diff --git a/src/jsx.erl b/src/jsx.erl
index 9a2c890..261409c 100644
--- a/src/jsx.erl
+++ b/src/jsx.erl
@@ -261,47 +261,5 @@ incremental_decode_loop({jsx, Event, Next}, Rest, Acc) ->
 incremental_decode_loop({error, {badjson, _Error}}, _Rest, _Acc) ->
     {error, badjson}.
 
-
-
-multi_decode_test_() ->
-    [
-        {"multiple values in a single stream", ?_assert(
-            multi_decode(multi_json_body(), []) =:= multi_test_result()
-        )}
-    ].
-
-	
-multi_decode(JSON, Flags) ->
-    P = jsx:decoder([multi_term, iterate] ++ Flags),
-    multi_decode_loop(P(JSON), [[]]).
-
-multi_decode_loop({jsx, incomplete, _Next}, [[]|Acc]) ->
-    lists:reverse(Acc);
-multi_decode_loop({jsx, end_json, Next}, [S|Acc]) ->
-    multi_decode_loop(Next(), [[]|[lists:reverse(S)] ++ Acc]);
-multi_decode_loop({jsx, E, Next}, [S|Acc]) ->
-    multi_decode_loop(Next(), [[E] ++ S] ++ Acc).
-	
-	
-multi_json_body() ->
-    <<"0 1 -1 1e1 0.7 0.7e-1 truefalsenull {} {\"key\": \"value\"}[] [1, 2, 3]\"hope this works\"">>.
-
-multi_test_result() ->
-    [[{integer, 0}],
-        [{integer, 1}],
-        [{integer, -1}],
-        [{float, 1.0e1}],
-        [{float, 0.7}],
-        [{float, 0.7e-1}],
-        [{literal, true}],
-        [{literal, false}],
-        [{literal, null}],
-        [start_object, end_object],
-        [start_object, {key, "key"}, {string, "value"}, end_object],
-        [start_array, end_array],
-        [start_array, {integer, 1}, {integer, 2}, {integer, 3}, end_array],
-        [{string, "hope this works"}]
-    ].
-
     
 -endif.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/jsx_decoder.hrl b/src/jsx_decoder.hrl
index 1b8b9fb..00bc8c0 100644
--- a/src/jsx_decoder.hrl
+++ b/src/jsx_decoder.hrl
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ maybe_done(<<?comma/?utfx, Rest/binary>>, T, [object|Stack], Opts) ->
     key(Rest, T, [key|Stack], Opts);
 maybe_done(<<?comma/?utfx, Rest/binary>>, T, [array|_] = Stack, Opts) ->
     value(Rest, T, Stack, Opts);
-maybe_done(Rest, T, [], #opts{multi_term=true}=Opts) ->
-    emit([end_json], {start, Rest, T, [[], Opts]});
 maybe_done(Rest, T, [], Opts) ->
     done(Rest, T, Opts);
 maybe_done(Bin, T, Stack, Opts) -> 
diff --git a/src/jsx_encoder.erl b/src/jsx_encoder.erl
index eab5a3d..f27e649 100644
--- a/src/jsx_encoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_encoder.erl
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ maybe_done([], T, [], _Opts) ->
     emit([end_json, incomplete], {bad_json, [], T, []});
 maybe_done([end_json], T, [], _Opts) ->
     emit([end_json, incomplete], {bad_json, [], T, []});
-maybe_done([end_json|Forms], T, [], #opts{multi_term=true}=Opts) ->
-    emit([end_json], {start, Forms, T, [Opts]});
 maybe_done([end_object|Forms], T, [object|Stack], Opts) ->
     emit([end_object], {maybe_done, Forms, T, [Stack, Opts]});
 maybe_done([end_array|Forms], T, [array|Stack], Opts) ->
diff --git a/src/jsx_opts.hrl b/src/jsx_opts.hrl
index 80a51ec..ee301be 100644
--- a/src/jsx_opts.hrl
+++ b/src/jsx_opts.hrl
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 %% opts record for decoder/encoder
 -record(opts, {
-    multi_term = false,
     loose_unicode = false,
     encoding = auto,
     escape_forward_slash = false,   %% does nothing, used by encoder
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ parse_opts(Opts) ->
 
 parse_opts([], Opts) ->
     Opts;
-parse_opts([multi_term|Rest], Opts) ->
-    parse_opts(Rest, Opts#opts{multi_term=true});
 parse_opts([loose_unicode|Rest], Opts) ->
     parse_opts(Rest, Opts#opts{loose_unicode=true});
 parse_opts([iterate|Rest], Opts) ->