diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c
index bee8d1ef4..8f5ea18c2 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c
@@ -485,13 +485,11 @@ static int add_pro_profile(pa_card *impl, uint32_t index)
 	if ((n_capture == 1 && n_playback == 1) || is_firewire) {
 		PA_IDXSET_FOREACH(m, ap->output_mappings, idx) {
 			pa_proplist_setf(m->output_proplist, "node.group", "pro-audio-%u", index);
-			pa_proplist_setf(m->output_proplist, "node.link-group", "pro-audio-%u", index);
 			pa_proplist_setf(m->output_proplist, "api.alsa.auto-link", "true");
 			pa_proplist_setf(m->output_proplist, "api.alsa.disable-tsched", "true");
 		}
 		PA_IDXSET_FOREACH(m, ap->input_mappings, idx) {
 			pa_proplist_setf(m->input_proplist, "node.group", "pro-audio-%u", index);
-			pa_proplist_setf(m->input_proplist, "node.link-group", "pro-audio-%u", index);
 			pa_proplist_setf(m->input_proplist, "api.alsa.auto-link", "true");
 			pa_proplist_setf(m->input_proplist, "api.alsa.disable-tsched", "true");
 		}
diff --git a/src/modules/module-ffado-driver.c b/src/modules/module-ffado-driver.c
index f6a76bed0..05b9218ce 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-ffado-driver.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-ffado-driver.c
@@ -1556,8 +1556,6 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_VIRTUAL, "true");
 	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_GROUP) == NULL)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_GROUP, "ffado-group");
-	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LINK_GROUP) == NULL)
-		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LINK_GROUP, "ffado-group");
 	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE) == NULL)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, "false");
 
diff --git a/src/modules/module-netjack2-manager.c b/src/modules/module-netjack2-manager.c
index 0ff62d93b..a9af6a9b0 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-netjack2-manager.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-netjack2-manager.c
@@ -1393,8 +1393,6 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_VIRTUAL, "true");
 	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_NETWORK) == NULL)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_NETWORK, "true");
-	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LINK_GROUP) == NULL)
-		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LINK_GROUP, "jack-group");
 	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_ALWAYS_PROCESS) == NULL)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_ALWAYS_PROCESS, "true");
 	if (pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_NODE_LOCK_QUANTUM) == NULL)