nixos/pipewire: spring cleaning

- drop media-session (rip :skull:)
- stop trying to let people override default configs, those never got merged correctly
- drop all the complexity arising from having to vendor default config files
- build docs in sandbox as we no longer recurse

25 files changed, 99 insertions, 1234 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index ff01d7228df..62ddb6c9530 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - conntrack helper autodetection has been removed from kernels 6.0 and up upstream, and an assertion was added to ensure things don't silently stop working. Migrate your configuration to assign helpers explicitly or use an older LTS kernel branch as a temporary workaround.
 
+- The `services.pipewire.config` options have been removed, as they have basically never worked correctly. All behavior defined by the default configuration can be overridden with drop-in files as necessary - see [below](#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire) for details.
+
+- `services.pipewire.media-session` and the `pipewire-media-session` package have been removed, as they are no longer supported upstream. Users are encouraged to use `services.pipewire.wireplumber` instead.
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-23.05-notable-changes}
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
@@ -301,3 +304,85 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 - The option `services.prometheus.exporters.pihole.interval` does not exist anymore and has been removed.
 
 - `k3s` can now be configured with an EnvironmentFile for its systemd service, allowing secrets to be provided without ending up in the Nix Store.
+
+## Detailed migration information {#sec-release-23.05-migration}
+
+### Pipewire configuration overrides {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire}
+
+#### Why this change? {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire-why}
+
+The Pipewire config semantics don't really match the NixOS module semantics, so it's extremely awkward to override the default config, especially when lists are involved. Vendoring the configuration files in nixpkgs also creates unnecessary maintenance overhead.
+
+Also, upstream added a lot of accomodations to allow doing most of the things you'd want to do with a config edit in better ways.
+
+#### Migrating your configuration {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire-how}
+
+Compare your settings to [the defaults](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/tree/master/src/daemon) and where your configuration differs from them.
+
+Then, create a drop-in JSON file in `/etc/pipewire/<config file name>.d/99-custom.conf` (the actual filename can be anything) and migrate your changes to it according to the following sections.
+
+Repeat for every file you've modified, changing the directory name accordingly.
+
+#### Things you can just copy over {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire-simple}
+
+If you are:
+
+- setting properties via `*.properties`
+- loading a new module to `context.modules`
+- creating new objects with `context.objects`
+- declaring SPA libraries with `context.spa-libs`
+- running custom commands with `context.exec`
+- adding new rules with `*.rules`
+- running custom PulseAudio commands with `pulse.cmd`
+
+Simply move the definitions into the drop-in.
+
+Note that the use of `context.exec` is not recommended and other methods of running your thing are likely a better option.
+
+```json
+{
+  "context.properties": {
+    "your.property.name": "your.property.value"
+  },
+  "context.modules": [
+    { "name": "libpipewire-module-my-cool-thing" }
+  ],
+  "context.objects": [
+    { "factory": { ... } }
+  ],
+  "alsa.rules": [
+    { "matches: { ... }, "actions": { ... } }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+#### Removing a module from `context.modules` {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire-removing-modules}
+
+Look for an option to disable it via `context.properties` (`"module.x11.bell": "false"` is likely the most common use case here).
+If one is not available, proceed to [Nuclear option](#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire).
+
+#### Modifying a module's parameters in `context.modules` {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire-modifying-modules}
+
+For most modules (e.g. `libpipewire-module-rt`) it's enough to load the module again with the new arguments, e.g.:
+
+```json
+{
+  "context.modules": [
+    {
+      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
+      "args": {
+        "rt.prio": 90
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Note that `module-rt` specifically will generally use the highest values available by default, so setting limits on the `pipewire` systemd service is preferable to reloading.
+
+If reloading the module is not an option, proceed to [Nuclear option](#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire).
+
+#### Nuclear option {#sec-release-23.05-migration-pipewire-nuclear}
+If all else fails, you can still manually copy the contents of the default configuration file
+from `${pkgs.pipewire.lib}/share/pipewire` to `/etc/pipewire` and edit it to fully override the default.
+However, this should be done only as a last resort. Please talk to the Pipewire maintainers if you ever need to do this.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 60f3bbc98c0..ae90adfb4e3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@
   ./services/desktops/gvfs.nix
   ./services/desktops/malcontent.nix
   ./services/desktops/neard.nix
-  ./services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.nix
   ./services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
   ./services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
   ./services/desktops/profile-sync-daemon.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/client-rt.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/client-rt.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c204606193a..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/client-rt.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {
-    "log.level": 0
-  },
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {},
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-device"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-session-manager"
-    }
-  ],
-  "filter.properties": {},
-  "stream.properties": {},
-  "alsa.properties": {},
-  "alsa.rules": [
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "resolve"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "alsa.buffer-bytes": 131072
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/client.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/client.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 71294a0e78a..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/client.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {
-    "log.level": 0
-  },
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-device"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-session-manager"
-    }
-  ],
-  "filter.properties": {},
-  "stream.properties": {}
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/filter-chain.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/filter-chain.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 689fca88359..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/filter-chain.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {
-    "log.level": 0
-  },
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {},
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/jack.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/jack.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3186e67f0cf..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/jack.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {
-    "log.level": 0
-  },
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {},
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    }
-  ],
-  "jack.properties": {},
-  "jack.rules": [
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {}
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {}
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "jack_bufsize"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "jack.global-buffer-size": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "qsynth"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "node.always-process": false,
-          "node.pause-on-idle": false,
-          "node.passive": "out"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "client.name": "Mixxx"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "jack.merge-monitor": false
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/minimal.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/minimal.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f1ebe5749c..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/minimal.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {
-    "link.max-buffers": 16,
-    "core.daemon": true,
-    "core.name": "pipewire-0",
-    "settings.check-quantum": true,
-    "settings.check-rate": true,
-    "vm.overrides": {
-      "default.clock.min-quantum": 1024
-    }
-  },
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "api.alsa.*": "alsa/libspa-alsa",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {
-        "nice.level": -11
-      },
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-profiler"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-access",
-      "args": {}
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-link-factory"
-    }
-  ],
-  "context.objects": [
-    {
-      "factory": "metadata",
-      "args": {
-        "metadata.name": "default"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "factory": "spa-node-factory",
-      "args": {
-        "factory.name": "support.node.driver",
-        "node.name": "Dummy-Driver",
-        "node.group": "pipewire.dummy",
-        "priority.driver": 20000
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "factory": "spa-node-factory",
-      "args": {
-        "factory.name": "support.node.driver",
-        "node.name": "Freewheel-Driver",
-        "priority.driver": 19000,
-        "node.group": "pipewire.freewheel",
-        "node.freewheel": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "factory": "adapter",
-      "args": {
-        "factory.name": "api.alsa.pcm.source",
-        "node.name": "system",
-        "node.description": "system",
-        "media.class": "Audio/Source",
-        "api.alsa.path": "hw:0",
-        "node.suspend-on-idle": true,
-        "resample.disable": true,
-        "channelmix.disable": true,
-        "adapter.auto-port-config": {
-          "mode": "dsp",
-          "monitor": false,
-          "control": false,
-          "position": "unknown"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "factory": "adapter",
-      "args": {
-        "factory.name": "api.alsa.pcm.sink",
-        "node.name": "system",
-        "node.description": "system",
-        "media.class": "Audio/Sink",
-        "api.alsa.path": "hw:0",
-        "node.suspend-on-idle": true,
-        "resample.disable": true,
-        "channelmix.disable": true,
-        "adapter.auto-port-config": {
-          "mode": "dsp",
-          "monitor": false,
-          "control": false,
-          "position": "unknown"
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ],
-  "context.exec": []
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-aes67.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-aes67.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index aaffa93ca96..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-aes67.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {},
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {
-        "nice.level": -11
-      },
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rtp-source",
-      "args": {
-        "sap.ip": "239.255.255.255",
-        "sap.port": 9875,
-        "sess.latency.msec": 10,
-        "local.ifname": "eth0",
-        "stream.props": {
-          "media.class": "Audio/Source",
-          "node.virtual": false,
-          "device.api": "aes67"
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-avb.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-avb.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f669895d87..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-avb.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {},
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {
-        "nice.level": -11
-      },
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-avb",
-      "args": {}
-    }
-  ],
-  "context.exec": [],
-  "stream.properties": {},
-  "avb.properties": {
-    "ifname": "enp3s0",
-    "vm.overrides": {}
-  }
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b1a86485332..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {},
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {
-        "nice.level": -11
-      },
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-pulse",
-      "args": {}
-    }
-  ],
-  "context.exec": [],
-  "pulse.cmd": [
-    {
-      "cmd": "load-module",
-      "args": "module-always-sink",
-      "flags": []
-    }
-  ],
-  "stream.properties": {},
-  "pulse.properties": {
-    "server.address": [
-      "unix:native"
-    ],
-    "vm.overrides": {
-      "pulse.min.quantum": "1024/48000"
-    }
-  },
-  "pulse.rules": [
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {}
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {}
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "teams"
-        },
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "teams-insiders"
-        },
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "skypeforlinux"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "quirks": [
-          "force-s16-info"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "application.process.binary": "firefox"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "quirks": [
-          "remove-capture-dont-move"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "application.name": "~speech-dispatcher.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "pulse.min.req": "512/48000",
-          "pulse.min.quantum": "512/48000",
-          "pulse.idle.timeout": 5
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a47abe2213d..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/pipewire.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {
-    "link.max-buffers": 16,
-    "core.daemon": true,
-    "core.name": "pipewire-0",
-    "vm.overrides": {
-      "default.clock.min-quantum": 1024
-    },
-    "module.x11.bell": true
-  },
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "audio.convert.*": "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert",
-    "avb.*": "avb/libspa-avb",
-    "api.alsa.*": "alsa/libspa-alsa",
-    "api.v4l2.*": "v4l2/libspa-v4l2",
-    "api.libcamera.*": "libcamera/libspa-libcamera",
-    "api.bluez5.*": "bluez5/libspa-bluez5",
-    "api.vulkan.*": "vulkan/libspa-vulkan",
-    "api.jack.*": "jack/libspa-jack",
-    "support.*": "support/libspa-support"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rt",
-      "args": {
-        "nice.level": -11
-      },
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-profiler"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-spa-device-factory"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-device"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-portal",
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-access",
-      "args": {}
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-link-factory"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-session-manager"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-x11-bell",
-      "args": {},
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ],
-      "condition": [
-        {
-          "module.x11.bell": true
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
-  "context.objects": [
-    {
-      "factory": "spa-node-factory",
-      "args": {
-        "factory.name": "support.node.driver",
-        "node.name": "Dummy-Driver",
-        "node.group": "pipewire.dummy",
-        "priority.driver": 20000
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "factory": "spa-node-factory",
-      "args": {
-        "factory.name": "support.node.driver",
-        "node.name": "Freewheel-Driver",
-        "priority.driver": 19000,
-        "node.group": "pipewire.freewheel",
-        "node.freewheel": true
-      }
-    }
-  ],
-  "context.exec": []
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/alsa-monitor.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/alsa-monitor.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 53fc9cc9634..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/alsa-monitor.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "properties": {},
-  "rules": [
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "device.name": "~alsa_card.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "api.alsa.use-acp": true,
-          "api.acp.auto-profile": false,
-          "api.acp.auto-port": false
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "node.name": "~alsa_input.*"
-        },
-        {
-          "node.name": "~alsa_output.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "node.pause-on-idle": false
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/bluez-monitor.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/bluez-monitor.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d1c23e8256..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/bluez-monitor.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "properties": {},
-  "rules": [
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "device.name": "~bluez_card.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "bluez5.auto-connect": [
-            "hfp_hf",
-            "hsp_hs",
-            "a2dp_sink"
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "node.name": "~bluez_input.*"
-        },
-        {
-          "node.name": "~bluez_output.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "node.pause-on-idle": false
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/media-session.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/media-session.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b4e302af38..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/media-session.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "context.properties": {},
-  "context.spa-libs": {
-    "api.bluez5.*": "bluez5/libspa-bluez5",
-    "api.alsa.*": "alsa/libspa-alsa",
-    "api.v4l2.*": "v4l2/libspa-v4l2",
-    "api.libcamera.*": "libcamera/libspa-libcamera"
-  },
-  "context.modules": [
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-rtkit",
-      "args": {},
-      "flags": [
-        "ifexists",
-        "nofail"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-protocol-native"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-node"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-client-device"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-adapter"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-metadata"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "libpipewire-module-session-manager"
-    }
-  ],
-  "session.modules": {
-    "default": [
-      "flatpak",
-      "portal",
-      "v4l2",
-      "suspend-node",
-      "policy-node"
-    ],
-    "with-audio": [
-      "metadata",
-      "default-nodes",
-      "default-profile",
-      "default-routes",
-      "alsa-seq",
-      "alsa-monitor"
-    ],
-    "with-alsa": [
-      "with-audio"
-    ],
-    "with-jack": [
-      "with-audio"
-    ],
-    "with-pulseaudio": [
-      "with-audio",
-      "bluez5",
-      "bluez5-autoswitch",
-      "logind",
-      "restore-stream",
-      "streams-follow-default"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/v4l2-monitor.conf.json b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/v4l2-monitor.conf.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b08cba1b604..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/v4l2-monitor.conf.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "properties": {},
-  "rules": [
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "device.name": "~v4l2_device.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {}
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "matches": [
-        {
-          "node.name": "~v4l2_input.*"
-        },
-        {
-          "node.name": "~v4l2_output.*"
-        }
-      ],
-      "actions": {
-        "update-props": {
-          "node.pause-on-idle": false
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 203139294c6..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-# pipewire example session manager.
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-let
-  json = pkgs.formats.json {};
-  cfg = config.services.pipewire.media-session;
-  enable32BitAlsaPlugins = cfg.alsa.support32Bit
-                           && pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64
-                           && pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.pipewire != null;
-
-  # Use upstream config files passed through spa-json-dump as the base
-  # Patched here as necessary for them to work with this module
-  defaults = {
-    alsa-monitor = lib.importJSON ./media-session/alsa-monitor.conf.json;
-    bluez-monitor = lib.importJSON ./media-session/bluez-monitor.conf.json;
-    media-session = lib.importJSON ./media-session/media-session.conf.json;
-    v4l2-monitor = lib.importJSON ./media-session/v4l2-monitor.conf.json;
-  };
-
-  configs = {
-    alsa-monitor = recursiveUpdate defaults.alsa-monitor cfg.config.alsa-monitor;
-    bluez-monitor = recursiveUpdate defaults.bluez-monitor cfg.config.bluez-monitor;
-    media-session = recursiveUpdate defaults.media-session cfg.config.media-session;
-    v4l2-monitor = recursiveUpdate defaults.v4l2-monitor cfg.config.v4l2-monitor;
-  };
-in {
-
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members;
-    # uses attributes of the linked package
-    buildDocsInSandbox = false;
-  };
-
-  ###### interface
-  options = {
-    services.pipewire.media-session = {
-      enable = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Whether to enable the deprecated example Pipewire session manager";
-      };
-
-      package = mkOption {
-        type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.pipewire-media-session;
-        defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.pipewire-media-session";
-        description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          The pipewire-media-session derivation to use.
-        '';
-      };
-
-      config = {
-        media-session = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the media session core. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/media-session/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/media-session.d/media-session.conf
-          '';
-          default = defaults.media-session;
-        };
-
-        alsa-monitor = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the alsa monitor. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/media-session/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
-          '';
-          default = defaults.alsa-monitor;
-        };
-
-        bluez-monitor = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the bluez5 monitor. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/media-session/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
-          '';
-          default = defaults.bluez-monitor;
-        };
-
-        v4l2-monitor = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the V4L2 monitor. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/media-session/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/media-session.d/v4l2-monitor.conf
-          '';
-          default = defaults.v4l2-monitor;
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  ###### implementation
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
-    systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ];
-
-    # Enable either system or user units.
-    systemd.services.pipewire-media-session.enable = config.services.pipewire.systemWide;
-    systemd.user.services.pipewire-media-session.enable = !config.services.pipewire.systemWide;
-
-    systemd.services.pipewire-media-session.wantedBy = [ "pipewire.service" ];
-    systemd.user.services.pipewire-media-session.wantedBy = [ "pipewire.service" ];
-
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/media-session.conf" = {
-      source = json.generate "media-session.conf" configs.media-session;
-    };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/v4l2-monitor.conf" = {
-      source = json.generate "v4l2-monitor.conf" configs.v4l2-monitor;
-    };
-
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/with-audio" =
-      mkIf config.services.pipewire.audio.enable {
-        text = "";
-      };
-
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/with-alsa" =
-      mkIf config.services.pipewire.alsa.enable {
-        text = "";
-      };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf" =
-      mkIf config.services.pipewire.alsa.enable {
-        source = json.generate "alsa-monitor.conf" configs.alsa-monitor;
-      };
-
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/with-pulseaudio" =
-      mkIf config.services.pipewire.pulse.enable {
-        text = "";
-      };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf" =
-      mkIf config.services.pipewire.pulse.enable {
-        source = json.generate "bluez-monitor.conf" configs.bluez-monitor;
-      };
-
-    environment.etc."pipewire/media-session.d/with-jack" =
-      mkIf config.services.pipewire.jack.enable {
-        text = "";
-      };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
index 09cec9a7910..ae695baf42c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  json = pkgs.formats.json {};
   cfg = config.services.pipewire;
   enable32BitAlsaPlugins = cfg.alsa.support32Bit
                            && pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64
@@ -18,34 +17,8 @@ let
     mkdir -p "$out/lib"
     ln -s "${cfg.package.jack}/lib" "$out/lib/pipewire"
   '';
-
-  # Use upstream config files passed through spa-json-dump as the base
-  # Patched here as necessary for them to work with this module
-  defaults = {
-    client = lib.importJSON ./daemon/client.conf.json;
-    client-rt = lib.importJSON ./daemon/client-rt.conf.json;
-    jack = lib.importJSON ./daemon/jack.conf.json;
-    minimal = lib.importJSON ./daemon/minimal.conf.json;
-    pipewire = lib.importJSON ./daemon/pipewire.conf.json;
-    pipewire-pulse = lib.importJSON ./daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.json;
-  };
-
-  useSessionManager = cfg.wireplumber.enable || cfg.media-session.enable;
-
-  configs = {
-    client = recursiveUpdate defaults.client cfg.config.client;
-    client-rt = recursiveUpdate defaults.client-rt cfg.config.client-rt;
-    jack = recursiveUpdate defaults.jack cfg.config.jack;
-    pipewire = recursiveUpdate (if useSessionManager then defaults.pipewire else defaults.minimal) cfg.config.pipewire;
-    pipewire-pulse = recursiveUpdate defaults.pipewire-pulse cfg.config.pipewire-pulse;
-  };
 in {
-
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members ++ [ lib.maintainers.k900 ];
-    # uses attributes of the linked package
-    buildDocsInSandbox = false;
-  };
+  meta.maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members ++ [ lib.maintainers.k900 ];
 
   ###### interface
   options = {
@@ -69,53 +42,6 @@ in {
         '';
       };
 
-      config = {
-        client = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          default = {};
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for pipewire clients. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/client.conf.in
-          '';
-        };
-
-        client-rt = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          default = {};
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for realtime pipewire clients. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/client-rt.conf.in
-          '';
-        };
-
-        jack = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          default = {};
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the pipewire daemon's jack module. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/jack.conf.in
-          '';
-        };
-
-        pipewire = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          default = {};
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the pipewire daemon. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
-          '';
-        };
-
-        pipewire-pulse = mkOption {
-          type = json.type;
-          default = {};
-          description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Configuration for the pipewire-pulse daemon. For details see
-            https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/${cfg.package.version}/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse.conf.in
-          '';
-        };
-      };
-
       audio = {
         enable = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.bool;
@@ -153,10 +79,20 @@ in {
           https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire/blob/master/NEWS
         '';
       };
-
     };
   };
 
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule ["services" "pipewire" "config"] ''
+      Overriding default Pipewire configuration through NixOS options never worked correctly and is no longer supported.
+      Please create drop-in files in /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/ to make the desired setting changes instead.
+    '')
+
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule ["services" "pipewire" "media-session"] ''
+      pipewire-media-session is no longer supported upstream and has been removed.
+      Please switch to `services.pipewire.wireplumber` instead.
+    '')
+  ];
 
   ###### implementation
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -222,22 +158,6 @@ in {
       source = "${cfg.package}/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf";
     };
 
-    environment.etc."pipewire/client.conf" = {
-      source = json.generate "client.conf" configs.client;
-    };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/client-rt.conf" = {
-      source = json.generate "client-rt.conf" configs.client-rt;
-    };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/jack.conf" = {
-      source = json.generate "jack.conf" configs.jack;
-    };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/pipewire.conf" = {
-      source = json.generate "pipewire.conf" configs.pipewire;
-    };
-    environment.etc."pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf" = mkIf cfg.pulse.enable {
-      source = json.generate "pipewire-pulse.conf" configs.pipewire-pulse;
-    };
-
     environment.sessionVariables.LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
       lib.mkIf cfg.jack.enable [ "${cfg.package.jack}/lib" ];
 
@@ -256,12 +176,5 @@ in {
       };
       groups.pipewire.gid = config.ids.gids.pipewire;
     };
-
-    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/464#note_723554
-    systemd.services.pipewire.environment."PIPEWIRE_LINK_PASSIVE" = "1";
-    systemd.user.services.pipewire.environment."PIPEWIRE_LINK_PASSIVE" = "1";
-
-    # pipewire-pulse default config expects pactl to be in PATH
-    systemd.user.services.pipewire-pulse.path = lib.mkIf cfg.pulse.enable [ pkgs.pulseaudio ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
index 4b36b99aa7c..95a7ece26c5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/wireplumber.nix
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ in
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     assertions = [
       {
-        assertion = !config.services.pipewire.media-session.enable;
-        message = "WirePlumber and pipewire-media-session can't be enabled at the same time.";
-      }
-      {
         assertion = !config.hardware.bluetooth.hsphfpd.enable;
         message = "Using Wireplumber conflicts with hsphfpd, as it provides the same functionality. `hardware.bluetooth.hsphfpd.enable` needs be set to false";
       }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
index db8dc38c4bd..8fa38c49de7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
@@ -196,19 +196,6 @@ let
     '';
 
     postInstall = ''
-      mkdir $out/nix-support
-      ${if (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) then ''
-        pushd $lib/share/pipewire
-        for f in *.conf; do
-          echo "Generating JSON from $f"
-
-          $out/bin/spa-json-dump "$f" > "$out/nix-support/$f.json"
-        done
-        popd
-      '' else ''
-        cp ${buildPackages.pipewire}/nix-support/*.json "$out/nix-support"
-      ''}
-
       ${lib.optionalString enableSystemd ''
         moveToOutput "share/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.*" "$pulse"
         moveToOutput "lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.*" "$pulse"
@@ -219,30 +206,7 @@ let
       moveToOutput "bin/pw-jack" "$jack"
     '';
 
-    passthru = {
-      updateScript = ./update-pipewire.sh;
-      tests = {
-        installedTests = nixosTests.installed-tests.pipewire;
-
-        # This ensures that all the paths used by the NixOS module are found.
-        test-paths = callPackage ./test-paths.nix { package = self; } {
-          paths-out = [
-            "share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-pipewire.conf"
-            "nix-support/client-rt.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/client.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/jack.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/minimal.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/pipewire.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/pipewire-aes67.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/pipewire-pulse.conf.json"
-          ];
-          paths-lib = [
-            "lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so"
-            "share/alsa-card-profile/mixer"
-          ];
-        };
-      };
-    };
+    passthru.tests = nixosTests.installed-tests.pipewire;
 
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/media-session.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/media-session.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 19940d8d747..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/media-session.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitLab
-, fetchpatch
-, meson
-, ninja
-, pkg-config
-, doxygen
-, graphviz
-, systemd
-, pipewire
-, glib
-, dbus
-, alsa-lib
-, callPackage
-}:
-
-let
-  mesonEnable = b: if b then "enabled" else "disabled";
-  mesonList = l: "[" + lib.concatStringsSep "," l + "]";
-
-  self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    pname = "pipewire-media-session";
-    version = "0.4.1";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitLab {
-      domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
-      owner = "pipewire";
-      repo = "media-session";
-      rev = version;
-      sha256 = "sha256-e537gTkiNYMz2YJrOff/MXYWVDgHZDkqkSn8Qh+7Wr4=";
-    };
-
-    patches = [
-      # Fix `ERROR: Tried to access unknown option "session-managers".`
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/media-session/-/commit/dfa740175c83e1cd0d815ad423f90872de566437.diff";
-        sha256 = "01rfwq8ipm8wyv98rxal1s5zrkf0pn9hgrngiq2wdbwj6vjdnr1h";
-      })
-      # Fix attempt to put system service units into pkgs.systemd.
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/media-session/-/commit/2ff6b0baec7325dde229013b9d37c93f8bc7edee.diff";
-        sha256 = "18gg7ca04ihl4ylnw78wdyrbvg66m8w43gg0wp258x4nv95gpps2";
-      })
-    ];
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      doxygen
-      graphviz
-      meson
-      ninja
-      pkg-config
-    ];
-
-    buildInputs = [
-      alsa-lib
-      dbus
-      glib
-      pipewire
-      systemd
-    ];
-
-    mesonFlags = [
-      "-Ddocs=enabled"
-      "-Dsystemd-system-service=enabled"
-      # We generate these empty files from the nixos module, don't bother installing them
-      "-Dwith-module-sets=[]"
-    ];
-
-    postUnpack = ''
-      patchShebangs source/doc/input-filter-h.sh
-      patchShebangs source/doc/input-filter.sh
-    '';
-
-    postInstall = ''
-      mkdir $out/nix-support
-      cd $out/share/pipewire/media-session.d
-      for f in *.conf; do
-        echo "Generating JSON from $f"
-        ${pipewire}/bin/spa-json-dump "$f" > "$out/nix-support/$f.json"
-      done
-    '';
-
-    passthru = {
-      updateScript = ./update-media-session.sh;
-      tests = {
-        test-paths = callPackage ./test-paths.nix { package = self; } {
-          paths-out = [
-            "nix-support/alsa-monitor.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/bluez-monitor.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/media-session.conf.json"
-            "nix-support/v4l2-monitor.conf.json"
-          ];
-          paths-lib = [];
-        };
-      };
-    };
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      description = "Example session manager for PipeWire";
-      homepage = "https://pipewire.org";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar kranzes ];
-    };
-  };
-
-in
-self
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/test-paths.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/test-paths.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e3e5fef3a6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/test-paths.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, runCommand, package, paths-out, paths-lib }:
-
-let
-  check-path = output: path: ''
-    if [[ ! -f "${output}/${path}" && ! -d "${output}/${path}" ]]; then
-      printf "Missing: %s\n" "${output}/${path}" | tee -a $out
-      error=error
-    else
-      printf "Found: %s\n" "${output}/${path}" | tee -a $out
-    fi
-  '';
-
-  check-output = output: lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (check-path output);
-in runCommand "pipewire-test-paths" { } ''
-  touch $out
-
-  ${check-output package.lib paths-lib}
-  ${check-output package paths-out}
-
-  if [[ -n "$error" ]]; then
-    exit 1
-  fi
-''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/update-media-session.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/update-media-session.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c5574581575..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/update-media-session.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -p nix-update -i bash
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-set -o errexit -o pipefail -o nounset -o errtrace
-shopt -s inherit_errexit
-shopt -s nullglob
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-NIXPKGS_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-
-cd "$NIXPKGS_ROOT"
-nix-update pipewire-media-session
-outputs=$(nix-build . -A pipewire-media-session)
-for p in $outputs; do
-    conf_files=$(find "$p/nix-support/" -name '*.conf.json')
-    for c in $conf_files; do
-        file_name=$(basename "$c")
-        if [[ ! -e "nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/$file_name" ]]; then
-            echo "New file $file_name found! Add it to the module config and passthru tests!"
-        fi
-        install -m 0644 "$c" "nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/media-session/"
-    done
-done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/update-pipewire.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/update-pipewire.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d94d39c7630..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/update-pipewire.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -p nix-update -i bash
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-set -o errexit -o pipefail -o nounset -o errtrace
-shopt -s inherit_errexit
-shopt -s nullglob
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-NIXPKGS_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-
-cd "$NIXPKGS_ROOT"
-nix-update pipewire
-outputs=$(nix-build . -A pipewire)
-for p in $outputs; do
-    conf_files=$(find "$p/nix-support/" -name '*.conf.json')
-    for c in $conf_files; do
-        file_name=$(basename "$c")
-        if [[ ! -e "nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/$file_name" ]]; then
-            echo "New file $file_name found! Add it to the module config and passthru tests!"
-        fi
-        install -m 0644 "$c" "nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/daemon/"
-    done
-done
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index dd2c8c7735c..c8b91abb837 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1225,6 +1225,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   pidginwindowmerge = throw "'pidginwindowmerge' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pidgin-window-merge'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pifi = throw "pifi has been removed from nixpkgs, as it is no longer developed"; # Added 2022-01-19
   ping = throw "'ping' does not build with recent valac and has been removed. If you are just looking for the 'ping' command use either 'iputils' or 'inetutils'"; # Added 2022-04-18
+  pipewire-media-session = throw "pipewire-media-session is no longer maintained and has been removed. Please use Wireplumber instead.";
   piwik = throw "'piwik' has been renamed to/replaced by 'matomo'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   pixie = throw "pixie has been removed: abandoned by upstream"; # Added 2022-04-21
   pkgconfig = pkg-config; # Added 2018-02-02, moved to aliases.nix 2021-01-18
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9687396f115..bef37c6e5db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16883,8 +16883,6 @@ with pkgs;
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg-headless;
   };
 
-  pipewire-media-session = callPackage ../development/libraries/pipewire/media-session.nix { };
-
   pipewire_0_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/pipewire/0.2.nix { };
   wireplumber = callPackage ../development/libraries/pipewire/wireplumber.nix { };