation/field.TestIntf.Logf: removed
-```
-
-### gogo protobuf dependency cleanup
-
-See [PR #134228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134228).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/runtime.ProtobufMarshaller.Size: added
-- ./pkg/runtime.ProtobufReverseMarshaller.Size: added
-```
-
-### Add  +k8s:ifEnabled, +k8s:ifDisabled and +k8s:enumExclude tags
-
-See [PR #133768](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133768).
-
-```
-- ./pkg/api/validate.Enum: changed from func(context.Context, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/operation.Operation, *k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.Path, *T, *T, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets.Set[T]) k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList to func(context.Context, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/operation.Operation, *k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.Path, *T, *T, k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets.Set[T], []EnumExclusion[T]) k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field.ErrorList
-```
-
-### Changes for Kubernetes <= 1.34
-
-For older changes refer to the commit messages and PR descriptions.