diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 99a53df..65038e2 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for Data-Hopen
 
+0.000019    2020-12-26
+    - No longer treat -phase specially when running DAGs.
+
 0.000018    2020-05-14
     - Fix dependencies (again) (cpantesters++)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8849ac4..be6ec01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 `Data::Hopen` is a dataflow library that runs actions you specify, moves data
 between those actions, and permits transforming data as the data moves.  It is
-the underlying engine of the [App::hopen](https://metacpan.org/pod/App::hopen) cross-platform software build
+the underlying engine of the [App::hopen](https://metacpan.org/pod/App%3A%3Ahopen) cross-platform software build
 generator, but can be used for any dataflow task that can be represented as a
 directed acyclic graph (DAG).
 
diff --git a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/DAG.pm b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/DAG.pm
index 3c45be0..88ebb9c 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/DAG.pm
+++ b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/DAG.pm
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ the order those predecessors were added to the graph.
 
 # The implementation of run().  $self->scope has already been linked to the context.
 sub _run {
-    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
     my $retval = {};
 
     # --- Get the initialization ops ---
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ sub _run {
 
                 $hrLinkOutputs = $link->run(
                     -context=>$scLinkInputs,
-                    forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, 'phase')
                     # visitor not passed to links.
                 );
                 $scLinkInputs = make_link_inputs($hrLinkOutputs);
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ sub _run {
         } #foreach predecessor node
 
         my $step_output = $node->run(-context=>$node_inputs,
-            forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, 'phase', 'visitor')
+            forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, 'visitor')
         );
         $node->outputs($step_output);
 
diff --git a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Goal.pm b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Goal.pm
index bdbc95c..95b5c99 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Goal.pm
+++ b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Goal.pm
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ Passes through the inputs if L</should_output> is set.
 # }}}1
 
 sub _run {
-    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
     hlog { Goal => $self->name, ($self->should_output ? 'with' : 'without'),
             'outputs' };
 
     return {} unless $self->should_output;
 
     return $self->passthrough(-nocontext=>1, -levels => 'local',
-            forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, qw[phase visitor]));
+            forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, qw[visitor]));
 } #_run()
 
 =head2 BUILD
diff --git a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Link.pm b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Link.pm
index 72de824..3abc58c 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Link.pm
+++ b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Link.pm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ By default, the output is a copy of the inputs
 =cut
 
 sub _run {
-    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
     return $self->passthrough(-nocontext => 1);
 } #run()
 
diff --git a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Runnable.pm b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Runnable.pm
index b4c9a62..30d9f3d 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Runnable.pm
+++ b/lib/Data/Hopen/G/Runnable.pm
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ A L<Data::Hopen::Scope> or subclass including the inputs the caller wants to
 pass to the Runnable.  The L</scope> of the Runnable itself may override
 values in the C<context>.
 
-=item -phase
-
-If given, the phase that is currently under way in a build-system run.
-
 =item -visitor
 
 If given, an instance that supports C<visit_goal()> and C<visit_node()> calls.
@@ -106,7 +102,7 @@ scope.
 =cut
 
 sub run {
-    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; context phase visitor nocontext)], @_);
+    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; context visitor nocontext)], @_);
     my $context_scope = $args{context};     # which may be undef - that's OK
     croak "Can't combine -context and -nocontext" if $args{context} && $args{nocontext};
 
@@ -115,7 +111,7 @@ sub run {
 
     hlog { '->', ref($self), $self->name, 'input', Dumper($self->scope->as_hashref) } 3;
 
-    my $retval = $self->_run(forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, qw[phase visitor]));
+    my $retval = $self->_run(forward_opts(\%args, {'-'=>1}, qw[visitor]));
 
     die "$self\->_run() did not return a hashref" unless ref $retval eq 'HASH';
         # Prevent errors about `non-hashref 1` or `invalid key`.
@@ -131,13 +127,13 @@ The internal method that implements L</run>.  Must be implemented by
 subclasses.  When C<_run> is called, C<< $self->scope >> has been hooked
 to the context scope, if any.
 
-Parameters are C<-phase> and C<-visitor>, and are always passed by name
-(C<< -phase=>$p, -visitor=>$v >>).  C<_run> is always called in scalar context,
+The only parameter is C<-visitor>, which is always passed by name
+(C<< -visitor=>$v >>).  C<_run> is always called in scalar context,
 and B<must> return a new hashref.
 
 I recommend starting your C<_run> function with:
 
-    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+    my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
 
 and working from there.
 
diff --git a/t/125-dag-links.t b/t/125-dag-links.t
index 0afc588..5f2b7fa 100644
--- a/t/125-dag-links.t
+++ b/t/125-dag-links.t
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sub make_dag {  # See t/121-dag-single-goal.t for the explanation of this
     use Data::Hopen;
     use parent 'Data::Hopen::G::Link';
     sub _run {
-        my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+        my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
         return { xyzzy => 'plugh' };
     }
 }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sub make_dag {  # See t/121-dag-single-goal.t for the explanation of this
     use Class::Tiny {to_add => sub { +{ xyzzy => 'plugh' } } };
 
     sub _run {
-        my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+        my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
         my $inputs = $self->scope->as_hashref(-levels => 3);
         return +{ %$inputs, %{$self->to_add} };
     }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub make_dag {  # See t/121-dag-single-goal.t for the explanation of this
     use Data::Hopen;
     use parent 'Data::Hopen::G::Link';
     sub _run {
-        my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; phase visitor)], @_);
+        my ($self, %args) = getparameters('self', [qw(; visitor)], @_);
         my $inputs = $self->scope->as_hashref;
         my $multiplier = $inputs->{multiplier} // 2;
         $inputs->{foo} *= $multiplier if exists $inputs->{foo};