diff --git a/assets/js/components/api-tabs.ts b/assets/js/components/api-tabs.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 25b41ec16..000000000
--- a/assets/js/components/api-tabs.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * API Tabs Component
- *
- * Handles tab switching for API reference documentation.
- * Uses data-tab and data-tab-panel attributes for explicit panel targeting,
- * unlike the generic tabs which use positional indexing.
- *
- * Features:
- * - Explicit panel targeting via data-tab-panel
- * - Deep linking via URL hash
- * - Browser back/forward navigation support
- * - Custom event dispatch for TOC updates
- *
- * Usage:
- * <div class="api-tabs-wrapper" data-component="api-tabs">
- *   <div class="api-tabs-nav">
- *     <a href="#operations" data-tab="operations" class="is-active">Operations</a>
- *     <a href="#auth" data-tab="auth">Authentication</a>
- *   </div>
- * </div>
- * <div class="api-tab-panels">
- *   <section data-tab-panel="operations">...</section>
- *   <section data-tab-panel="auth" style="display:none">...</section>
- * </div>
- */
-
-interface ComponentOptions {
-  component: HTMLElement;
-}
-
-/**
- * Find the panels container (sibling element after tabs)
- */
-function findPanelsContainer(tabsWrapper: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {
-  let sibling = tabsWrapper.nextElementSibling;
-  while (sibling) {
-    if (sibling.classList.contains('api-tab-panels')) {
-      return sibling as HTMLElement;
-    }
-    sibling = sibling.nextElementSibling;
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
-/**
- * Switch to a specific tab
- */
-function switchTab(
-  tabsWrapper: HTMLElement,
-  panelsContainer: HTMLElement,
-  tabId: string,
-  updateHash = true
-): void {
-  // Update active tab
-  const tabs = tabsWrapper.querySelectorAll<HTMLAnchorElement>('[data-tab]');
-  tabs.forEach((tab) => {
-    if (tab.dataset.tab === tabId) {
-      tab.classList.add('is-active');
-    } else {
-      tab.classList.remove('is-active');
-    }
-  });
-
-  // Update visible panel
-  const panels =
-    panelsContainer.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-tab-panel]');
-  panels.forEach((panel) => {
-    if (panel.dataset.tabPanel === tabId) {
-      panel.style.display = 'block';
-    } else {
-      panel.style.display = 'none';
-    }
-  });
-
-  // Update URL hash without scrolling
-  if (updateHash) {
-    history.replaceState(null, '', '#' + tabId);
-  }
-
-  // Dispatch custom event for TOC update
-  document.dispatchEvent(
-    new CustomEvent('api-tab-change', { detail: { tab: tabId } })
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Get tab ID from URL hash
- */
-function getTabFromHash(): string | null {
-  const hash = window.location.hash.substring(1);
-  return hash || null;
-}
-
-/**
- * Initialize API Tabs component
- */
-export default function ApiTabs({ component }: ComponentOptions): void {
-  const panelsContainer = findPanelsContainer(component);
-
-  if (!panelsContainer) {
-    console.warn('[API Tabs] No .api-tab-panels container found');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const tabs = component.querySelectorAll<HTMLAnchorElement>('[data-tab]');
-
-  if (tabs.length === 0) {
-    console.warn('[API Tabs] No tabs found with data-tab attribute');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Handle tab clicks
-  tabs.forEach((tab) => {
-    tab.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
-      e.preventDefault();
-      e.stopPropagation(); // Prevent other tab handlers from firing
-
-      const tabId = tab.dataset.tab;
-      if (tabId) {
-        switchTab(component, panelsContainer, tabId);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  // Handle deep linking via URL hash on load
-  const hashTab = getTabFromHash();
-  if (hashTab) {
-    const matchingTab = component.querySelector(`[data-tab="${hashTab}"]`);
-    if (matchingTab) {
-      switchTab(component, panelsContainer, hashTab, false);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Handle browser back/forward navigation
-  window.addEventListener('hashchange', () => {
-    const newTabId = getTabFromHash();
-    if (newTabId) {
-      const matchingTab = component.querySelector(`[data-tab="${newTabId}"]`);
-      if (matchingTab) {
-        switchTab(component, panelsContainer, newTabId, false);
-      }
-    }
-  });
-}
diff --git a/assets/js/main.js b/assets/js/main.js
index c703d6309..77fda067a 100644
--- a/assets/js/main.js
+++ b/assets/js/main.js
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import { SidebarToggle } from './sidebar-toggle.js';
 import Theme from './theme.js';
 import ThemeSwitch from './theme-switch.js';
 import ApiRapiDoc from './components/api-rapidoc.ts';
-import ApiTabs from './components/api-tabs.ts';
 import ApiToc from './components/api-toc.ts';
 import RapiDocMini from './components/rapidoc-mini.ts';
 
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ const componentRegistry = {
   theme: Theme,
   'theme-switch': ThemeSwitch,
   'api-rapidoc': ApiRapiDoc,
-  'api-tabs': ApiTabs,
   'api-toc': ApiToc,
   'rapidoc-mini': RapiDocMini,
 };
diff --git a/layouts/partials/api/tab-panels.html b/layouts/partials/api/tab-panels.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 68d28973c..000000000
--- a/layouts/partials/api/tab-panels.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-  API Reference Tab Panels (DEPRECATED)
-
-  This partial is kept for backward compatibility.
-  The new architecture renders content directly in layouts:
-  - layouts/api/list.html: Tag pages with operations list
-  - layouts/api/single.html: Individual operation pages with RapiDoc
-
-  For conceptual pages (isConceptual: true), renders tag description content.
-  For operational pages, renders the API documentation via RapiDoc.
-*/}}
-
-{{ $isConceptual := .Params.isConceptual | default false }}
-
-{{ if $isConceptual }}
-{{/* Conceptual Page - Display tag description content only */}}
-<section class="api-conceptual-content">
-  {{ with .Content }}
-    {{ . }}
-  {{ else }}
-    {{ with .Params.tagDescription }}
-      {{ . | markdownify }}
-    {{ end }}
-  {{ end }}
-</section>
-{{ else }}
-{{/* Operations Page - RapiDoc renderer */}}
-<section class="api-operations-panel">
-  {{ partial "api/rapidoc.html" . }}
-</section>
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/api/tabs.html b/layouts/partials/api/tabs.html
deleted file mode 100644
index a33099cc0..000000000
--- a/layouts/partials/api/tabs.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-  API Reference Page Tabs (DEPRECATED)
-
-  This partial is kept for backward compatibility but renders nothing.
-  The new architecture uses:
-  - Tag pages (list.html): Display operations list directly
-  - Operation pages (single.html): Display RapiDoc for single operation
-*/}}
-
-{{/* No tabs rendered - using simplified layout */}}