diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70d2827..1025b34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ This subspec includes convenient classes to control the VPN tunnel from your app
 - `MockVPNProvider` (default, useful to test on simulator)
 - `OpenVPNProvider`
 
-Set `VPN.shared` to either of them at app launch time.
-
 ### Protocols/OpenVPN
 
 Here you will find the low-level entities on top of which an OpenVPN connection is established. Code is mixed Swift and Obj-C, most of it is not exposed to consumers. The module depends on OpenSSL.
diff --git a/TunnelKit/Sources/Manager/VPN.swift b/TunnelKit/Sources/Manager/VPN.swift
index d3120ef..15ae8ab 100644
--- a/TunnelKit/Sources/Manager/VPN.swift
+++ b/TunnelKit/Sources/Manager/VPN.swift
@@ -36,7 +36,4 @@ public class VPN {
 
     /// The VPN profile did (re)install.
     public static let didReinstall = Notification.Name("VPNDidReinstall")
-
-    /// A singleton `VPNProvider` instance (default is a `MockVPNProvider`). Make sure to set this on app launch.
-    public static var shared: VPNProvider = MockVPNProvider()
 }