diff --git a/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md b/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md
index 3542f19be..4a143cc6c 100644
--- a/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md
+++ b/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ Default video rate denominator
 @PAR@ pipewire.conf  library.name.system = support/libspa-support
 The name of the shared library to use for the system functions for the main thread.
 
-@PAR@ pipewire.conf  link.min-buffers = 2
-The minimum number of buffers to negotiate between nodes. Using 1 buffer will consume
-less memory but might cause glitches when using async nodes.
-
 @PAR@ pipewire.conf  link.max-buffers = 64
 The maximum number of buffers to negotiate between nodes. Note that version < 3 clients
 can only support 16 buffers. More buffers is almost always worse than less, latency
diff --git a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
index b108fe580..15ef3dbb1 100644
--- a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ context.properties = {
     #library.name.system                   = support/libspa-support
     #context.data-loop.library.name.system = support/libspa-support
     #support.dbus                          = true
-    #link.min-buffers                      = 2
     #link.max-buffers                      = 64
     link.max-buffers                       = 16                       # version < 3 clients can't handle more
     #mem.warn-mlock                        = false
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
index da527615f..e6e216281 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ context.properties = {
     #library.name.system                   = support/libspa-support
     #context.data-loop.library.name.system = support/libspa-support
     #support.dbus                          = true
-    #link.min-buffers                      = 2
     #link.max-buffers                      = 64
     link.max-buffers                       = 16                       # version < 3 clients can't handle more
     #mem.warn-mlock                        = false
diff --git a/src/pipewire/buffers.c b/src/pipewire/buffers.c
index 90b4bf3c1..5f6912441 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/buffers.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/buffers.c
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ int pw_buffers_negotiate(struct pw_context *context, uint32_t flags,
 
 	if (SPA_FLAG_IS_SET(flags, PW_BUFFERS_FLAG_ASYNC))
 		max_buffers = SPA_MAX(2u, max_buffers);
-	max_buffers = SPA_MAX(context->settings.link_min_buffers, max_buffers);
 
 	if (SPA_FLAG_IS_SET(flags, PW_BUFFERS_FLAG_SHARED_MEM)) {
 		if (types != SPA_ID_INVALID)
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-link.c b/src/pipewire/impl-link.c
index 081e9e1d7..d6e6717fe 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-link.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-link.c
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ static int do_allocation(struct pw_impl_link *this)
 		flags = 0;
 		/* always shared buffers for the link */
 		alloc_flags = PW_BUFFERS_FLAG_SHARED;
+		/* always enable async mode */
+		alloc_flags |= PW_BUFFERS_FLAG_ASYNC;
+
 		if (output->node->remote || input->node->remote)
 			alloc_flags |= PW_BUFFERS_FLAG_SHARED_MEM;
 
diff --git a/src/pipewire/private.h b/src/pipewire/private.h
index 936a2e736..0a6c75501 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/private.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/private.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct settings {
 	uint32_t clock_quantum_floor;		/* quantum floor (lower bound) */
 	struct spa_rectangle video_size;
 	struct spa_fraction video_rate;
-	uint32_t link_min_buffers;
 	uint32_t link_max_buffers;
 	unsigned int mem_warn_mlock:1;
 	unsigned int mem_allow_mlock:1;
diff --git a/src/pipewire/settings.c b/src/pipewire/settings.c
index 95f961686..350efc690 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/settings.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/settings.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #define DEFAULT_VIDEO_HEIGHT			480
 #define DEFAULT_VIDEO_RATE_NUM			25u
 #define DEFAULT_VIDEO_RATE_DENOM		1u
-#define DEFAULT_LINK_MIN_BUFFERS		2u
 #define DEFAULT_LINK_MAX_BUFFERS		64u
 #define DEFAULT_MEM_WARN_MLOCK			false
 #define DEFAULT_MEM_ALLOW_MLOCK			true
@@ -223,7 +222,6 @@ void pw_settings_init(struct pw_context *this)
 	d->log_level = get_default_int(p, "log.level", pw_log_level);
 	d->clock_power_of_two_quantum = get_default_bool(p, "clock.power-of-two-quantum",
 			DEFAULT_CLOCK_POWER_OF_TWO_QUANTUM);
-	d->link_min_buffers = get_default_int(p, "link.min-buffers", DEFAULT_LINK_MIN_BUFFERS);
 	d->link_max_buffers = get_default_int(p, "link.max-buffers", DEFAULT_LINK_MAX_BUFFERS);
 	d->mem_warn_mlock = get_default_bool(p, "mem.warn-mlock", DEFAULT_MEM_WARN_MLOCK);
 	d->mem_allow_mlock = get_default_bool(p, "mem.allow-mlock", DEFAULT_MEM_ALLOW_MLOCK);
@@ -231,8 +229,7 @@ void pw_settings_init(struct pw_context *this)
 	d->check_quantum = get_default_bool(p, "settings.check-quantum", DEFAULT_CHECK_QUANTUM);
 	d->check_rate = get_default_bool(p, "settings.check-rate", DEFAULT_CHECK_RATE);
 
-	d->link_min_buffers = SPA_MAX(d->link_min_buffers, 1u);
-	d->link_max_buffers = SPA_MAX(d->link_max_buffers, d->link_min_buffers);
+	d->link_max_buffers = SPA_MAX(d->link_max_buffers, 1u);
 
 	d->clock_quantum_limit = SPA_CLAMP(d->clock_quantum_limit,
 			CLOCK_QUANTUM_FLOOR, CLOCK_QUANTUM_LIMIT);