diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f2a160e05..f8243cd63 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -257,16 +257,6 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - run: make prometheusrules-update-test
 
-  doc-toc-validate:
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/base:2023.05
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: make toc-user-guide
-      - run: make toc-app-capabilities
-      - run: make toc-apimanager-reference
-      - run: make doc-update-test
-
 workflows:
   version: 2
   operator:
@@ -279,7 +269,6 @@ workflows:
       - assets-validate
       - prometheusrules-validate
       - build-operator-image-only
-      - doc-toc-validate
       - unit-tests-coverage:
           requires:
             - run-unit-tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 01d0fb778..f75e25d60 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,15 +129,6 @@ $(GO_BINDATA):
 .PHONY: go-bindata
 go-bindata: $(GO_BINDATA)
 
-GH-MD-TOC=$(PROJECT_PATH)/bin/gh-md-toc
-$(GH-MD-TOC):
-	mkdir -p $(PROJECT_PATH)/bin
-	curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc/2e36a87fd077dad842163ef62ef1a7fef6ca1ab3/gh-md-toc -o $(GH-MD-TOC)
-	chmod +x $(GH-MD-TOC)
-
-.PHONY: gh-md-toc
-gh-md-toc: $(GH-MD-TOC)
-
 # Install CRDs into a cluster
 install: manifests $(KUSTOMIZE)
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | $(KUBECTL) create -f - || $(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd | $(KUBECTL) replace -f -
diff --git a/make/toc.mk b/make/toc.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fc39a7fa..000000000
--- a/make/toc.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-
-##@ TOC generation
-
-.PHONY: toc-user-guide
-toc-user-guide: gh-md-toc ## Generate TOC for the main user guide
-	$(GH-MD-TOC) --insert --no-backup --hide-footer  $(PROJECT_PATH)/doc/operator-user-guide.md
-
-.PHONY: toc-app-capabilities
-toc-app-capabilities: gh-md-toc ## Generate TOC for the app capabilities guide
-	$(GH-MD-TOC) --insert --no-backup --hide-footer  $(PROJECT_PATH)/doc/operator-application-capabilities.md
-
-.PHONY: toc-apimanager-reference
-toc-apimanager-reference: gh-md-toc ## Generate TOC for the apimanager reference
-	$(GH-MD-TOC) --insert --no-backup --hide-footer  $(PROJECT_PATH)/doc/apimanager-reference.md
-
-.PHONY: doc-update-test
-doc-update-test:
-	git diff --exit-code ./doc
-	[ -z "$$(git ls-files --other --exclude-standard --directory --no-empty-directory ./doc)" ]