diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/ssh/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/ssh/__init__.py
index a05077c7..920c85a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/ssh/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/ssh/__init__.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ from typing import (
     IO,
     Any,
     Generic,
-    Literal,
     TypeVar,
-    overload,
 )
 
 # https://no-color.org
@@ -786,74 +784,3 @@ def parse_deployment_address(
         meta=meta,
         ssh_options=options,
     )
-
-
-@overload
-def run(
-    cmd: list[str] | str,
-    text: Literal[True] = ...,
-    stdout: FILE = ...,
-    stderr: FILE = ...,
-    extra_env: dict[str, str] = ...,
-    cwd: None | str | Path = ...,
-    check: bool = ...,
-) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
-    ...
-
-
-@overload
-def run(
-    cmd: list[str] | str,
-    text: Literal[False],
-    stdout: FILE = ...,
-    stderr: FILE = ...,
-    extra_env: dict[str, str] = ...,
-    cwd: None | str | Path = ...,
-    check: bool = ...,
-) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[bytes]:
-    ...
-
-
-def run(
-    cmd: list[str] | str,
-    text: bool = True,
-    stdout: FILE = None,
-    stderr: FILE = None,
-    extra_env: dict[str, str] = {},
-    cwd: None | str | Path = None,
-    check: bool = True,
-) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[Any]:
-    """
-    Run command locally
-
-    @cmd if this parameter is a string the command is interpreted as a shell command,
-         otherwise if it is a list, than the first list element is the command
-         and the remaining list elements are passed as arguments to the
-         command.
-    @text when true, file objects for stdout and stderr are opened in text mode.
-    @stdout if not None stdout of the command will be redirected to this file i.e. stdout=subprocss.PIPE
-    @stderr if not None stderr of the command will be redirected to this file i.e. stderr=subprocess.PIPE
-    @extra_env environment variables to override whe running the command
-    @cwd current working directory to run the process in
-    @check If check is true, and the process exits with a non-zero exit code, a
-           CalledProcessError exception will be raised. Attributes of that exception
-           hold the arguments, the exit code, and stdout and stderr if they were
-           captured.
-    """
-    if isinstance(cmd, list):
-        info("$ " + " ".join(cmd))
-    else:
-        info(f"$ {cmd}")
-    env = os.environ.copy()
-    env.update(extra_env)
-
-    return subprocess.run(
-        cmd,
-        stdout=stdout,
-        stderr=stderr,
-        env=env,
-        cwd=cwd,
-        check=check,
-        shell=not isinstance(cmd, list),
-        text=text,
-    )
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_ssh_local.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_ssh_local.py
index 3eee6ce9..99ec1a6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_ssh_local.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_ssh_local.py
@@ -1,32 +1,11 @@
 import subprocess
 
-from clan_cli.ssh import Host, HostGroup, run
-
-
-def test_run() -> None:
-    p = run("echo hello")
-    assert p.stdout is None
-
-
-def test_run_failure() -> None:
-    p = run("exit 1", check=False)
-    assert p.returncode == 1
-
-    try:
-        p = run("exit 1")
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-    else:
-        assert False, "Command should have raised an error"
-
+from clan_cli.ssh import Host, HostGroup
 
 hosts = HostGroup([Host("some_host")])
 
 
 def test_run_environment() -> None:
-    p1 = run("echo $env_var", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, extra_env=dict(env_var="true"))
-    assert p1.stdout == "true\n"
-
     p2 = hosts.run_local(
         "echo $env_var", extra_env=dict(env_var="true"), stdout=subprocess.PIPE
     )
@@ -38,17 +17,6 @@ def test_run_environment() -> None:
     assert "env_var=true" in p3[0].result.stdout
 
 
-def test_run_non_shell() -> None:
-    p = run(["echo", "$hello"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    assert p.stdout == "$hello\n"
-
-
-def test_run_stderr_stdout() -> None:
-    p = run("echo 1; echo 2 >&2", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    assert p.stdout == "1\n"
-    assert p.stderr == "2\n"
-
-
 def test_run_local() -> None:
     hosts.run_local("echo hello")