diff --git a/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/apiservices.go b/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/apiservices.go
index 04973fcecb3..add9679a026 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/apiservices.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/apiservices.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func (c *Client) ListAPIServices(opts metav1.ListOptions) (*apiregistrationv1.AP
 	return c.apiServices().List(opts)
 }
 
+// DeleteAPIService will gracefully delete an APIService with the given <name>.
+func (c *Client) DeleteAPIService(name string) error {
+	return c.apiServices().Delete(name, &defaultDeleteOptions)
+}
+
 // DeleteAPIServiceForcefully will forcefully delete an APIService with the given <name>.
 func (c *Client) DeleteAPIServiceForcefully(name string) error {
 	apiService, err := c.apiServices().Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
diff --git a/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/base.go b/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/base.go
index dc00415fec4..4d3e3cb54c8 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/base.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/base.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ func NewForConfig(config *rest.Config) (*Client, error) {
 		restClient: clientset.Discovery().RESTClient(),
 
 		resourceAPIGroups: map[string][]string{
-			APIServices:               {"apis", "apiregistration.k8s.io", "v1beta1"},
 			CronJobs:                  {"apis", "batch", "v1beta1"},
 			CustomResourceDefinitions: {"apis", "apiextensions.k8s.io", "v1beta1"},
 			DaemonSets:                {"apis", "apps", "v1"},
diff --git a/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/types.go b/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/types.go
index c92cae66a7d..b8f4c5be382 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/types.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kubernetes/base/types.go
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ const (
 	// CustomResourceDefinitions is a constant for a Kubernetes resource with the same name.
 	CustomResourceDefinitions = "customresourcedefinitions"
 
-	// APIServices is a constant for a Kubernetes resource with the same name.
-	APIServices = "apiservices"
-
 	// DaemonSets is a constant for a Kubernetes resource with the same name.
 	DaemonSets = "daemonsets"
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/kubernetes/types.go b/pkg/client/kubernetes/types.go
index a536f3016b3..6406ec89312 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kubernetes/types.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kubernetes/types.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ type Client interface {
 
 	// APIServices
 	ListAPIServices(metav1.ListOptions) (*apiregistrationv1.APIServiceList, error)
+	DeleteAPIService(name string) error
 	DeleteAPIServiceForcefully(name string) error
 
 	// Arbitrary manifests
diff --git a/pkg/client/kubernetes/v110/v110.go b/pkg/client/kubernetes/v110/v110.go
index 1d9d5e62e3c..c594e565c62 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kubernetes/v110/v110.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kubernetes/v110/v110.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ func NewForConfig(config *rest.Config) (*Client, error) {
 
 // NewFrom creates a new client from the given kubernetesv19.Client.
 func NewFrom(v19Client *kubernetesv19.Client) *Client {
-	v19Client.SetResourceAPIGroup(kubernetesbase.APIServices, []string{"apis", "apiregistration.k8s.io", "v1"})
 	return &Client{Client: v19Client}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/operation/botanist/cleanup.go b/pkg/operation/botanist/cleanup.go
index 6c0dc77d783..8f79c5c614f 100644
--- a/pkg/operation/botanist/cleanup.go
+++ b/pkg/operation/botanist/cleanup.go
@@ -27,20 +27,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	customResourceDefinitionExceptions = map[string]bool{
-		"felixconfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org":   true,
-		"bgppeers.crd.projectcalico.org":              true,
-		"bgpconfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org":     true,
-		"ippools.crd.projectcalico.org":               true,
-		"clusterinformations.crd.projectcalico.org":   true,
-		"globalnetworkpolicies.crd.projectcalico.org": true,
-		"globalnetworksets.crd.projectcalico.org":     true,
-		"networkpolicies.crd.projectcalico.org":       true,
-		"hostendpoints.crd.projectcalico.org":         true,
-	}
-
 	exceptions = map[string]map[string]bool{
-		kubernetesbase.CustomResourceDefinitions: customResourceDefinitionExceptions,
+		kubernetesbase.CustomResourceDefinitions: map[string]bool{
+			"felixconfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org":   true,
+			"bgppeers.crd.projectcalico.org":              true,
+			"bgpconfigurations.crd.projectcalico.org":     true,
+			"ippools.crd.projectcalico.org":               true,
+			"clusterinformations.crd.projectcalico.org":   true,
+			"globalnetworkpolicies.crd.projectcalico.org": true,
+			"globalnetworksets.crd.projectcalico.org":     true,
+			"networkpolicies.crd.projectcalico.org":       true,
+			"hostendpoints.crd.projectcalico.org":         true,
+		},
 		kubernetesbase.DaemonSets: {
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s/calico-node", metav1.NamespaceSystem): true,
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s/kube-proxy", metav1.NamespaceSystem):  true,
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ func (b *Botanist) ForceDeleteCustomResourceDefinitions() error {
 
 	var result error
 	for _, crd := range crdList.Items {
-		if omit, ok := customResourceDefinitionExceptions[crd.Name]; !ok || !omit {
+		if omit, ok := exceptions[kubernetesbase.CustomResourceDefinitions][crd.Name]; !ok || !omit {
 			if err := b.K8sShootClient.DeleteCRDForcefully(crd.Name); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 			}
@@ -129,16 +127,20 @@ func (b *Botanist) ForceDeleteCustomResourceDefinitions() error {
 // CleanupCustomAPIServices deletes all the custom API services in the Kubernetes cluster.
 // It will wait until all resources have been cleaned up.
 func (b *Botanist) CleanupCustomAPIServices() error {
-	var (
-		apiGroups           = b.K8sShootClient.GetResourceAPIGroups()
-		resource            = kubernetesbase.APIServices
-		apiServiceGroupPath = apiGroups[resource]
-	)
-
-	if err := b.K8sShootClient.CleanupAPIGroupResources(exceptions, resource, apiServiceGroupPath); err != nil {
+	apiServiceList, err := b.K8sShootClient.ListAPIServices(metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return b.waitForAPIGroupCleanedUp(apiServiceGroupPath, resource)
+
+	var result error
+	for _, apiService := range apiServiceList.Items {
+		if apiService.Spec.Service != nil {
+			if err := b.K8sShootClient.DeleteAPIService(apiService.Name); err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				result = multierror.Append(result, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return result
 }
 
 // ForceDeleteCustomAPIServices forcefully deletes all custom API services,