diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index d57ab14e06..b4e331bfb0 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@ const (
 	// Ability to Expand persistent volumes
 	ExpandPersistentVolumes utilfeature.Feature = "ExpandPersistentVolumes"
 
-	// owner: @mlmhl
-	// alpha: v1.11
-	// Ability to expand persistent volumes' file system without unmounting volumes.
-	ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes utilfeature.Feature = "ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes"
-
 	// owner: @gnufied
 	// alpha: v1.14
 	// Ability to expand CSI volumes
@@ -436,7 +431,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[utilfeature.Feature]utilfeature.FeatureS
 	PodPriority:                             {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.GA},
 	TaintNodesByCondition:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
 	ExpandPersistentVolumes:                 {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
-	ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes:            {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 	ExpandCSIVolumes:                        {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 	AttachVolumeLimit:                       {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
 	CPUManager:                              {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/cache/actual_state_of_world.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/cache/actual_state_of_world.go
index 5ecec2342d..d20ca70614 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/cache/actual_state_of_world.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/cache/actual_state_of_world.go
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor"
@@ -640,10 +638,6 @@ func (asw *actualStateOfWorld) PodExistsInVolume(
 		if podObj.remountRequired {
 			return true, volumeObj.devicePath, newRemountRequiredError(volumeObj.volumeName, podObj.podName)
 		}
-		if podObj.fsResizeRequired &&
-			utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes) {
-			return true, volumeObj.devicePath, newFsResizeRequiredError(volumeObj.volumeName, podObj.podName)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return podExists, volumeObj.devicePath, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
index b28cd23985..e84058c436 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/populator/desired_state_of_world_populator.go
@@ -183,17 +183,6 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) isPodTerminated(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
 func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) findAndAddNewPods() {
 	// Map unique pod name to outer volume name to MountedVolume.
 	mountedVolumesForPod := make(map[volumetypes.UniquePodName]map[string]cache.MountedVolume)
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes) {
-		for _, mountedVolume := range dswp.actualStateOfWorld.GetMountedVolumes() {
-			mountedVolumes, exist := mountedVolumesForPod[mountedVolume.PodName]
-			if !exist {
-				mountedVolumes = make(map[string]cache.MountedVolume)
-				mountedVolumesForPod[mountedVolume.PodName] = mountedVolumes
-			}
-			mountedVolumes[mountedVolume.OuterVolumeSpecName] = mountedVolume
-		}
-	}
-
 	processedVolumesForFSResize := sets.NewString()
 	for _, pod := range dswp.podManager.GetPods() {
 		if dswp.isPodTerminated(pod) {
@@ -290,7 +279,7 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(
 
 	// Process volume spec for each volume defined in pod
 	for _, podVolume := range pod.Spec.Volumes {
-		pvc, volumeSpec, volumeGidValue, err :=
+		_, volumeSpec, volumeGidValue, err :=
 			dswp.createVolumeSpec(podVolume, pod.Name, pod.Namespace, mountsMap, devicesMap)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf(
@@ -320,11 +309,6 @@ func (dswp *desiredStateOfWorldPopulator) processPodVolumes(
 			podVolume.Name,
 			volumeSpec.Name(),
 			uniquePodName)
-
-		if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes) {
-			dswp.checkVolumeFSResize(pod, podVolume, pvc, volumeSpec,
-				uniquePodName, mountedVolumesForPod, processedVolumesForFSResize)
-		}
 	}
 
 	// some of the volume additions may have failed, should not mark this pod as fully processed
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go
index e78752b940..0bba0ae7b0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager/reconciler/reconciler.go
@@ -254,22 +254,6 @@ func (rc *reconciler) reconcile() {
 					klog.V(5).Infof(volumeToMount.GenerateMsgDetailed("operationExecutor.MountVolume started", remountingLogStr))
 				}
 			}
-		} else if cache.IsFSResizeRequiredError(err) &&
-			utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ExpandInUsePersistentVolumes) {
-			klog.V(4).Infof(volumeToMount.GenerateMsgDetailed("Starting operationExecutor.ExpandVolumeFSWithoutUnmounting", ""))
-			err := rc.operationExecutor.ExpandVolumeFSWithoutUnmounting(
-				volumeToMount.VolumeToMount,
-				rc.actualStateOfWorld)
-			if err != nil &&
-				!nestedpendingoperations.IsAlreadyExists(err) &&
-				!exponentialbackoff.IsExponentialBackoff(err) {
-				// Ignore nestedpendingoperations.IsAlreadyExists and exponentialbackoff.IsExponentialBackoff errors, they are expected.
-				// Log all other errors.
-				klog.Errorf(volumeToMount.GenerateErrorDetailed("operationExecutor.ExpandVolumeFSWithoutUnmounting failed", err).Error())
-			}
-			if err == nil {
-				klog.V(4).Infof(volumeToMount.GenerateMsgDetailed("operationExecutor.ExpandVolumeFSWithoutUnmounting started", ""))
-			}
 		}
 	}