diff --git a/cfgsync/README.md b/cfgsync/README.md
index c113019..899d32c 100644
--- a/cfgsync/README.md
+++ b/cfgsync/README.md
@@ -238,14 +238,16 @@ serve(4400, MyMaterializer).await?;
 Fetching and writing artifacts:
 
 ```rust
-use cfgsync_runtime::{OutputMap, fetch_and_write};
+use cfgsync_runtime::{Client, OutputMap};
 
 # async fn run(registration: cfgsync_core::NodeRegistration) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 let outputs = OutputMap::new()
     .route("/config.yaml", "/node-data/node-1/config.yaml")
     .route("deployment-settings.yaml", "/node-data/shared/deployment-settings.yaml");
 
-fetch_and_write(&registration, "http://127.0.0.1:4400", &outputs).await?;
+Client::new("http://127.0.0.1:4400")
+    .fetch_and_write(&registration, &outputs)
+    .await?;
 # Ok(())
 # }
 ```
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/examples/minimal_cfgsync.rs b/cfgsync/runtime/examples/minimal_cfgsync.rs
index b2aabda..d61f1d7 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/examples/minimal_cfgsync.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/examples/minimal_cfgsync.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use cfgsync_adapter::{
 };
 use cfgsync_artifacts::{ArtifactFile, ArtifactSet};
 use cfgsync_core::NodeRegistration;
-use cfgsync_runtime::{OutputMap, fetch_and_write, serve};
+use cfgsync_runtime::{Client, OutputMap, serve};
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 use tokio::time::{Duration, sleep};
 
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let outputs = OutputMap::new().route("/config.yaml", &config_path);
     let registration = NodeRegistration::new("node-1", "127.0.0.1".parse()?);
 
-    fetch_and_write(&registration, "http://127.0.0.1:4400", &outputs).await?;
+    Client::new("http://127.0.0.1:4400")
+        .fetch_and_write(&registration, &outputs)
+        .await?;
 
     println!("{}", std::fs::read_to_string(&config_path)?);
 
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs b/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs
index e9a19da..04484fa 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs
@@ -159,34 +159,6 @@ enum ClientEnvError {
     InvalidIp { value: String },
 }
 
-/// Registers a node and fetches its artifact payload from cfgsync.
-///
-/// Prefer [`Client::register_and_fetch`] when you already hold a runtime
-/// client value.
-pub async fn register_and_fetch(
-    registration: &NodeRegistration,
-    server_addr: &str,
-) -> Result<NodeArtifactsPayload> {
-    Client::new(server_addr)
-        .register_and_fetch(registration)
-        .await
-}
-
-/// Registers a node, fetches its artifact payload, and writes the files using
-/// the provided output routing policy.
-///
-/// Prefer [`Client::fetch_and_write`] when you already hold a runtime client
-/// value.
-pub async fn fetch_and_write(
-    registration: &NodeRegistration,
-    server_addr: &str,
-    outputs: &OutputMap,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    Client::new(server_addr)
-        .fetch_and_write(registration, outputs)
-        .await
-}
-
 fn ensure_schema_version(config: &NodeArtifactsPayload) -> Result<()> {
     if config.schema_version != CFGSYNC_SCHEMA_VERSION {
         bail!(
@@ -244,12 +216,12 @@ pub async fn run_client_from_env(default_port: u16) -> Result<()> {
     let metadata = parse_registration_payload_env()?;
     let outputs = build_output_map();
 
-    fetch_and_write(
-        &NodeRegistration::new(identifier, ip).with_payload(metadata),
-        &server_addr,
-        &outputs,
-    )
-    .await
+    Client::new(&server_addr)
+        .fetch_and_write(
+            &NodeRegistration::new(identifier, ip).with_payload(metadata),
+            &outputs,
+        )
+        .await
 }
 
 fn parse_ip_env(ip_str: &str) -> Result<Ipv4Addr> {
@@ -325,13 +297,13 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("run cfgsync server");
         });
 
-        fetch_and_write(
-            &NodeRegistration::new("node-1", "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("parse ip")),
-            &address,
-            &OutputMap::default(),
-        )
-        .await
-        .expect("pull config files");
+        Client::new(&address)
+            .fetch_and_write(
+                &NodeRegistration::new("node-1", "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("parse ip")),
+                &OutputMap::default(),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("pull config files");
 
         server.abort();
         let _ = server.await;
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs b/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs
index ab6032b..479091e 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pub use cfgsync_core as core;
 mod client;
 mod server;
 
-pub use client::{Client, OutputMap, fetch_and_write, register_and_fetch, run_client_from_env};
+pub use client::{Client, OutputMap, run_client_from_env};
 pub use server::{
     LoadServerConfigError, ServerConfig, ServerSource, build_persisted_router, build_router, serve,
     serve_from_config, serve_persisted,