diff --git a/faraday.gemspec b/faraday.gemspec
index a8a8175c2..3a5409233 100644
--- a/faraday.gemspec
+++ b/faraday.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require_relative 'lib/faraday/version'
 
-Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec| # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
   spec.name    = 'faraday'
   spec.version = Faraday::VERSION
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-httpclient', '~> 1.0.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http_persistent', '~> 1.1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-patron', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'multipart-post', '>= 1.2', '< 3'
   spec.add_dependency 'ruby2_keywords', '>= 0.0.4'
 
diff --git a/lib/faraday.rb b/lib/faraday.rb
index fd54a4b2a..df5126202 100644
--- a/lib/faraday.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 require 'faraday/httpclient'
 require 'faraday/net_http'
 require 'faraday/net_http_persistent'
+require 'faraday/patron'
 
 # This is the main namespace for Faraday.
 #
diff --git a/lib/faraday/adapter.rb b/lib/faraday/adapter.rb
index 764286a3f..4a60e19b0 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/adapter.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class Adapter
     register_middleware File.expand_path('adapter', __dir__),
                         test: [:Test, 'test'],
                         typhoeus: [:Typhoeus, 'typhoeus'],
-                        patron: [:Patron, 'patron'],
                         rack: [:Rack, 'rack']
 
     # This module marks an Adapter as supporting parallel requests.
diff --git a/lib/faraday/adapter/patron.rb b/lib/faraday/adapter/patron.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e2935fb..000000000
--- a/lib/faraday/adapter/patron.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Faraday
-  class Adapter
-    # Patron adapter.
-    class Patron < Faraday::Adapter
-      dependency 'patron'
-
-      def build_connection(env)
-        session = ::Patron::Session.new
-        @config_block&.call(session)
-        if (env[:url].scheme == 'https') && env[:ssl]
-          configure_ssl(session, env[:ssl])
-        end
-
-        if (req = env[:request])
-          configure_timeouts(session, req)
-          configure_proxy(session, req[:proxy])
-        end
-
-        session
-      end
-
-      def call(env)
-        super
-        # TODO: support streaming requests
-        env[:body] = env[:body].read if env[:body].respond_to? :read
-
-        response = connection(env) do |session|
-          begin
-            data = env[:body] ? env[:body].to_s : nil
-            session.request(env[:method], env[:url].to_s,
-                            env[:request_headers], data: data)
-          rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, ::Patron::ConnectionFailed
-            raise Faraday::ConnectionFailed, $ERROR_INFO
-          end
-        end
-
-        if (req = env[:request]).stream_response?
-          warn "Streaming downloads for #{self.class.name} " \
-            'are not yet implemented.'
-          req.on_data.call(response.body, response.body.bytesize)
-        end
-        # Remove the "HTTP/1.1 200", leaving just the reason phrase
-        reason_phrase = response.status_line.gsub(/^.* \d{3} /, '')
-
-        save_response(env, response.status, response.body,
-                      response.headers, reason_phrase)
-
-        @app.call env
-      rescue ::Patron::TimeoutError => e
-        if connection_timed_out_message?(e.message)
-          raise Faraday::ConnectionFailed, e
-        end
-
-        raise Faraday::TimeoutError, e
-      rescue ::Patron::Error => e
-        if e.message.include?('code 407')
-          raise Faraday::ConnectionFailed,
-                %(407 "Proxy Authentication Required ")
-        end
-
-        raise Faraday::ConnectionFailed, e
-      end
-
-      if loaded? && defined?(::Patron::Request::VALID_ACTIONS)
-        # HAX: helps but doesn't work completely
-        # https://github.com/toland/patron/issues/34
-        ::Patron::Request::VALID_ACTIONS.tap do |actions|
-          if actions[0].is_a?(Symbol)
-            actions << :patch unless actions.include? :patch
-            actions << :options unless actions.include? :options
-          else
-            # Patron 0.4.20 and up
-            actions << 'PATCH' unless actions.include? 'PATCH'
-            actions << 'OPTIONS' unless actions.include? 'OPTIONS'
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      def configure_ssl(session, ssl)
-        if ssl.fetch(:verify, true)
-          session.cacert = ssl[:ca_file]
-        else
-          session.insecure = true
-        end
-      end
-
-      def configure_timeouts(session, req)
-        return unless req
-
-        if (sec = request_timeout(:read, req))
-          session.timeout = sec
-        end
-
-        return unless (sec = request_timeout(:open, req))
-
-        session.connect_timeout = sec
-      end
-
-      def configure_proxy(session, proxy)
-        return unless proxy
-
-        proxy_uri = proxy[:uri].dup
-        proxy_uri.user = proxy[:user] &&
-                         Utils.escape(proxy[:user]).gsub('+', '%20')
-        proxy_uri.password = proxy[:password] &&
-                             Utils.escape(proxy[:password]).gsub('+', '%20')
-        session.proxy = proxy_uri.to_s
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      CURL_TIMEOUT_MESSAGES = [
-        'Connection time-out',
-        'Connection timed out',
-        'Timed out before name resolve',
-        'server connect has timed out',
-        'Resolving timed out',
-        'name lookup timed out',
-        'timed out before SSL',
-        'connect() timed out'
-      ].freeze
-
-      def connection_timed_out_message?(message)
-        CURL_TIMEOUT_MESSAGES.any? do |curl_message|
-          message.include?(curl_message)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/faraday/autoload.rb b/lib/faraday/autoload.rb
index b96b51367..7fcbe2620 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/autoload.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/autoload.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class Adapter
     extend AutoloadHelper
     autoload_all 'faraday/adapter',
                  Typhoeus: 'typhoeus',
-                 Patron: 'patron',
                  Test: 'test',
                  Rack: 'rack'
   end