diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Configuration.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Configuration.cs
index 51325d4..d24a7e3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Configuration.cs
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices
                     return new HttpNodeInstance(options.ProjectPath, /* port */ 0, watchFileExtensions);
                 case NodeHostingModel.Socket:
                     return new SocketNodeInstance(options.ProjectPath, watchFileExtensions);
-                case NodeHostingModel.InputOutputStream:
-                    return new InputOutputStreamNodeInstance(options.ProjectPath);
                 default:
                     throw new ArgumentException("Unknown hosting model: " + options.HostingModel);
             }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-stream.js b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-stream.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d9e792..0000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-stream.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-var path = require('path');
-var readline = require('readline');
-var invocationPrefix = 'invoke:';
-
-function invocationCallback(errorValue, successValue) {
-    if (errorValue) {
-        throw new Error('InputOutputStreamHost doesn\'t support errors. Got error: ' + errorValue.toString());
-    } else {
-        var serializedResult = JSON.stringify(successValue);
-        console.log(serializedResult);
-    }
-}
-
-readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin }).on('line', function (message) {
-  if (message && message.substring(0, invocationPrefix.length) === invocationPrefix) {
-    var invocation = JSON.parse(message.substring(invocationPrefix.length));
-    var invokedModule = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), invocation.moduleName));
-    var func = invocation.exportedFunctionName ? invokedModule[invocation.exportedFunctionName] : invokedModule;
-    func.apply(null, [invocationCallback].concat(invocation.args));
-  }
-});
-
-console.log('[Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices:Listening]'); // The .NET app waits for this signal before sending any invocations
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/InputOutputStreamNodeInstance.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/InputOutputStreamNodeInstance.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index ffa2cdc..0000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/InputOutputStreamNodeInstance.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// This is just to demonstrate that other transports are possible. This implementation is extremely
-    /// dubious - if the Node-side code fails to conform to the expected protocol in any way (e.g., has an
-    /// error), then it will just hang forever. So don't use this.
-    ///
-    /// But it's fast - the communication round-trip time is about 0.2ms (tested on OS X on a recent machine),
-    /// versus 2-3ms for the HTTP transport.
-    ///
-    /// Instead of directly using stdin/stdout, we could use either regular sockets (TCP) or use named pipes
-    /// on Windows and domain sockets on Linux / OS X, but either way would need a system for framing the
-    /// requests, associating them with responses, and scheduling use of the comms channel.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <seealso cref="Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.OutOfProcessNodeInstance" />
-    internal class InputOutputStreamNodeInstance : OutOfProcessNodeInstance
-    {
-        private static readonly JsonSerializerSettings JsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings
-        {
-            ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
-        };
-
-        private TaskCompletionSource<string> _currentInvocationResult;
-        private readonly SemaphoreSlim _invocationSemaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(1);
-
-        public InputOutputStreamNodeInstance(string projectPath)
-            : base(
-                EmbeddedResourceReader.Read(
-                    typeof(InputOutputStreamNodeInstance),
-                    "/Content/Node/entrypoint-stream.js"),
-                projectPath)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public override async Task<T> Invoke<T>(NodeInvocationInfo invocationInfo)
-        {
-            await _invocationSemaphore.WaitAsync();
-            try
-            {
-                await EnsureReady();
-
-                var payloadJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(invocationInfo, JsonSerializerSettings);
-                var nodeProcess = NodeProcess;
-                _currentInvocationResult = new TaskCompletionSource<string>();
-                nodeProcess.StandardInput.Write("\ninvoke:");
-                nodeProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine(payloadJson); // WriteLineAsync isn't supported cross-platform
-                var resultString = await _currentInvocationResult.Task;
-                return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(resultString);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                _invocationSemaphore.Release();
-                _currentInvocationResult = null;
-            }
-        }
-
-        protected override void OnOutputDataReceived(string outputData)
-        {
-            if (_currentInvocationResult != null)
-            {
-                _currentInvocationResult.SetResult(outputData);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                base.OnOutputDataReceived(outputData);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/OutOfProcessNodeInstance.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/OutOfProcessNodeInstance.cs
index 1f65c60..1a8a5e1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/OutOfProcessNodeInstance.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/HostingModels/OutOfProcessNodeInstance.cs
@@ -27,23 +27,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices
             _projectPath = projectPath;
             _commandLineArguments = commandLineArguments ?? string.Empty;
         }
-        
+
         public string CommandLineArguments
         {
             get { return _commandLineArguments; }
             set { _commandLineArguments = value; }
         }
 
-        protected Process NodeProcess
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                // This is only exposed to support the unreliable InputOutputStreamNodeInstance, which is just to verify that
-                // other hosting/transport mechanisms are possible. This shouldn't really be exposed, and will be removed.
-                return this._nodeProcess;
-            }
-        }
-
         public Task<T> Invoke<T>(string moduleName, params object[] args)
             => InvokeExport<T>(moduleName, null, args);
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/NodeHostingModel.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/NodeHostingModel.cs
index d5b7b45..eacca81 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/NodeHostingModel.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/NodeHostingModel.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices
     public enum NodeHostingModel
     {
         Http,
-        InputOutputStream,
         Socket,
     }
 }