diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6135f64..9cfdda0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ main = do
   filepath <- execParser cmdParser
   let object = pack $ takeBaseName filepath
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     -- Make a bucket; catch bucket already exists exception if thrown.
     catchIf (== BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou) (makeBucket bucket Nothing) ignoreMinioErr
 
diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index fc1a430..fba09c0 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ performs connection pooling, bucket location caching (if enabled) and
 error handling.
 
 The `runMinio` function performs the provided action in the `Minio`
-monad and returns a `ResourceT IO (Either MinioErr a)` value:
+monad and returns a `IO (Either MinioErr a)` value:
 
 ``` haskell
 {-# Language OverloadedStrings #-}
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ import Network.Minio
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-  result <- runResourceT $ runMinio def $ do
+  result <- runMinio def $ do
     buckets <- listBuckets
     return $ length buckets
 
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ The above performs a `listBuckets` operation and returns the number of
 buckets in the server. If there were any errors, they will be returned
 as values of type `MinioErr` as a `Left` value.
 
-`runResourceT` takes a value from `ResourceT IO a` to `IO a`. It takes
-care of running finalizers to free resources.
-
 ## 2. Bucket operations
 
 <a name="listBuckets"></a>
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ __Example__
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+    res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
         makeBucket bucketName (Just "us-east-1")
 
     case res of
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ __Example__
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+    res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
         removeBucket "mybucket"
 
     case res of
@@ -272,7 +269,7 @@ main = do
 
   -- Performs a recursive listing of all objects under bucket "test"
   -- on play.minio.io.
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     listObjects bucket Nothing True $$ sinkList
   print res
 
@@ -323,7 +320,7 @@ main = do
 
   -- Performs a recursive listing of all incompletely uploaded objects
   -- under bucket "test" on play.minio.io.
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     listIncompleteUploads bucket Nothing True $$ sinkList
   print res
 
@@ -372,7 +369,7 @@ main = do
 
   -- Lists the parts in an incompletely uploaded object identified by
   -- bucket, object and upload ID.
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
            source <- getObject bucket object
            source $$+- sinkLbs
 
@@ -413,7 +410,7 @@ main = do
     object = "myobject"
     kb15 = 15 * 1024
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
            putObject bucket object (CC.repeat "a") (Just kb15)
 
   case res of
@@ -459,7 +456,7 @@ main = do
       object = "my-object"
       localFile = "/etc/lsb-release"
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     src <- fGetObject bucket object localFile
     (src $$+- sinkLbs)
 
@@ -497,7 +494,7 @@ main = do
     object = "myobject"
     localFile = "/etc/lsb-release"
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
            fPutObject bucket object localFile
 
   case res of
@@ -545,7 +542,7 @@ main = do
     object = "myobject"
     srcObject = "/mybucket/srcObject"
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
            copyObject bucket object def { cpSource = srcObject }
 
   case res of
@@ -579,7 +576,7 @@ main = do
     bucket = "mybucket"
     object = "myobject"
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
            removeObject bucket object
 
   case res of
diff --git a/examples/BucketExists.hs b/examples/BucketExists.hs
index b5a1ca8..8c1fa0a 100755
--- a/examples/BucketExists.hs
+++ b/examples/BucketExists.hs
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
   let bucket = "missingbucket"
 
-  res1 <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res1 <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     foundBucket <- bucketExists bucket
     liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Does " ++ show bucket ++ " exist? - " ++ show foundBucket
 
   case res1 of
-    Left e -> putStrLn $ "bucketExists failed." ++ (show e)
+    Left e -> putStrLn $ "bucketExists failed." ++ show e
     Right () -> return ()
diff --git a/examples/CopyObject.hs b/examples/CopyObject.hs
index a4ee728..b91b88d 100755
--- a/examples/CopyObject.hs
+++ b/examples/CopyObject.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ main = do
       objectCopy = "obj-copy"
       localFile = "/etc/lsb-release"
 
-  res1 <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res1 <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     -- 1. Make a bucket; Catch BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou exception.
     catchIf (== BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou) (makeBucket bucket Nothing) ignoreMinioErr
 
diff --git a/examples/FileUploader.hs b/examples/FileUploader.hs
index 988b3df..89dfa91 100755
--- a/examples/FileUploader.hs
+++ b/examples/FileUploader.hs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ main = do
   filepath <- execParser cmdParser
   let object = pack $ takeBaseName filepath
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     -- Make a bucket; catch bucket already exists exception if thrown.
     catchIf (== BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou) (makeBucket bucket Nothing) ignoreMinioErr
 
diff --git a/examples/GetObject.hs b/examples/GetObject.hs
index 4aeae57..4793f56 100755
--- a/examples/GetObject.hs
+++ b/examples/GetObject.hs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ main = do
   let
       bucket = "my-bucket"
       object = "my-object"
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     src <- getObject bucket object
     (src $$+- sinkLbs)
 
diff --git a/examples/HeadObject.hs b/examples/HeadObject.hs
index f0f7b08..1f4b04b 100755
--- a/examples/HeadObject.hs
+++ b/examples/HeadObject.hs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ main = do
   let
       bucket = "test"
       object = "passwd"
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
     headObject bucket object
 
   case res of
-    Left e -> putStrLn $ "headObject failed." ++ (show e)
-    Right objInfo -> putStrLn $ "headObject succeeded." ++ (show objInfo)
+    Left e -> putStrLn $ "headObject failed." ++ show e
+    Right objInfo -> putStrLn $ "headObject succeeded." ++ show objInfo
diff --git a/examples/ListBuckets.hs b/examples/ListBuckets.hs
index 731edd8..ec2fba7 100755
--- a/examples/ListBuckets.hs
+++ b/examples/ListBuckets.hs
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import Prelude
 -- region of the first bucket returned.
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-  firstRegionE <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  firstRegionE <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
     buckets <- listBuckets
-    liftIO $ print $ "Top 5 buckets: " ++ (show $ take 5 buckets)
+    liftIO $ print $ "Top 5 buckets: " ++ show (take 5 buckets)
     getLocation $ biName $ head buckets
   print firstRegionE
diff --git a/examples/ListIncompleteUploads.hs b/examples/ListIncompleteUploads.hs
index 491fecd..612601f 100755
--- a/examples/ListIncompleteUploads.hs
+++ b/examples/ListIncompleteUploads.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ main = do
 
   -- Performs a recursive listing of incomplete uploads under bucket "test"
   -- on a local minio server.
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
     listIncompleteUploads bucket Nothing True $$ sinkList
   print res
 
diff --git a/examples/ListObjects.hs b/examples/ListObjects.hs
index c861911..b852a31 100755
--- a/examples/ListObjects.hs
+++ b/examples/ListObjects.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ main = do
 
   -- Performs a recursive listing of all objects under bucket "test"
   -- on play.minio.io.
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
     listObjects bucket Nothing True C.$$ CC.sinkList
   print res
 
diff --git a/examples/Makebucket.hs b/examples/Makebucket.hs
index 75188c0..9728219 100755
--- a/examples/Makebucket.hs
+++ b/examples/Makebucket.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
   let
       bucket = "my-bucket"
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
     -- N B the region provided for makeBucket is optional.
     makeBucket bucket (Just "us-east-1")
   print res
diff --git a/examples/PutObject.hs b/examples/PutObject.hs
index 3c5ba4d..4b086f4 100755
--- a/examples/PutObject.hs
+++ b/examples/PutObject.hs
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ main = do
       kb15 = 15 * 1024
 
   -- Eg 1. Upload a stream of repeating "a" using putObject.
-  res1 <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res1 <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
     putObject bucket object (CC.repeat "a") (Just kb15)
   case res1 of
-    Left e -> putStrLn $ "putObject failed." ++ (show e)
+    Left e -> putStrLn $ "putObject failed." ++ show e
     Right () -> putStrLn "putObject succeeded."
 
 
   -- Eg 2. Upload a file using fPutObject.
-  res2 <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res2 <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
     fPutObject bucket object localFile
   case res2 of
-    Left e -> putStrLn $ "fPutObject failed." ++ (show e)
+    Left e -> putStrLn $ "fPutObject failed." ++ show e
     Right () -> putStrLn "fPutObject succeeded."
diff --git a/examples/RemoveObject.hs b/examples/RemoveObject.hs
index b5e6ffc..5661f14 100755
--- a/examples/RemoveObject.hs
+++ b/examples/RemoveObject.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ main = do
     bucket = "mybucket"
     object = "myobject"
 
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $
            removeObject bucket object
 
   case res of
diff --git a/examples/Removebucket.hs b/examples/Removebucket.hs
index 51794a7..f298196 100755
--- a/examples/Removebucket.hs
+++ b/examples/Removebucket.hs
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
   let
       bucket = "my-bucket"
-  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
-    removeBucket bucket
+  res <- runMinio minioPlayCI $ removeBucket bucket
   print res
diff --git a/src/Network/Minio.hs b/src/Network/Minio.hs
index 5c1a94c..77278dd 100644
--- a/src/Network/Minio.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Minio.hs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ module Network.Minio
 
   , Minio
   , runMinio
-  , runResourceT
   , def
 
   -- * Error handling
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ module Network.Minio
 This module exports the high-level Minio API for object storage.
 -}
 
-import           Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (runResourceT)
 import qualified Data.Conduit as C
 import qualified Data.Conduit.Binary as CB
 import           Data.Default (def)
diff --git a/src/Network/Minio/Data.hs b/src/Network/Minio/Data.hs
index d4ea999..17924b4 100644
--- a/src/Network/Minio/Data.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Minio/Data.hs
@@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ connect ci = do
   return $ MinioConn ci mgr
 
 -- | Run the Minio action and return the result or an error.
-runMinio :: ConnectInfo -> Minio a -> ResourceT IO (Either MinioErr a)
+runMinio :: ConnectInfo -> Minio a -> IO (Either MinioErr a)
 runMinio ci m = do
   conn <- liftIO $ connect ci
-  flip evalStateT Map.empty . flip runReaderT conn . unMinio $
+  runResourceT . flip evalStateT Map.empty . flip runReaderT conn . unMinio $
     fmap Right m `MC.catches`
     [ MC.Handler handlerServiceErr
     , MC.Handler handlerHE
diff --git a/test/LiveServer.hs b/test/LiveServer.hs
index f74d7ab..0417a6c 100644
--- a/test/LiveServer.hs
+++ b/test/LiveServer.hs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ funTestWithBucket t minioTest = testCaseSteps t $ \step -> do
   let b = T.concat [funTestBucketPrefix, T.pack bktSuffix]
       liftStep = liftIO . step
   connInfo <- maybe minioPlayCI (const def) <$> lookupEnv "MINIO_LOCAL"
-  ret <- runResourceT $ runMinio connInfo $ do
+  ret <- runMinio connInfo $ do
     liftStep $ "Creating bucket for test - " ++ t
     foundBucket <- bucketExists b
     liftIO $ foundBucket @?= False