diff --git a/.changes/app-runtime-handle.md b/.changes/app-runtime-handle.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c1912d723..000000000
--- a/.changes/app-runtime-handle.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"tauri": patch
----
-
-Added the `runtime_handle` method on `AppHandle`.
diff --git a/.changes/expose-runtime.md b/.changes/expose-runtime.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 862fb85ef..000000000
--- a/.changes/expose-runtime.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"tauri": patch
----
-
-Re-export the `tauri_runtime` crate as `tauri::runtime`.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/app.rs b/core/tauri/src/app.rs
index 8259de2ef..f8258bb73 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/app.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/app.rs
@@ -275,11 +275,6 @@ impl<R: Runtime> AppHandle<R> {
   pub(crate) fn create_proxy(&self) -> R::EventLoopProxy {
     self.runtime_handle.create_proxy()
   }
-
-  /// Returns the handle to the application runtime.
-  pub fn runtime_handle(&self) -> &R::Handle {
-    &self.runtime_handle
-  }
 }
 
 /// APIs specific to the wry runtime.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
index 3d58f2391..e31e4cc1e 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ mod manager;
 mod pattern;
 pub mod plugin;
 pub mod window;
-pub use tauri_runtime as runtime;
+use tauri_runtime as runtime;
 #[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
 mod ios;
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]