diff --git a/net-im/nheko/metadata.xml b/net-im/nheko/metadata.xml
index 89d94bd..3da1318 100644
--- a/net-im/nheko/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-im/nheko/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 		<remote-id type="github">Nheko-Reborn/nheko</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="pipewire">Pull in dependencies for media-video/pipewire support</flag>
 		<flag name="video">Enables video calls</flag>
 		<flag name="voip">Enables audio calls</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/net-im/nheko/nheko-9999.ebuild b/net-im/nheko/nheko-9999.ebuild
index 3a1c18d..a33d85c 100644
--- a/net-im/nheko/nheko-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/nheko/nheko-9999.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MY_DEP_URIS=(
 LICENSE="GPL-3 MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
-IUSE="X pipewire video voip"
+IUSE="X video voip"
 REQUIRED_USE="video? ( voip )"
 
 MY_GST_V="1.18"
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtquickcontrols2:5[widgets]
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 	net-misc/curl
-	pipewire? ( media-video/pipewire[gstreamer] )
 	voip? (
 		>=media-plugins/gst-plugins-dtls-${MY_GST_V}
 		media-plugins/gst-plugins-libnice