diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
index d3e7e7cb55392..f7e7a0a70a12c 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ func AddHandlers(h printers.PrintHandler) {
 
 	serviceAccountColumnDefinitions := []metav1.TableColumnDefinition{
 		{Name: "Name", Type: "string", Format: "name", Description: metav1.ObjectMeta{}.SwaggerDoc()["name"]},
-		{Name: "Secrets", Type: "string", Description: apiv1.ServiceAccount{}.SwaggerDoc()["secrets"]},
 		{Name: "Age", Type: "string", Description: metav1.ObjectMeta{}.SwaggerDoc()["creationTimestamp"]},
 	}
 	_ = h.TableHandler(serviceAccountColumnDefinitions, printServiceAccount)
@@ -1915,7 +1914,7 @@ func printServiceAccount(obj *api.ServiceAccount, options printers.GenerateOptio
 	row := metav1.TableRow{
 		Object: runtime.RawExtension{Object: obj},
 	}
-	row.Cells = append(row.Cells, obj.Name, int64(len(obj.Secrets)), translateTimestampSince(obj.CreationTimestamp))
+	row.Cells = append(row.Cells, obj.Name, translateTimestampSince(obj.CreationTimestamp))
 	return []metav1.TableRow{row}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
index 7aec7b01ff1ce..44a684bed76d2 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func TestPrintServiceAccount(t *testing.T) {
 				Secrets: []api.ObjectReference{},
 			},
 			// Columns: Name, (Num) Secrets, Age
-			expected: []metav1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"sa1", int64(0), "0s"}}},
+			expected: []metav1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"sa1", "0s"}}},
 		},
 		// Basic service account with two secrets.
 		{
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func TestPrintServiceAccount(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			// Columns: Name, (Num) Secrets, Age
-			expected: []metav1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"sa1", int64(2), "0s"}}},
+			expected: []metav1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"sa1", "0s"}}},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
index aa23223783a5f..bdec5c364ed0e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -3445,61 +3445,15 @@ func (d *ServiceAccountDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, describerSett
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	tokens := []corev1.Secret{}
-
-	// missingSecrets is the set of all secrets present in the
-	// serviceAccount but not present in the set of existing secrets.
-	missingSecrets := sets.New[string]()
-	secrets := corev1.SecretList{}
-	err = runtimeresource.FollowContinue(&metav1.ListOptions{Limit: describerSettings.ChunkSize},
-		func(options metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
-			newList, err := d.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).List(context.TODO(), options)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, runtimeresource.EnhanceListError(err, options, corev1.ResourceSecrets.String())
-			}
-			secrets.Items = append(secrets.Items, newList.Items...)
-			return newList, nil
-		})
-
-	// errors are tolerated here in order to describe the serviceAccount with all
-	// of the secrets that it references, even if those secrets cannot be fetched.
-	if err == nil {
-		// existingSecrets is the set of all secrets remaining on a
-		// service account that are not present in the "tokens" slice.
-		existingSecrets := sets.New[string]()
-
-		for _, s := range secrets.Items {
-			if s.Type == corev1.SecretTypeServiceAccountToken {
-				name := s.Annotations[corev1.ServiceAccountNameKey]
-				uid := s.Annotations[corev1.ServiceAccountUIDKey]
-				if name == serviceAccount.Name && uid == string(serviceAccount.UID) {
-					tokens = append(tokens, s)
-				}
-			}
-			existingSecrets.Insert(s.Name)
-		}
-
-		for _, s := range serviceAccount.Secrets {
-			if !existingSecrets.Has(s.Name) {
-				missingSecrets.Insert(s.Name)
-			}
-		}
-		for _, s := range serviceAccount.ImagePullSecrets {
-			if !existingSecrets.Has(s.Name) {
-				missingSecrets.Insert(s.Name)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	var events *corev1.EventList
 	if describerSettings.ShowEvents {
 		events, _ = searchEvents(d.CoreV1(), serviceAccount, describerSettings.ChunkSize)
 	}
 
-	return describeServiceAccount(serviceAccount, tokens, missingSecrets, events)
+	return describeServiceAccount(serviceAccount, events)
 }
 
-func describeServiceAccount(serviceAccount *corev1.ServiceAccount, tokens []corev1.Secret, missingSecrets sets.Set[string], events *corev1.EventList) (string, error) {
+func describeServiceAccount(serviceAccount *corev1.ServiceAccount, events *corev1.EventList) (string, error) {
 	return tabbedString(func(out io.Writer) error {
 		w := NewPrefixWriter(out)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Name:\t%s\n", serviceAccount.Name)
@@ -3510,28 +3464,16 @@ func describeServiceAccount(serviceAccount *corev1.ServiceAccount, tokens []core
 		var (
 			emptyHeader = "                   "
 			pullHeader  = "Image pull secrets:"
-			mountHeader = "Mountable secrets: "
-			tokenHeader = "Tokens:            "
 
-			pullSecretNames  = []string{}
-			mountSecretNames = []string{}
-			tokenSecretNames = []string{}
+			pullSecretNames = []string{}
 		)
 
 		for _, s := range serviceAccount.ImagePullSecrets {
 			pullSecretNames = append(pullSecretNames, s.Name)
 		}
-		for _, s := range serviceAccount.Secrets {
-			mountSecretNames = append(mountSecretNames, s.Name)
-		}
-		for _, s := range tokens {
-			tokenSecretNames = append(tokenSecretNames, s.Name)
-		}
 
 		types := map[string][]string{
-			pullHeader:  pullSecretNames,
-			mountHeader: mountSecretNames,
-			tokenHeader: tokenSecretNames,
+			pullHeader: pullSecretNames,
 		}
 		for _, header := range sets.List(sets.KeySet(types)) {
 			names := types[header]
@@ -3540,11 +3482,7 @@ func describeServiceAccount(serviceAccount *corev1.ServiceAccount, tokens []core
 			} else {
 				prefix := header
 				for _, name := range names {
-					if missingSecrets.Has(name) {
-						w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\t%s (not found)\n", prefix, name)
-					} else {
-						w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\t%s\n", prefix, name)
-					}
+					w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\t%s\n", prefix, name)
 					prefix = emptyHeader
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index e11ea73675100..f65109afed227 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -6238,9 +6238,7 @@ func TestDescribeServiceAccount(t *testing.T) {
 Namespace:           foo
 Labels:              <none>
 Annotations:         <none>
-Image pull secrets:  test-local-ref (not found)
-Mountable secrets:   test-objectref (not found)
-Tokens:              <none>
+Image pull secrets:  test-local-ref
 Events:              <none>` + "\n"
 	if out != expectedOut {
 		t.Errorf("expected : %q\n but got output:\n %q", expectedOut, out)
diff --git a/test/cmd/core.sh b/test/cmd/core.sh
index 3526a0bbd882b..1859b31606247 100755
--- a/test/cmd/core.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/core.sh
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ run_service_accounts_tests() {
   # Post-condition: secret exists and has expected values
   kube::test::get_object_assert 'serviceaccount/test-service-account --namespace=test-service-accounts' "{{$id_field}}" 'test-service-account'
   # Describe command should respect the chunk size parameter
-  kube::test::describe_resource_chunk_size_assert serviceaccounts secrets,events "--namespace=test-service-accounts"
+  kube::test::describe_resource_chunk_size_assert serviceaccounts events "--namespace=test-service-accounts"
   # Clean-up
   kubectl delete serviceaccount test-service-account --namespace=test-service-accounts
   # Clean up