diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index dfa1a0c9..05352b48 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ GENERATED_SYNOPSIS := 						\
 	pxar/synopsis.rst					\
 	pmtx/synopsis.rst					\
 	pmt/synopsis.rst					\
-	backup-protocol-api.rst					\
-	reader-protocol-api.rst					\
 	config/media-pool/config.rst				\
 	config/tape/config.rst					\
 	config/tape-job/config.rst				\
@@ -81,14 +79,6 @@ ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(SPHINXOPTS) .
 
 all: ${MAN1_PAGES} ${MAN5_PAGES}
 
-# Extract backup protocol docs
-backup-protocol-api.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/dump-backup-api
-	${COMPILEDIR}/dump-backup-api >$@
-
-# Extract reader protocol docs
-reader-protocol-api.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/dump-reader-api
-	${COMPILEDIR}/dump-backup-api >$@
-
 # Build manual pages using rst2man
 
 pxar/synopsis.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/pxar
diff --git a/docs/backup-protocol.rst b/docs/backup-protocol.rst
index a2ad2173..2d78f375 100644
--- a/docs/backup-protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/backup-protocol.rst
@@ -3,17 +3,3 @@ Backup Protocol
 
 .. todo:: add introduction to HTTP2 based backup protocols
 
-Backup Protocol API
--------------------
-
-.. todo:: describe backup writer protocol
-
-.. include:: backup-protocol-api.rst
-
-
-Reader Protocol API
--------------------
-
-.. todo:: describe backup reader protocol
-
-.. include:: reader-protocol-api.rst
diff --git a/src/bin/dump-backup-api.rs b/src/bin/dump-backup-api.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cb908bc..00000000
--- a/src/bin/dump-backup-api.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::{Error};
-
-use proxmox::api::format::*;
-
-use proxmox_backup::api2;
-
-fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-
-    let api = api2::backup::BACKUP_API_ROUTER;
-
-    dump_api(&mut std::io::stdout(), &api, ".", 0)?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/src/bin/dump-reader-api.rs b/src/bin/dump-reader-api.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5abd96c6..00000000
--- a/src/bin/dump-reader-api.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::{Error};
-
-use proxmox::api::format::dump_api;
-
-use proxmox_backup::api2;
-
-fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-
-    let api = api2::reader::READER_API_ROUTER;
-
-    dump_api(&mut std::io::stdout(), &api, ".", 0)?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}