diff --git a/spec/config_spec.cr b/spec/config_spec.cr
index fbfb685..9ed90ee 100644
--- a/spec/config_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/config_spec.cr
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ describe "Config" do
     config.host_binding.should eq "127.0.0.1"
   end
 
-  it "sets session values" do
-    config = Kemal.config
-    config.session["name"] = "kemal"
-    config.session["expire_time"] = 1.hours
-    config.session["name"].as(String).should eq "kemal"
-    config.session["expire_time"].as(Time::Span).should eq 1.hours
-  end
-
   it "adds a custom handler" do
     config = Kemal.config
     config.add_handler CustomTestHandler.new
diff --git a/src/kemal.cr b/src/kemal.cr
index 98d90e3..4b3809f 100644
--- a/src/kemal.cr
+++ b/src/kemal.cr
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ module Kemal
     config.server.tls = config.ssl
     {% end %}
 
-    Kemal::Sessions.run_reaper!
-
     unless Kemal.config.error_handlers.has_key?(404)
       error 404 do |env|
         render_404
diff --git a/src/kemal/config.cr b/src/kemal/config.cr
index 79a398b..4d05471 100644
--- a/src/kemal/config.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/config.cr
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ module Kemal
     {% end %}
 
     property host_binding, ssl, port, env, public_folder, logging, running,
-      always_rescue, serve_static : (Bool | Hash(String, Bool)), server, session : Hash(String, Time::Span | String), extra_options
+      always_rescue, serve_static : (Bool | Hash(String, Bool)), server, extra_options
 
     def initialize
       @host_binding = "0.0.0.0"
       @port = 3000
       @env = "development"
       @serve_static = {"dir_listing" => false, "gzip" => true}
-      @session = {"name" => "kemal_session", "expire_time" => 48.hours}
       @public_folder = "./public"
       @logging = true
       @logger = nil
diff --git a/src/kemal/session.cr b/src/kemal/session.cr
deleted file mode 100644
index d1e1ccc..0000000
--- a/src/kemal/session.cr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-require "secure_random"
-
-module Kemal
-  # Kemal's default session is in-memory only and holds simple String values only.
-  # The client-side cookie stores a random ID.
-  #
-  # Kemal handlers can access the session like so:
-  #
-  #   get("/") do |env|
-  #     env.session["abc"] = "xyz"
-  #     uid = env.session["user_id"]?.as(Int32)
-  #   end
-  #
-  # Note that only String values are allowed.
-  #
-  # Sessions are pruned hourly after 48 hours of inactivity.
-  class Sessions
-    # :nodoc:
-    alias SessionTypes = String | Int32 | Float64 | Bool
-
-    # In-memory, ephemeral datastore only.
-    #
-    # Implementing Redis or Memcached as a datastore
-    # is left as an exercise to another reader.
-    #
-    # Note that the only thing we store on the client-side
-    # is an opaque, random String.  If we actually wanted to
-    # store any data, we'd need to implement encryption, key
-    # rotation, tamper-detection and that whole iceberg.
-    STORE = Hash(String, Session).new
-
-    class Session
-      getter! id : String
-      property! last_access_at : Int64
-
-      def initialize(@id)
-        @last_access_at = Time.new.epoch_ms
-        @store = Hash(String, SessionTypes).new
-      end
-
-      def [](key : String)
-        @last_access_at = Time.now.epoch_ms
-        @store[key]
-      end
-
-      def []?(key : String)
-        @last_access_at = Time.now.epoch_ms
-        @store[key]?
-      end
-
-      def []=(key : String, value : SessionTypes)
-        @last_access_at = Time.now.epoch_ms
-        @store[key] = value
-      end
-
-      def delete(key : String)
-        @last_access_at = Time.now.epoch_ms
-        @store.delete(key)
-      end
-    end
-
-    getter! id : String
-
-    def initialize(ctx : HTTP::Server::Context)
-      id = ctx.request.cookies[Kemal.config.session["name"].as(String)]?.try &.value
-      if id && id.size == 32
-        # valid
-      else
-        # new or invalid
-        id = SecureRandom.hex
-      end
-
-      ctx.response.cookies << HTTP::Cookie.new(name: Kemal.config.session["name"].as(String), value: id, http_only: true)
-      @id = id
-    end
-
-    def []=(key : String, value : SessionTypes)
-      store = STORE[id]? || begin
-        STORE[id] = Session.new(id)
-      end
-      store[key] = value
-    end
-
-    def [](key : String)
-      STORE[@id][key]
-    end
-
-    def []?(key : String)
-      STORE[@id]?.try &.[key]?
-    end
-
-    def delete(key : String)
-      STORE[@id]?.try &.delete(key)
-    end
-
-    def self.prune!(before = (Time.now - Kemal.config.session["expire_time"].as(Time::Span)).epoch_ms)
-      Kemal::Sessions::STORE.delete_if { |id, entry| entry.last_access_at < before }
-      nil
-    end
-
-    # This is an hourly job to prune the in-memory hash of any
-    # sessions which have expired due to inactivity, otherwise
-    # we'll have a slow memory leak and possible DDoS vector.
-    def self.run_reaper!
-      spawn do
-        loop do
-          prune!
-          sleep 3600
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end