diff --git a/spa/plugins/filter-graph/meson.build b/spa/plugins/filter-graph/meson.build
index 3a05244c1..20b90f4c4 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/filter-graph/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/filter-graph/meson.build
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ spa_filter_graph_plugin_builtin = shared_library('spa-filter-graph-plugin-builti
   objects : audioconvert_c.extract_objects('biquad.c')
 )
 
-spa_filter_graph_plugin_pipe = shared_library('spa-filter-graph-plugin-pipe',
-  [ 'plugin_pipe.c' ],
-  include_directories : [configinc],
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : spa_plugindir / 'filter-graph',
-  dependencies : [ filter_graph_dependencies ],
-)
-
 spa_filter_graph_plugin_ladspa = shared_library('spa-filter-graph-plugin-ladspa',
   [ 'plugin_ladspa.c' ],
   include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/spa/plugins/filter-graph/plugin_pipe.c b/spa/plugins/filter-graph/plugin_pipe.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 065225919..000000000
--- a/spa/plugins/filter-graph/plugin_pipe.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,387 +0,0 @@
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-
-#include <spa/utils/json.h>
-#include <spa/support/log.h>
-#include <spa/utils/cleanup.h>
-
-#include "audio-plugin.h"
-
-struct plugin {
-	struct spa_handle handle;
-	struct spa_fga_plugin plugin;
-
-	struct spa_log *log;
-};
-
-/* pipe */
-struct pipe_impl {
-	struct plugin *plugin;
-
-	struct spa_log *log;
-	unsigned long rate;
-	float *port[3];
-	float latency;
-
-	int write_fd;
-	int read_fd;
-	size_t written;
-	size_t read;
-};
-
-static int do_exec(struct pipe_impl *impl, const char *command)
-{
-	int pid, res, len, argc = 0;
-	char *argv[512];
-	struct spa_json it[2];
-	const char *value;
-	int stdin_pipe[2];
-	int stdout_pipe[2];
-
-        if (spa_json_begin_array_relax(&it[0], command, strlen(command)) <= 0)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        while ((len = spa_json_next(&it[0], &value)) > 0) {
-                char *s;
-
-                if (argc >= (int)SPA_N_ELEMENTS(argv) - 1) {
-                        spa_log_error(impl->log, "too many exec arguments");
-                        res = -E2BIG;
-                        goto error_argv;
-                }
-                if ((s = malloc(len+1)) == NULL) {
-                        res = -errno;
-                        goto error_argv;
-                }
-
-                spa_json_parse_stringn(value, len, s, len+1);
-
-		argv[argc++] = s;
-        }
-	argv[argc++] = NULL;
-
-	if (pipe2(stdin_pipe, 0) < 0) {
-		res = -errno;
-		spa_log_error(impl->log, "pipe2 error: %m");
-		goto error_argv;
-	}
-	if (pipe2(stdout_pipe, 0) < 0) {
-		res = -errno;
-		spa_log_error(impl->log, "pipe2 error: %m");
-		close(stdin_pipe[0]);
-		close(stdin_pipe[1]);
-		goto error_argv;
-	}
-
-	impl->write_fd = stdin_pipe[1];
-	impl->read_fd = stdout_pipe[0];
-
-	pid = fork();
-
-	if (pid == 0) {
-		char buf[1024];
-		char *const *p;
-		struct spa_strbuf s;
-
-		/* Double fork to avoid zombies; we don't want to set SIGCHLD handler */
-		pid = fork();
-
-		if (pid < 0) {
-			spa_log_error(impl->log, "fork error: %m");
-			goto done;
-		} else if (pid != 0) {
-			exit(0);
-		}
-
-		dup2(stdin_pipe[0], 0);
-		dup2(stdout_pipe[1], 1);
-
-		spa_strbuf_init(&s, buf, sizeof(buf));
-		for (p = argv; *p; ++p)
-			spa_strbuf_append(&s, " '%s'", *p);
-
-		spa_log_info(impl->log, "exec%s", s.buffer);
-		res = execvp(argv[0], argv);
-
-		if (res == -1) {
-			res = -errno;
-			spa_log_error(impl->log, "execvp error '%s': %m", argv[0]);
-		}
-done:
-		exit(1);
-	} else if (pid < 0) {
-		spa_log_error(impl->log, "fork error: %m");
-	} else {
-		int status = 0;
-		close(stdin_pipe[0]);
-		close(stdout_pipe[1]);
-		do {
-			errno = 0;
-			res = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-		} while (res < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-		spa_log_debug(impl->log, "exec got pid %d res:%d status:%d", (int)pid, res, status);
-	}
-	res = 0;
-error_argv:
-	while (argc > 0)
-		free(argv[--argc]);
-	return res;
-}
-
-static void pipe_transfer(struct pipe_impl *impl, float *in, float *out, int count)
-{
-	ssize_t sz;
-
-	sz = read(impl->read_fd, out, count * sizeof(float));
-	if (sz > 0) {
-		impl->read += sz;
-		if (impl->read == (size_t)sz) {
-			while ((sz = read(impl->read_fd, out, count * sizeof(float))) != -1)
-				impl->read += sz;
-		}
-	} else {
-		memset(out, 0, count * sizeof(float));
-	}
-	if ((sz = write(impl->write_fd, in, count * sizeof(float))) != -1)
-		impl->written += sz;
-}
-
-static void *pipe_instantiate(const struct spa_fga_plugin *plugin, const struct spa_fga_descriptor * Descriptor,
-		unsigned long SampleRate, int index, const char *config)
-{
-	struct plugin *pl = SPA_CONTAINER_OF(plugin, struct plugin, plugin);
-	struct pipe_impl *impl;
-	struct spa_json it[2];
-	const char *val;
-	char key[256];
-	spa_autofree char*command = NULL;
-	int len;
-
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	if (config == NULL) {
-		spa_log_error(pl->log, "pipe: requires a config section");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (spa_json_begin_object(&it[0], config, strlen(config)) <= 0) {
-		spa_log_error(pl->log, "pipe: config must be an object");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	while ((len = spa_json_object_next(&it[0], key, sizeof(key), &val)) > 0) {
-		if (spa_streq(key, "command")) {
-			if ((command = malloc(len+1)) == NULL)
-				return NULL;
-
-			if (spa_json_parse_stringn(val, len, command, len+1) <= 0) {
-				spa_log_error(pl->log, "pipe: command requires a string");
-				return NULL;
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			spa_log_warn(pl->log, "pipe: ignoring config key: '%s'", key);
-		}
-	}
-	if (command == NULL || command[0] == '\0') {
-		spa_log_error(pl->log, "pipe: command must be given and can not be empty");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	impl = calloc(1, sizeof(*impl));
-	if (impl == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	impl->plugin = pl;
-	impl->log = pl->log;
-	impl->rate = SampleRate;
-
-	do_exec(impl, command);
-
-	int flags;
-	if ((flags = fcntl(impl->write_fd, F_GETFL)) >= 0)
-		fcntl(impl->write_fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
-	if ((flags = fcntl(impl->read_fd, F_GETFL)) >= 0)
-		fcntl(impl->read_fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
-
-	return impl;
-}
-
-static void pipe_connect_port(void *Instance, unsigned long Port, void * DataLocation)
-{
-	struct pipe_impl *impl = Instance;
-	impl->port[Port] = DataLocation;
-}
-
-static void pipe_run(void * Instance, unsigned long SampleCount)
-{
-	struct pipe_impl *impl = Instance;
-	float *in = impl->port[0], *out = impl->port[1];
-
-	if (in != NULL && out != NULL)
-		pipe_transfer(impl, in, out, SampleCount);
-}
-
-static void pipe_cleanup(void * Instance)
-{
-	struct pipe_impl *impl = Instance;
-	close(impl->write_fd);
-	close(impl->read_fd);
-	free(impl);
-}
-
-static struct spa_fga_port pipe_ports[] = {
-	{ .index = 0,
-	  .name = "In",
-	  .flags = SPA_FGA_PORT_INPUT | SPA_FGA_PORT_AUDIO,
-	},
-	{ .index = 1,
-	  .name = "Out",
-	  .flags = SPA_FGA_PORT_OUTPUT | SPA_FGA_PORT_AUDIO,
-	},
-};
-
-static const struct spa_fga_descriptor pipe_desc = {
-	.name = "pipe",
-	.flags = SPA_FGA_DESCRIPTOR_SUPPORTS_NULL_DATA,
-
-	.n_ports = SPA_N_ELEMENTS(pipe_ports),
-	.ports = pipe_ports,
-
-	.instantiate = pipe_instantiate,
-	.connect_port = pipe_connect_port,
-	.run = pipe_run,
-	.cleanup = pipe_cleanup,
-};
-
-static const struct spa_fga_descriptor * pipe_descriptor(unsigned long Index)
-{
-	switch(Index) {
-	case 0:
-		return &pipe_desc;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-
-static const struct spa_fga_descriptor *pipe_plugin_make_desc(void *plugin, const char *name)
-{
-	unsigned long i;
-	for (i = 0; ;i++) {
-		const struct spa_fga_descriptor *d = pipe_descriptor(i);
-		if (d == NULL)
-			break;
-		if (spa_streq(d->name, name))
-			return d;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static struct spa_fga_plugin_methods impl_plugin = {
-	SPA_VERSION_FGA_PLUGIN_METHODS,
-	.make_desc = pipe_plugin_make_desc,
-};
-
-static int impl_get_interface(struct spa_handle *handle, const char *type, void **interface)
-{
-	struct plugin *impl;
-
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(handle != NULL, -EINVAL);
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(interface != NULL, -EINVAL);
-
-	impl = (struct plugin *) handle;
-
-	if (spa_streq(type, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_FILTER_GRAPH_AudioPlugin))
-		*interface = &impl->plugin;
-	else
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int impl_clear(struct spa_handle *handle)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static size_t
-impl_get_size(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
-	      const struct spa_dict *params)
-{
-	return sizeof(struct plugin);
-}
-
-static int
-impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
-	  struct spa_handle *handle,
-	  const struct spa_dict *info,
-	  const struct spa_support *support,
-	  uint32_t n_support)
-{
-	struct plugin *impl;
-
-	handle->get_interface = impl_get_interface;
-	handle->clear = impl_clear;
-
-	impl = (struct plugin *) handle;
-
-	impl->plugin.iface = SPA_INTERFACE_INIT(
-			SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_FILTER_GRAPH_AudioPlugin,
-			SPA_VERSION_FGA_PLUGIN,
-			&impl_plugin, impl);
-
-	impl->log = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_Log);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct spa_interface_info impl_interfaces[] = {
-	{SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_FILTER_GRAPH_AudioPlugin,},
-};
-
-static int
-impl_enum_interface_info(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
-			 const struct spa_interface_info **info,
-			 uint32_t *index)
-{
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(factory != NULL, -EINVAL);
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(info != NULL, -EINVAL);
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(index != NULL, -EINVAL);
-
-	switch (*index) {
-	case 0:
-		*info = &impl_interfaces[*index];
-		break;
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-	(*index)++;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static struct spa_handle_factory spa_fga_pipe_plugin_factory = {
-	SPA_VERSION_HANDLE_FACTORY,
-	"filter.graph.plugin.pipe",
-	NULL,
-	impl_get_size,
-	impl_init,
-	impl_enum_interface_info,
-};
-
-SPA_EXPORT
-int spa_handle_factory_enum(const struct spa_handle_factory **factory, uint32_t *index)
-{
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(factory != NULL, -EINVAL);
-	spa_return_val_if_fail(index != NULL, -EINVAL);
-
-	switch (*index) {
-	case 0:
-		*factory = &spa_fga_pipe_plugin_factory;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-	(*index)++;
-	return 1;
-}
diff --git a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
index 89cbb017f..ab61a564e 100644
--- a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ context.spa-libs = {
     #audio.aec       = aec/libspa-aec-webrtc
     #filter.graph.plugin.ffmpeg  = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ffmpeg
     #filter.graph.plugin.onnx    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-onnx
-    #filter.graph.plugin.pipe    = blocked
     #filter.graph.plugin.ebur128 = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ebur128
     #filter.graph.plugin.sofa    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-sofa
     #filter.graph.plugin.ladspa  = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ladspa
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
index 0b9a31b4d..0e98dc456 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ context.spa-libs = {
     # inside the server, we must be careful with the filter-graph.
     #filter.graph.plugin.ffmpeg  = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ffmpeg
     #filter.graph.plugin.onnx    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-onnx
-    #filter.graph.plugin.pipe    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-pipe
-    filter.graph.plugin.pipe    = blocked
     #filter.graph.plugin.ebur128 = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ebur128
     #filter.graph.plugin.sofa    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-sofa
     filter.graph.plugin.ladspa  = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ladspa
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
index 720872aaa..1bb4889e1 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ context.spa-libs = {
     audio.aec       = aec/libspa-aec-webrtc
     #filter.graph.plugin.ffmpeg  = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ffmpeg
     filter.graph.plugin.onnx    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-onnx
-    #filter.graph.plugin.pipe    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-pipe
-    filter.graph.plugin.pipe    = blocked
     filter.graph.plugin.ebur128 = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ebur128
     filter.graph.plugin.sofa    = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-sofa
     filter.graph.plugin.ladspa  = filter-graph/libspa-filter-graph-plugin-ladspa
diff --git a/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c b/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c
index da0b018e7..f4f96bcb2 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-filter-chain.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ extern struct spa_handle_factory spa_filter_graph_factory;
  * Nodes describe the processing filters in the graph. Use a tool like lv2ls
  * or listplugins to get a list of available plugins, labels and the port names.
  *
- * - `type` is one of `ladspa`, `lv2`, `builtin`, `pipe`, `sofa`, `ebur128` of `ffmpeg`.
+ * - `type` is one of `ladspa`, `lv2`, `builtin`, `sofa`, `ebur128` of `ffmpeg`.
  * - `name` is the name for this node, you might need this later to refer to this node
  *    and its ports when setting controls or making links.
  * - `plugin` is the type specific plugin name.
@@ -706,43 +706,6 @@ extern struct spa_handle_factory spa_filter_graph_factory;
  * The `null` plugin has one data input "In" and one control input "Control" that
  * simply discards the data.
  *
- * ## PIPE filters
- *
- * There is a `pipe` type available. This filter is sometimes blocked because it can load
- * arbitrary programs.
- *
- * ### Pipe
- *
- * The `pipe` plugin can be used to filter the audio with another application using pipes
- * for sending and receiving the raw audio.
- *
- * The application needs to consume raw float32 samples from stdin and produce filtered
- * float32 samples on stdout.
- *
- * It has an "In" input port and an "Out" output data ports.
- *
- * The node requires a `config` section with extra configuration:
- *
- *\code{.unparsed}
- * filter.graph = {
- *     nodes = [
- *         {
- *             type   = pipe
- *             name   = ...
- *             label  = pipe
- *             config = {
- *                 command = "ffmpeg -f f32le -ac 1 -ar 48000 -blocksize 1024 -fflags nobuffer -i \"pipe:\"  \"-filter:a\" \"loudnorm=I=-18:TP=-3:LRA=4\" -f f32le -ac 1 -ar 48000 \"pipe:\""
- *             }
- *             ...
- *         }
- *     }
- *     ...
- * }
- *\endcode
- *
- * - `command` the command to execute. It should consume samples from stdin and produce
- *             samples on stdout.
- *
  * ## SOFA filters
  *
  * There is an optional `sofa` type available (when compiled with `libmysofa`).