diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fc1f188ac..7de3e6c6f6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ set(PDAL_BASE_HPP
   "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/Stage.hpp"
   "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/StageFactory.hpp"
   "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/StageInfo.hpp"
-  "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/StageRunner.hpp"
   "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/StreamFactory.hpp"
   "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/UserCallback.hpp"
   "${PDAL_HEADERS_DIR}/Utils.hpp"
diff --git a/src/Stage.cpp b/src/Stage.cpp
index a6125ad8b1..4d7a4c87f7 100644
--- a/src/Stage.cpp
+++ b/src/Stage.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 #include <pdal/GlobalEnvironment.hpp>
 #include <pdal/Stage.hpp>
 #include <pdal/SpatialReference.hpp>
-#include <pdal/StageRunner.hpp>
+
+#include "StageRunner.hpp"
 
 #include <memory>
 
diff --git a/include/pdal/StageRunner.hpp b/src/StageRunner.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from include/pdal/StageRunner.hpp
rename to src/StageRunner.hpp