diff --git a/website/data/internals-nav-data.json b/website/data/internals-nav-data.json
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@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
     "title": "Resource Graph",
     "path": "graph"
   },
-  {
-    "title": "Resource Lifecycle",
-    "path": "lifecycle"
-  },
   {
     "title": "Login Protocol",
     "path": "login-protocol"
diff --git a/website/docs/internals/lifecycle.mdx b/website/docs/internals/lifecycle.mdx
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----
-page_title: Resource Lifecycle
-description: >-
-  Resources have a strict lifecycle, and can be thought of as basic state
-  machines. Understanding this lifecycle can help better understand how
-  Terraform generates an execution plan, how it safely executes that plan, and
-  what the resource provider is doing throughout all of this.
----
-
-# Resource Lifecycle
-
-Resources have a strict lifecycle, and can be thought of as basic
-state machines. Understanding this lifecycle can help better understand
-how Terraform generates an execution plan, how it safely executes that
-plan, and what the resource provider is doing throughout all of this.
-
-~> **Advanced Topic!** This page covers technical details
-of Terraform. You don't need to understand these details to
-effectively use Terraform. The details are documented here for
-those who wish to learn about them without having to go
-spelunking through the source code.
-
-## Lifecycle
-
-A resource roughly follows the steps below:
-
-1. `ValidateResource` is called to do a high-level structural
-   validation of a resource's configuration. The configuration
-   at this point is raw and the interpolations have not been processed.
-   The value of any key is not guaranteed and is just meant to be
-   a quick structural check.
-
-1. `Diff` is called with the current state and the configuration.
-   The resource provider inspects this and returns a diff, outlining
-   all the changes that need to occur to the resource. The diff includes
-   details such as whether or not the resource is being destroyed, what
-   attribute necessitates the destroy, old values and new values, whether
-   a value is computed, etc. It is up to the resource provider to
-   have this knowledge.
-
-1. `Apply` is called with the current state and the diff. Apply does
-   not have access to the configuration. This is a safety mechanism
-   that limits the possibility that a provider changes a diff on the
-   fly. `Apply` must apply a diff as prescribed and do nothing else
-   to remain true to the Terraform execution plan. Apply returns the
-   new state of the resource (or nil if the resource was destroyed).
-
-1. If a resource was just created and did not exist before, and the
-   apply succeeded without error, then the provisioners are executed
-   in sequence. If any provisioner errors, the resource is marked as
-   _tainted_, so that it will be destroyed on the next apply.
-
-## Partial State and Error Handling
-
-If an error happens at any stage in the lifecycle of a resource,
-Terraform stores a partial state of the resource. This behavior is
-critical for Terraform to ensure that you don't end up with any
-_zombie_ resources: resources that were created by Terraform but
-no longer managed by Terraform due to a loss of state.
diff --git a/website/layouts/docs.erb b/website/layouts/docs.erb
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@@ -591,10 +591,6 @@
             <a href="/docs/internals/graph.html">Resource Graph</a>
           </li>
 
-          <li>
-            <a href="/docs/internals/lifecycle.html">Resource Lifecycle</a>
-          </li>
-
         </ul>
       </li>