diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31c14c609..51325954d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Fix `RSpec/FactoryBot/ConsistentParenthesesStyle` to ignore calls without the first positional argument. ([@pirj])
 - Fix `RSpec/FactoryBot/ConsistentParenthesesStyle` to ignore calls inside a Hash or an Array. ([@pirj])
 - Fix `RSpec/NestedGroups` to correctly use `AllowedGroups` config. ([@samrjenkins])
+- Remove `Runners` and `HookScopes` RSpec DSL elements from configuration. ([@pirj])
 
 ## 2.14.2 (2022-10-25)
 
diff --git a/config/default.yml b/config/default.yml
index 992e30424..a69408f87 100644
--- a/config/default.yml
+++ b/config/default.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ RSpec:
         - Expectations
         - Helpers
         - Hooks
-        - HookScopes
-        - Runners
         - Subjects
     ExampleGroups:
       inherit_mode:
@@ -81,12 +79,6 @@ RSpec:
       - prepend_after
       - after
       - append_after
-    HookScopes:
-      - each
-      - example
-      - context
-      - all
-      - suite
     Includes:
       inherit_mode:
         merge:
@@ -98,10 +90,6 @@ RSpec:
         - include_examples
       Context:
         - include_context
-    Runners:
-      - to
-      - to_not
-      - not_to
     SharedGroups:
       inherit_mode:
         merge:
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/rspec/language.rb b/lib/rubocop/rspec/language.rb
index 8e9461ac8..382882ad0 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/rspec/language.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/rspec/language.rb
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ def self.all(element)
       end
 
       module HookScopes # :nodoc:
+        ALL = %i[each example context all suite].freeze
         def self.all(element)
-          Language.config['HookScopes'].include?(element.to_s)
+          ALL.include?(element)
         end
       end
 
@@ -158,8 +159,9 @@ def context(element)
       end
 
       module Runners # :nodoc:
+        ALL = %i[to to_not not_to].freeze
         def self.all(element)
-          Language.config['Runners'].include?(element.to_s)
+          ALL.include?(element)
         end
       end