diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index e537f8d..e8fff2f 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -38,27 +38,6 @@
             state: directory,
             mode: 755
           }
-        - {
-            path: '{{ runner_dir }}',
-            owner: git,
-            group: git,
-            state: directory,
-            mode: 755
-          }
-        - {
-            path: '{{ runner_dir }}/.cache',
-            owner: git,
-            group: git,
-            state: directory,
-            mode: 2775
-          }
-        - {
-            path: '{{ runner_dir }}/.runner',
-            owner: git,
-            group: git,
-            state: touch,
-            mode: 2775
-          }
 
     - name: copy docker-compose file
       template:
@@ -86,7 +65,6 @@
     app_dir: '/srv/docker/forgejo'
     data_dir: '/home/sonny/vm/forgejo/data'
     postgres_dir: '/home/sonny/vm/forgejo/postgres'
-    runner_dir: '/home/sonny/vm/forgejo/runner'
 
     image_tag: 'codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:9'
 
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.j2 b/templates/docker-compose.j2
index 49dd00a..423fab4 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose.j2
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.j2
@@ -43,27 +43,3 @@ services:
       - forgejo
     volumes:
       - {{ postgres_dir }}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-
-  docker-in-docker:
-    image: docker:dind
-    privileged: true
-    container_name: 'docker_dind'
-    command: ['dockerd', '--host', 'tcp://0.0.0.0:2375', '--tls=false']
-    restart: 'unless-stopped'
-
-  # see https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/admin/runner-installation/#oci-image-installation
-  runner:
-    image: 'code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:3.4.1'
-    user: 1001:1001 # User without root privileges, but with access to {{ runner_dir }}
-    command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 5; forgejo-runner daemon"'
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker-in-docker:2375
-    links:
-      - docker-in-docker
-    depends_on:
-      docker-in-docker:
-        condition: service_started
-
-    volumes:
-      - {{ runner_dir }}:/data
-    restart: 'unless-stopped'