diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a1060b1267af50..c3ffa28d21f3bf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -54605,7 +54605,6 @@
 				"@wordpress/icons": "*",
 				"@wordpress/plugins": "*",
 				"@wordpress/preferences": "*",
-				"@wordpress/private-apis": "*",
 				"@wordpress/viewport": "*",
 				"clsx": "^2.1.1"
 			},
diff --git a/packages/interface/lock-unlock.js b/packages/interface/lock-unlock.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e5bb39ed18c6d..00000000000000
--- a/packages/interface/lock-unlock.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-import { __dangerousOptInToUnstableAPIsOnlyForCoreModules } from '@wordpress/private-apis';
-
-export const { lock, unlock } =
-	__dangerousOptInToUnstableAPIsOnlyForCoreModules(
-		'I acknowledge private features are not for use in themes or plugins and doing so will break in the next version of WordPress.',
-		'@wordpress/interface'
-	);
diff --git a/packages/interface/package.json b/packages/interface/package.json
index e5870e0dfadfb2..ed9e0debf96d7c 100644
--- a/packages/interface/package.json
+++ b/packages/interface/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 		"@wordpress/icons": "*",
 		"@wordpress/plugins": "*",
 		"@wordpress/preferences": "*",
-		"@wordpress/private-apis": "*",
 		"@wordpress/viewport": "*",
 		"clsx": "^2.1.1"
 	},
diff --git a/packages/private-apis/src/implementation.js b/packages/private-apis/src/implementation.js
index ab0ebfae7ecb05..b32a95986d32c9 100644
--- a/packages/private-apis/src/implementation.js
+++ b/packages/private-apis/src/implementation.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ const CORE_MODULES_USING_PRIVATE_APIS = [
 	'@wordpress/edit-widgets',
 	'@wordpress/editor',
 	'@wordpress/format-library',
-	'@wordpress/interface',
 	'@wordpress/patterns',
 	'@wordpress/preferences',
 	'@wordpress/reusable-blocks',