diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/ui/config.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/ui/config.py
index 48a140be7a25c..ad2b25c21f4b8 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/ui/config.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/ui/config.py
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ class ConfigResponse(BaseModel):
     warn_deployment_exposure: bool
     audit_view_excluded_events: str
     audit_view_included_events: str
-    is_k8s: bool
     test_connection: str
     state_color_mapping: dict
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/openapi/v1-generated.yaml b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/openapi/v1-generated.yaml
index 3ae3391c1a4b0..fa5c88621076e 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/openapi/v1-generated.yaml
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/openapi/v1-generated.yaml
@@ -7993,9 +7993,6 @@ components:
         audit_view_included_events:
           type: string
           title: Audit View Included Events
-        is_k8s:
-          type: boolean
-          title: Is K8S
         test_connection:
           type: string
           title: Test Connection
@@ -8021,7 +8018,6 @@ components:
       - warn_deployment_exposure
       - audit_view_excluded_events
       - audit_view_included_events
-      - is_k8s
       - test_connection
       - state_color_mapping
       title: ConfigResponse
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/config.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/config.py
index e6e7c4b665dbe..a74e7911c2db5 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/config.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/config.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.datamodels.ui.config import ConfigResponse
 from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.openapi.exceptions import create_openapi_http_exception_doc
 from airflow.configuration import conf
-from airflow.settings import IS_K8S_OR_K8SCELERY_EXECUTOR, STATE_COLORS
+from airflow.settings import STATE_COLORS
 
 config_router = AirflowRouter(tags=["Config"])
 
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def get_configs() -> ConfigResponse:
         "audit_view_excluded_events": conf.get("webserver", "audit_view_excluded_events", fallback=""),
         "test_connection": conf.get("core", "test_connection", fallback="Disabled"),
         "state_color_mapping": STATE_COLORS,
-        "is_k8s": IS_K8S_OR_K8SCELERY_EXECUTOR,
     }
 
     config.update({key: value for key, value in additional_config.items()})
diff --git a/airflow/settings.py b/airflow/settings.py
index 6ae462a1e0915..4979baca48ae1 100644
--- a/airflow/settings.py
+++ b/airflow/settings.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 from airflow import __version__ as airflow_version, policies
 from airflow.configuration import AIRFLOW_HOME, WEBSERVER_CONFIG, conf  # noqa: F401
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowInternalRuntimeError
-from airflow.executors import executor_constants
 from airflow.logging_config import configure_logging
 from airflow.utils.orm_event_handlers import setup_event_handlers
 from airflow.utils.sqlalchemy import is_sqlalchemy_v1
@@ -680,9 +679,6 @@ def initialize():
 # loaded from module.
 LAZY_LOAD_PROVIDERS: bool = conf.getboolean("core", "lazy_discover_providers", fallback=True)
 
-# Determines if the executor utilizes Kubernetes
-IS_K8S_OR_K8SCELERY_EXECUTOR = conf.get("core", "EXECUTOR") == executor_constants.KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR
-
 # Executors can set this to true to configure logging correctly for
 # containerized executors.
 IS_EXECUTOR_CONTAINER = bool(os.environ.get("AIRFLOW_IS_EXECUTOR_CONTAINER", ""))
diff --git a/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/schemas.gen.ts b/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/schemas.gen.ts
index 6b38883451f4c..b8173c4dad0e7 100644
--- a/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/schemas.gen.ts
+++ b/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/schemas.gen.ts
@@ -1215,10 +1215,6 @@ export const $ConfigResponse = {
       type: "string",
       title: "Audit View Included Events",
     },
-    is_k8s: {
-      type: "boolean",
-      title: "Is K8S",
-    },
     test_connection: {
       type: "string",
       title: "Test Connection",
@@ -1247,7 +1243,6 @@ export const $ConfigResponse = {
     "warn_deployment_exposure",
     "audit_view_excluded_events",
     "audit_view_included_events",
-    "is_k8s",
     "test_connection",
     "state_color_mapping",
   ],
diff --git a/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/types.gen.ts b/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/types.gen.ts
index f3578ab98a9c8..88767356be381 100644
--- a/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/types.gen.ts
+++ b/airflow/ui/openapi-gen/requests/types.gen.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ export type ConfigResponse = {
   warn_deployment_exposure: boolean;
   audit_view_excluded_events: string;
   audit_view_included_events: string;
-  is_k8s: boolean;
   test_connection: string;
   state_color_mapping: {
     [key: string]: unknown;
diff --git a/airflow/ui/src/mocks/handlers/config.ts b/airflow/ui/src/mocks/handlers/config.ts
index f962a04001b94..39599f4a1036c 100644
--- a/airflow/ui/src/mocks/handlers/config.ts
+++ b/airflow/ui/src/mocks/handlers/config.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export const handlers: Array<HttpHandler> = [
       hide_paused_dags_by_default: false,
       instance_name: "Airflow",
       instance_name_has_markup: false,
-      is_k8s: false,
       navbar_color: "#fff",
       navbar_hover_color: "#eee",
       navbar_logo_text_color: "#51504f",
diff --git a/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/test_config.py b/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/test_config.py
index b50e40de2c419..a25c09096457b 100644
--- a/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/ui/test_config.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "warn_deployment_exposure": False,
     "audit_view_excluded_events": "",
     "audit_view_included_events": "",
-    "is_k8s": False,
     "test_connection": "Disabled",
     "state_color_mapping": {
         "deferred": "mediumpurple",