diff --git a/.changeset/famous-roses-smell.md b/.changeset/famous-roses-smell.md
index 9ea661cfac..26cbc4b9d3 100644
--- a/.changeset/famous-roses-smell.md
+++ b/.changeset/famous-roses-smell.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': minor
 ---
 
-`TechdocsGenerator` won't require a `containerRunner` option anymore for generating TechDocs in docker
+**BREAKING**: `TechdocsGenerator` won't require a `containerRunner` option anymore for generating TechDocs in docker.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
index b74772a376..81bba6990f 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ import { UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 
-// @public
-export interface ContainerRunner {
-  runContainer(opts: RunContainerOptions): Promise<void>;
-}
-
 // @public
 export class DirectoryPreparer implements PreparerBase {
   static fromConfig(config: Config, options: PreparerConfig): DirectoryPreparer;
@@ -52,7 +47,6 @@ export type GeneratorBuilder = {
 
 // @public
 export type GeneratorOptions = {
-  containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
   logger: Logger;
 };
 
@@ -239,19 +233,6 @@ export type ReadinessResponse = {
 // @public
 export type RemoteProtocol = 'url' | 'dir';
 
-// @public
-export type RunContainerOptions = {
-  imageName: string;
-  command?: string | string[];
-  args: string[];
-  logStream?: Writable;
-  mountDirs?: Record<string, string>;
-  workingDir?: string;
-  envVars?: Record<string, string>;
-  pullImage?: boolean;
-  defaultUser?: boolean;
-};
-
 // @public
 export type SupportedGeneratorKey = 'techdocs' | string;
 
@@ -280,7 +261,6 @@ export interface TechDocsDocument extends IndexableDocument {
 export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
   constructor(options: {
     logger: Logger;
-    containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
     config: Config;
     scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
   });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.test.ts
index 066394ba86..4a9e364af3 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import Stream, { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { DockerContainerRunner, UserOptions } from './DockerContainerRunner';
 import { createMockDirectory } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { ContainerRunner } from './types';
 
 const mockPull = jest.fn();
 const mockRun = jest.fn();
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ jest.mock(
 );
 
 describe('DockerContainerRunner', () => {
-  let containerTaskApi: ContainerRunner;
+  let containerTaskApi: DockerContainerRunner;
 
   const inputDir = createMockDirectory();
   const outputDir = createMockDirectory();
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.ts
index 31cb6bcaa8..b7cb7f1c86 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/DockerContainerRunner.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { ForwardedError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { pipeline as pipelineStream } from 'stream';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
-import { ContainerRunner, RunContainerOptions } from './types';
+import { Writable } from 'stream';
 
 const pipeline = promisify(pipelineStream);
 
@@ -29,18 +29,26 @@ export type UserOptions = {
 };
 
 /**
- * A {@link ContainerRunner} for Docker containers.
- *
- * @public
+ * @internal
  */
-export class DockerContainerRunner implements ContainerRunner {
+export class DockerContainerRunner {
   private readonly dockerClient: Docker;
 
   constructor() {
     this.dockerClient = new Docker();
   }
 
-  async runContainer(options: RunContainerOptions) {
+  async runContainer(options: {
+    imageName: string;
+    command?: string | string[];
+    args: string[];
+    logStream?: Writable;
+    mountDirs?: Record<string, string>;
+    workingDir?: string;
+    envVars?: Record<string, string>;
+    pullImage?: boolean;
+    defaultUser?: boolean;
+  }) {
     const {
       imageName,
       command,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/generators.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/generators.test.ts
index 3e0571af54..f80f070796 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/generators.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/generators.test.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  ContainerRunner,
-  loggerToWinstonLogger,
-} from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { Generators } from './generators';
 import { TechdocsGenerator } from './techdocs';
@@ -34,10 +31,6 @@ const mockEntity = {
 };
 
 describe('generators', () => {
-  const containerRunner: jest.Mocked<ContainerRunner> = {
-    runContainer: jest.fn(),
-  };
-
   it('should return error if no generator is registered', async () => {
     const generators = new Generators();
 
@@ -50,7 +43,6 @@ describe('generators', () => {
     const generators = new Generators();
     const techdocs = TechdocsGenerator.fromConfig(new ConfigReader({}), {
       logger,
-      containerRunner,
     });
 
     generators.register('techdocs', techdocs);
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/index.ts
index eb0aacff88..aaf27026c2 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/index.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ export { TechdocsGenerator } from './techdocs';
 export { Generators } from './generators';
 export { getMkdocsYml } from './helpers';
 export type {
-  RunContainerOptions,
-  ContainerRunner,
   GeneratorBase,
   GeneratorOptions,
   GeneratorBuilder,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
index 6d7e3030a3..b53e1c27d0 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import {
   patchMkdocsYmlWithPlugins,
 } from './mkdocsPatchers';
 import {
-  ContainerRunner,
   GeneratorBase,
   GeneratorConfig,
   GeneratorOptions,
@@ -58,18 +57,17 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
   private readonly logger: Logger;
   private readonly options: GeneratorConfig;
   private readonly scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
-  private containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
+
   /**
    * Returns a instance of TechDocs generator
    * @param config - A Backstage configuration
    * @param options - Options to configure the generator
    */
   static fromConfig(config: Config, options: GeneratorOptions) {
-    const { containerRunner, logger } = options;
+    const { logger } = options;
     const scmIntegrations = ScmIntegrations.fromConfig(config);
     return new TechdocsGenerator({
       logger,
-      containerRunner,
       config,
       scmIntegrations,
     });
@@ -77,13 +75,11 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
 
   constructor(options: {
     logger: Logger;
-    containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
     config: Config;
     scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
   }) {
     this.logger = options.logger;
     this.options = readGeneratorConfig(options.config, options.logger);
-    this.containerRunner = options.containerRunner;
     this.scmIntegrations = options.scmIntegrations;
   }
 
@@ -155,11 +151,9 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
             `Successfully generated docs from ${inputDir} into ${outputDir} using local mkdocs`,
           );
           break;
-        case 'docker':
-          if (this.containerRunner === undefined) {
-            this.containerRunner = new DockerContainerRunner();
-          }
-          await this.containerRunner.runContainer({
+        case 'docker': {
+          const containerRunner = new DockerContainerRunner();
+          await containerRunner.runContainer({
             imageName:
               this.options.dockerImage ?? TechdocsGenerator.defaultDockerImage,
             args: ['build', '-d', '/output'],
@@ -176,6 +170,7 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
             `Successfully generated docs from ${inputDir} into ${outputDir} using techdocs-container`,
           );
           break;
+        }
         default:
           throw new Error(
             `Invalid config value "${this.options.runIn}" provided in 'techdocs.generators.techdocs'.`,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts
index bde764c713..8a54ec5188 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export type GeneratorRunInType = 'docker' | 'local';
  * @public
  */
 export type GeneratorOptions = {
-  containerRunner?: ContainerRunner;
   logger: Logger;
 };
 
@@ -98,32 +97,3 @@ export type DefaultMkdocsContent = {
   docs_dir: string;
   plugins: String[];
 };
-
-/**
- * Options passed to the {@link ContainerRunner.runContainer} method.
- *
- * @public
- */
-export type RunContainerOptions = {
-  imageName: string;
-  command?: string | string[];
-  args: string[];
-  logStream?: Writable;
-  mountDirs?: Record<string, string>;
-  workingDir?: string;
-  envVars?: Record<string, string>;
-  pullImage?: boolean;
-  defaultUser?: boolean;
-};
-
-/**
- * Handles the running of containers, on behalf of others.
- *
- * @public
- */
-export interface ContainerRunner {
-  /**
-   * Runs a container image to completion.
-   */
-  runContainer(opts: RunContainerOptions): Promise<void>;
-}