diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a11e451..50a112e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "sqlmesh",
-    "dlt",
+    "dlt[duckdb] @ git+https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt.git@48cdfa1eb7d7b0fb37411d61cc0eb747fba814a7",
     "typer[all]>=0.8.0",
     "harness-featureflags>=1.2.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/cdf/core/runtime/pipeline.py b/src/cdf/core/runtime/pipeline.py
index 048f094..2377f94 100644
--- a/src/cdf/core/runtime/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/cdf/core/runtime/pipeline.py
@@ -264,26 +264,6 @@ def run(
             schema_contract=schema_contract,
         )
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_pipeline(cls, pipeline: Pipeline) -> "RuntimePipeline":
-        """Creates a RuntimePipeline from a dlt Pipeline object."""
-        return cls(
-            pipeline.pipeline_name,
-            pipelines_dir=pipeline.pipelines_dir,
-            pipeline_salt=pipeline.config.pipeline_salt,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-            destination=pipeline.destination,
-            staging=pipeline.staging,
-            dataset_name=pipeline.dataset_name,
-            credentials=None,
-            import_schema_path=pipeline._schema_storage_config.import_schema_path,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-            export_schema_path=pipeline._schema_storage_config.export_schema_path,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-            full_refresh=pipeline.full_refresh,
-            progress=pipeline.collector,
-            must_attach_to_local_pipeline=False,
-            config=pipeline.config,
-            runtime=pipeline.runtime_config,
-        )
-
 
 def pipeline_factory() -> RuntimePipeline:
     """Creates a cdf pipeline. This is used in lieu of dlt.pipeline. in user code.
@@ -292,16 +272,14 @@ def pipeline_factory() -> RuntimePipeline:
     from the runtime context. Raises a ValueError if the runtime context is not set.
     """
     runtime = CONTEXT.get()
-    options = dict(
+    # TODO: contribute a PR to expose an _impl_cls argument in dlt.pipeline
+    # https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/pull/1176
+    return dlt.pipeline(
         pipeline_name=runtime.pipeline_name,
         destination=runtime.destination,
         staging=runtime.staging if runtime.enable_stage else None,
         dataset_name=runtime.dataset_name,
-    )
-    # TODO: contribute a PR to expose an _impl_cls argument in dlt.pipeline
-    # https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/pull/1176
-    return RuntimePipeline.from_pipeline(
-        pipeline=dlt.pipeline(**options),
+        _impl_cls=RuntimePipeline,
     )