diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index 49e33402eb..0cefc61ca2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ (define-public qpwgraph
     (arguments (list #:tests? #f)) ;; no tests
     (inputs (list alsa-lib
                   libxkbcommon
-                  pipewire-0.3
+                  pipewire
                   qtbase
                   qtsvg))
     (native-inputs (list pkg-config))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/chromium.scm b/gnu/packages/chromium.scm
index ed6dd9dfd1..799c2422ac 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/chromium.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/chromium.scm
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ (define-public ungoogled-chromium
            opus+custom
            pango
            pciutils
-           pipewire-0.3
+           pipewire
            pulseaudio
            qtbase-5
            re2
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 515d9b9cea..6a7f738cda 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ (define-public weston
            mtdev
            linux-pam
            pango
-           pipewire-0.3
+           pipewire
            wayland-protocols-next
            xorg-server-xwayland))
     (propagated-inputs
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@ (define-public xdg-desktop-portal
        ("libportal" ,libportal)
        ("dbus" ,dbus)
        ("geoclue" ,geoclue)
-       ("pipewire" ,pipewire-0.3)
+       ("pipewire" ,pipewire)
        ("fuse" ,fuse-3)))
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ (define-public xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
                   grim
                   iniparser
                   libinih
-                  pipewire-0.3
+                  pipewire
                   slurp
                   wayland
                   wayland-protocols))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index e41c3754e4..6eca063aa6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -8118,7 +8118,7 @@ (define-public mutter
            ;; theme to please libxcursor.
            adwaita-icon-theme
            libxcursor                   ;for XCURSOR_PATH
-           pipewire-0.3
+           pipewire
            python
            python-dbus
            python-dbusmock
@@ -8160,7 +8160,7 @@ (define-public mutter
            libxkbfile
            libxrandr
            libxtst
-           pipewire-0.3
+           pipewire
            startup-notification
            sysprof
            upower
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm b/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm
index 96ed5cb777..455798ab8c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde-systemtools.scm
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ (define-public krfb
            libxcb
            libxtst
            breeze-icons ;; default icon set
-           pipewire-0.3
+           pipewire
            plasma-wayland-protocols
            qtbase-5
            qtwayland-5
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 5c8d886fbd..8d20f105cb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 nee <nee-git@hidamari.blue>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Pierre-Antoine Rouby <pierre-antoine.rouby@inria.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020 Brendan Tildesley <mail@brendan.scot>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020, 2022 Brendan Tildesley <mail@brendan.scot>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Manuel Graf <graf@init.at>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@gmx.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Vasile Dumitrascu <va511e@yahoo.com>
@@ -9078,7 +9078,7 @@ (define-public inputattach
 (define-public pipewire
   (package
     (name "pipewire")
-    (version "0.2.7")
+    (version "0.3.56")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -9087,23 +9087,34 @@ (define-public pipewire
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1q5wrqnhhs6r49p8yvkw1pl0cnsd4rndxy4h5lvdydwgf1civcwc"))
-              (patches (search-patches "pipewire-0.2.7-fno-common.patch"))))
+                "066g4ri2k8pdflclvr2919f6x98gmqrqyj1xyiingw2nn2pwgcf1"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(#:configure-flags '("-Dsystemd=false")))
+     (list
+      #:configure-flags
+      #~(list (string-append "-Dudevrulesdir=" #$output "/lib/udev/rules.d")
+              "-Dsystemd=disabled"
+              "-Dsession-managers=[]"
+              "-Dman=enabled")))
     (native-inputs
-     (list pkg-config))
-    (inputs
-     (list alsa-lib
-           dbus
-           eudev
-           ffmpeg-4
-           gstreamer
-           gst-plugins-base
-           libva
-           sbc
-           sdl2))
+     (list pkg-config
+           python-docutils))
+    (inputs (list alsa-lib
+                  avahi
+                  bluez
+                  dbus
+                  eudev
+                  ffmpeg
+                  gst-plugins-base
+                  gstreamer
+                  jack-2
+                  ldacbt
+                  libva
+                  pulseaudio
+                  sbc
+                  sdl2
+                  vulkan-headers
+                  vulkan-loader))
     (home-page "https://pipewire.org/")
     (synopsis "Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines")
     (description
@@ -9117,40 +9128,6 @@ (define-public pipewire
 of Linux application development.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
-(define-public pipewire-0.3
-  (package
-    (inherit pipewire)
-    (name "pipewire")
-    (version "0.3.56")
-    (source (origin
-              (method git-fetch)
-              (uri (git-reference
-                    (url "https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire")
-                    (commit version)))
-              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "066g4ri2k8pdflclvr2919f6x98gmqrqyj1xyiingw2nn2pwgcf1"))))
-    (arguments
-     (list
-      #:configure-flags
-      #~(list (string-append "-Dudevrulesdir=" #$output "/lib/udev/rules.d")
-              "-Dsystemd=disabled"
-              "-Dsession-managers=[]"
-              "-Dman=enabled")))
-    (native-inputs
-     (modify-inputs (package-native-inputs pipewire)
-       (prepend python-docutils)))
-    (inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs pipewire)
-              (replace "ffmpeg" ffmpeg)
-              (prepend avahi
-                       bluez
-                       jack-2
-                       ldacbt
-                       pulseaudio
-                       vulkan-loader
-                       vulkan-headers)))))
-
 (define-public wireplumber
   (package
     (name "wireplumber")
@@ -9172,7 +9149,7 @@ (define-public wireplumber
     (native-inputs
      (list `(,glib "bin")
            pkg-config))
-    (inputs (list dbus elogind glib lua pipewire-0.3))
+    (inputs (list dbus elogind glib lua pipewire))
     (home-page "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber")
     (synopsis "Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire")
     (description "WirePlumber is a modular session / policy manager for
diff --git a/gnu/packages/telegram.scm b/gnu/packages/telegram.scm
index 14e0602d93..ad9ca74a6c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/telegram.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/telegram.scm
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ (define-public webrtc-for-telegram-desktop
               openh264
               openssl
               opus
-              pipewire-0.3
+              pipewire
               protobuf))
        (synopsis "WebRTC support for Telegram Desktop")
        (description "WebRTC-for-Telegram-Desktop is a custom WebRTC fork by
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index e934379ff4..fc430b9196 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -3457,7 +3457,7 @@ (define-public obs
       mbedtls-apache
       mesa
       pciutils
-      pipewire-0.3
+      pipewire
       pulseaudio
       python
       qtbase-5
