diff --git a/doc/source/api.rst b/doc/source/api.rst
index 33ac5fde651d4..fbce64df84859 100644
--- a/doc/source/api.rst
+++ b/doc/source/api.rst
@@ -1237,58 +1237,7 @@ Serialization / IO / Conversion
    Panel.to_frame
    Panel.to_xarray
    Panel.to_clipboard
-
-.. _api.panel4d:
-
-Panel4D
--------
-
-Constructor
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. autosummary::
-   :toctree: generated/
-
-   Panel4D
-
-Serialization / IO / Conversion
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. autosummary::
-   :toctree: generated/
-
-   Panel4D.to_xarray
-
-Attributes and underlying data
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-**Axes**
-
-  * **labels**: axis 1; each label corresponds to a Panel contained inside
-  * **items**: axis 2; each item corresponds to a DataFrame contained inside
-  * **major_axis**: axis 3; the index (rows) of each of the DataFrames
-  * **minor_axis**: axis 4; the columns of each of the DataFrames
-
-.. autosummary::
-   :toctree: generated/
-
-   Panel4D.values
-   Panel4D.axes
-   Panel4D.ndim
-   Panel4D.size
-   Panel4D.shape
-   Panel4D.dtypes
-   Panel4D.ftypes
-   Panel4D.get_dtype_counts
-   Panel4D.get_ftype_counts
-
-Conversion
-~~~~~~~~~~
-.. autosummary::
-   :toctree: generated/
-
-   Panel4D.astype
-   Panel4D.copy
-   Panel4D.isnull
-   Panel4D.notnull
-
+   
 .. _api.index:
 
 Index
diff --git a/scripts/api_rst_coverage.py b/scripts/api_rst_coverage.py
index cc456f03c02ec..6bb5383509be6 100644
--- a/scripts/api_rst_coverage.py
+++ b/scripts/api_rst_coverage.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 def main():
     # classes whose members to check
-    classes = [pd.Series, pd.DataFrame, pd.Panel, pd.Panel4D]
+    classes = [pd.Series, pd.DataFrame, pd.Panel]
 
     def class_name_sort_key(x):
         if x.startswith('Series'):
-            # make sure Series precedes DataFrame, Panel, and Panel4D
+            # make sure Series precedes DataFrame, and Panel.
             return ' ' + x
         else:
             return x