diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index d995d27..4d401f2 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 HEAD
 ----
 
+- Breaking: if your jobs use Kiba's "legacy runner" via `config :kiba, runner: Kiba::Runner`, be aware that this legacy runner has been removed in [#96](https://github.com/thbar/kiba/pull/96). The upgrade path is to remove this config line and let Kiba use the more modern `Kiba::StreamingRunner`, which is the default anyway since Kiba v3.0.0 (see [#83](https://github.com/thbar/kiba/pull/83) for context) and is normally fully backward-compatible.
+
 3.6.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/lib/kiba.rb b/lib/kiba.rb
index 6671ecf..a9a619d 100644
--- a/lib/kiba.rb
+++ b/lib/kiba.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 require 'kiba/control'
 require 'kiba/context'
 require 'kiba/parser'
-require 'kiba/runner'
 require 'kiba/streaming_runner'
 require 'kiba/dsl_extensions/config'
 
diff --git a/lib/kiba/runner.rb b/lib/kiba/runner.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c9000a..0000000
--- a/lib/kiba/runner.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-module Kiba
-  module Runner
-    extend self
-
-    # allow to handle a block form just like a regular transform
-    class AliasingProc < Proc
-      alias_method :process, :call
-    end
-
-    def run(control)
-      run_pre_processes(control)
-      process_rows(
-        to_instances(control.sources),
-        to_instances(control.transforms, true),
-        destinations = to_instances(control.destinations)
-      )
-      close_destinations(destinations)
-      run_post_processes(control)
-    end
-
-    def run_pre_processes(control)
-      to_instances(control.pre_processes, true, false).each(&:call)
-    end
-
-    def run_post_processes(control)
-      to_instances(control.post_processes, true, false).each(&:call)
-    end
-
-    def close_destinations(destinations)
-      destinations
-      .find_all { |d| d.respond_to?(:close) }
-      .each(&:close)
-    end
-
-    def process_rows(sources, transforms, destinations)
-      sources.each do |source|
-        source.each do |row|
-          transforms.each do |transform|
-            row = transform.process(row)
-            break unless row
-          end
-          next unless row
-          destinations.each do |destination|
-            destination.write(row)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # not using keyword args because JRuby defaults to 1.9 syntax currently
-    def to_instances(definitions, allow_block = false, allow_class = true)
-      definitions.map do |definition|
-        to_instance(
-          *definition.values_at(:klass, :args, :block),
-          allow_block, allow_class
-        )
-      end
-    end
-
-    def to_instance(klass, args, block, allow_block, allow_class)
-      if klass && block
-        fail 'Class and block form cannot be used together at the moment'
-      elsif klass
-        fail 'Class form is not allowed here' unless allow_class
-        klass.new(*args)
-      elsif block
-        fail 'Block form is not allowed here' unless allow_block
-        AliasingProc.new(&block)
-      else
-        fail 'Nil parameters not allowed here'
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/kiba/streaming_runner.rb b/lib/kiba/streaming_runner.rb
index 943fbc9..b574804 100644
--- a/lib/kiba/streaming_runner.rb
+++ b/lib/kiba/streaming_runner.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
 module Kiba
   module StreamingRunner
-    include Runner
     extend self
-    
+
+    # allow to handle a block form just like a regular transform
+    class AliasingProc < Proc
+      alias_method :process, :call
+    end
+
+    def run(control)
+      run_pre_processes(control)
+      process_rows(
+        to_instances(control.sources),
+        to_instances(control.transforms, true),
+        destinations = to_instances(control.destinations)
+      )
+      close_destinations(destinations)
+      run_post_processes(control)
+    end
+
+    def run_pre_processes(control)
+      to_instances(control.pre_processes, true, false).each(&:call)
+    end
+
+    def run_post_processes(control)
+      to_instances(control.post_processes, true, false).each(&:call)
+    end
+
+    def close_destinations(destinations)
+      destinations
+      .find_all { |d| d.respond_to?(:close) }
+      .each(&:close)
+    end
+
     def transform_stream(stream, t)
       Enumerator.new do |y|
         stream.each do |input_row|
@@ -34,5 +63,29 @@ def process_rows(sources, transforms, destinations)
         destinations.each { |d| d.write(r) }
       end
     end
+
+    # not using keyword args because JRuby defaults to 1.9 syntax currently
+    def to_instances(definitions, allow_block = false, allow_class = true)
+      definitions.map do |definition|
+        to_instance(
+          *definition.values_at(:klass, :args, :block),
+          allow_block, allow_class
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    def to_instance(klass, args, block, allow_block, allow_class)
+      if klass && block
+        fail 'Class and block form cannot be used together at the moment'
+      elsif klass
+        fail 'Class form is not allowed here' unless allow_class
+        klass.new(*args)
+      elsif block
+        fail 'Block form is not allowed here' unless allow_block
+        AliasingProc.new(&block)
+      else
+        fail 'Nil parameters not allowed here'
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
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diff --git a/test/test_runner.rb b/test/test_runner.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 33fb03e..0000000
--- a/test/test_runner.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-require_relative 'helper'
-require_relative 'shared_runner_tests'
-
-class TestRunner < Kiba::Test
-  def kiba_run(job)
-    job.config[:kiba] = {runner: Kiba::Runner}
-    Kiba.run(job)
-  end
-
-  include SharedRunnerTests
-end