diff --git a/doc/source/development/roadmap.rst b/doc/source/development/roadmap.rst
index 00598830e2fe9..fafe63d80249c 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/roadmap.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/roadmap.rst
@@ -129,20 +129,6 @@ Some specific goals include
* Improve the overall organization of the documentation and specific subsections
of the documentation to make navigation and finding content easier.
-Package docstring validation
-----------------------------
-
-To improve the quality and consistency of pandas docstrings, we've developed
-tooling to check docstrings in a variety of ways.
-https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/master/scripts/validate_docstrings.py
-contains the checks.
-
-Like many other projects, pandas uses the
-`numpydoc `__ style for writing
-docstrings. With the collaboration of the numpydoc maintainers, we'd like to
-move the checks to a package other than pandas so that other projects can easily
-use them as well.
-
Performance monitoring
----------------------
diff --git a/web/pandas/about/roadmap.md b/web/pandas/about/roadmap.md
index 8a5c2735b3d93..35a6b3361f32e 100644
--- a/web/pandas/about/roadmap.md
+++ b/web/pandas/about/roadmap.md
@@ -134,19 +134,6 @@ pandas documentation. Some specific goals include
subsections of the documentation to make navigation and finding
content easier.
-## Package docstring validation
-
-To improve the quality and consistency of pandas docstrings, we've
-developed tooling to check docstrings in a variety of ways.
-
-contains the checks.
-
-Like many other projects, pandas uses the
-[numpydoc](https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) style for writing
-docstrings. With the collaboration of the numpydoc maintainers, we'd
-like to move the checks to a package other than pandas so that other
-projects can easily use them as well.
-
## Performance monitoring
Pandas uses [airspeed velocity](https://asv.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)