diff --git a/config/gateway.go b/config/gateway.go
index fa093245d9a7..35af598b4359 100644
--- a/config/gateway.go
+++ b/config/gateway.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const (
 
 type GatewaySpec struct {
 	// Paths is explicit list of path prefixes that should be handled by
-	// this gateway. Example: `["/ipfs", "/ipns", "/api"]`
+	// this gateway. Example: `["/ipfs", "/ipns"]`
 	Paths []string
 
 	// UseSubdomains indicates whether or not this gateway uses subdomains
diff --git a/core/corehttp/gateway.go b/core/corehttp/gateway.go
index 67e3c242d7b4..6ac3818856d5 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/gateway.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/gateway.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (o *offlineGatewayErrWrapper) GetDNSLinkRecord(ctx context.Context, s strin
 
 var _ gateway.IPFSBackend = (*offlineGatewayErrWrapper)(nil)
 
-var defaultPaths = []string{"/ipfs/", "/ipns/", "/api/", "/p2p/"}
+var defaultPaths = []string{"/ipfs/", "/ipns/", "/p2p/"}
 
 var subdomainGatewaySpec = &gateway.PublicGateway{
 	Paths:         defaultPaths,
diff --git a/docs/gateway.md b/docs/gateway.md
index 531c8c6f94e0..ce849486c9b1 100644
--- a/docs/gateway.md
+++ b/docs/gateway.md
@@ -106,12 +106,3 @@ Right now only 'full DAG' implicit selector is implemented.
 Support for user-provided IPLD selectors is tracked in https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/issues/8769.
 
 This is a rough equivalent of `ipfs dag export`.
-
-## Deprecated Subset of RPC API
-
-For legacy reasons, some gateways may expose a small subset of RPC API under `/api/v0/`.
-While this read-only API exposes a read-only, "safe" subset of the normal API,
-it is deprecated and should not be used for greenfield projects.
-
-Where possible, leverage `/ipfs/` and `/ipns/` endpoints.
-along with `application/vnd.ipld.*` Content-Types instead.