diff --git a/io/io_test.go b/io/io_test.go
index f3ce991..6a7a135 100644
--- a/io/io_test.go
+++ b/io/io_test.go
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ func TestSelectOutputProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 		// 	args:     []string{"--json-indent", "xx"},
 		// 	expected: &errWrapper{&jsonProcessor{indent: "xx"}},
 		// },
-		{
-			name:     "raw output",
-			args:     []string{"-F", "raw"},
-			expected: &bytes.Buffer{},
-		},
 		// {
 		// 	name:     "YAML output",
 		// 	args:     []string{"-F", "yaml"},
diff --git a/io/modes.go b/io/modes.go
index 8df0eae..b2a268b 100644
--- a/io/modes.go
+++ b/io/modes.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io
 
 import (
 	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/io/outputjson"
-	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/io/outputraw"
 	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/io/outputtmpl"
 	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/io/outputyaml"
 	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/kouchio"
@@ -13,6 +12,5 @@ const defaultOutputMode = "json"
 var outputModes = map[string]kouchio.OutputMode{
 	defaultOutputMode: &outputjson.JSONMode{},
 	"yaml":            &outputyaml.YAMLMode{},
-	"raw":             &outputraw.RawMode{},
 	"template":        &outputtmpl.TmplMode{},
 }
diff --git a/io/outputraw/raw.go b/io/outputraw/raw.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e94c567..0000000
--- a/io/outputraw/raw.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package outputraw
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"io"
-
-	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/kouchio"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-)
-
-// RawMode passes through the output, unaltered.
-type RawMode struct{}
-
-var _ kouchio.OutputMode = &RawMode{}
-
-// AddFlags does nothing.
-func (m *RawMode) AddFlags(_ *pflag.FlagSet) {}
-
-// New returns w, unaltered.
-func (m *RawMode) New(_ context.Context, w io.Writer) (io.Writer, error) {
-	return w, nil
-}
diff --git a/io/outputraw/raw_test.go b/io/outputraw/raw_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a978838..0000000
--- a/io/outputraw/raw_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package outputraw
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"io"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/flimzy/diff"
-	"github.com/flimzy/testy"
-	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch"
-	"github.com/go-kivik/kouch/internal/test"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func TestRawModeConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
-	mode := &RawMode{}
-	mode.AddFlags(cmd.PersistentFlags())
-
-	test.Flags(t, []string{}, cmd)
-}
-
-func TestRawNew(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		args     []string
-		parseErr string
-		expected io.Writer
-		err      string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:     "happy path",
-			args:     nil,
-			expected: &bytes.Buffer{},
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "invalid args",
-			args:     []string{"--foo"},
-			parseErr: "unknown flag: --foo",
-		},
-	}
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx := context.Background()
-			cmd := &cobra.Command{}
-			mode := &RawMode{}
-			mode.AddFlags(cmd.PersistentFlags())
-
-			err := cmd.ParseFlags(test.args)
-			testy.Error(t, test.parseErr, err)
-
-			ctx = kouch.SetFlags(ctx, cmd.Flags())
-			result, err := mode.New(ctx, &bytes.Buffer{})
-			testy.Error(t, test.err, err)
-			if d := diff.Interface(test.expected, result); d != nil {
-				t.Error(d)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}