diff --git a/src/parser/expression.js b/src/parser/expression.js
index 4358fbfe8c..1db3481ff1 100644
--- a/src/parser/expression.js
+++ b/src/parser/expression.js
@@ -379,12 +379,6 @@ pp.parseExprSubscripts = function (refShorthandDefaultPos) {
 };
 
 pp.parseSubscripts = function (base, startPos, startLoc, noCalls) {
-
-  // pipeCall plugin hack: pass noPipes via state to avoid changing args
-  // to core parser function.
-  const noPipes = this.state.noPipeSubscripts;
-  this.state.noPipeSubscripts = false;
-
   for (;;) {
     if (this.hasPlugin("lightscript") && this.crossesWhiteBlockBoundary()) {
       return base;
@@ -482,14 +476,6 @@ pp.parseSubscripts = function (base, startPos, startLoc, noCalls) {
       node.callee = base;
       const next = this.parseBangCall(node, "CallExpression");
       if (next) base = next; else return node;
-    } else if (
-      !noCalls &&
-      !noPipes &&
-      this.hasPlugin("pipeCall") &&
-      this.match(tt.pipeCall)
-    ) {
-      const node = this.startNodeAt(startPos, startLoc);
-      base = this.parsePipeCall(node, base);
     } else if (!(this.hasPlugin("lightscript") && this.isNonIndentedBreakFrom(startPos)) && this.eat(tt.bracketL)) {
       const node = this.startNodeAt(startPos, startLoc);
       node.object = base;
diff --git a/src/plugins/pipeCall.js b/src/plugins/pipeCall.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cd3b1a74d0..0000000000
--- a/src/plugins/pipeCall.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import Parser from "../parser";
-import { types as tt, TokenType } from "../tokenizer/types";
-const pp = Parser.prototype;
-
-export default function(parser) {
-  if (parser.__pipeCallPluginInstalled) return;
-  parser.__pipeCallPluginInstalled = true;
-
-  tt.pipeCall = new TokenType("|>");
-
-  pp.parsePipeCall = function(node, left) {
-    if (this.state.value === "|>") {
-      return this.parseRightPointingPipeCall(node, left);
-    } else {
-      return this.parseLeftPointingPipeCall(node, left);
-    }
-  };
-
-  pp.parseRightPointingPipeCall = function(node, left) {
-    this.next();
-
-    node.left = left;
-
-    // To get left-associative parsing for pipe calls, we can't let the RHS
-    // of a pipe call subscript into another pipe call.
-    // Thus we use a state flag to prevent deep parsing of pipe calls
-    // Hackish but avoids changing the core args of parseSubscripts
-    if (this.match(tt.parenL) || this.match(tt.name)) {
-      this.state.potentialArrowAt = this.state.start;
-    }
-    const right = this.parseExprAtom();
-    this.state.noPipeSubscripts = true;
-    node.right = this.parseSubscripts(right, this.state.start, this.state.startLoc);
-
-    return this.finishNode(node, "PipeCallExpression");
-  };
-
-  pp.parseLeftPointingPipeCall = function(node, left) {
-    this.next();
-
-    node.left = left;
-    if (this.match(tt.parenL) || this.match(tt.name)) {
-      this.state.potentialArrowAt = this.state.start;
-    }
-    node.right = this.parseSubscripts(this.parseExprAtom(), this.state.start, this.state.startLoc);
-    node.reversed = true;
-
-    return this.finishNode(node, "PipeCallExpression");
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/registerPlugins.js b/src/registerPlugins.js
index ce64a929c8..5a12ada2fb 100644
--- a/src/registerPlugins.js
+++ b/src/registerPlugins.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import bangCallPlugin from "./plugins/bangCall";
 import significantWhitespacePlugin from "./plugins/significantWhitespace";
 import splatComprehensionPlugin from "./plugins/splatComprehension";
 import syntacticPlaceholderPlugin from "./plugins/syntacticPlaceholder";
-import pipeCallPlugin from "./plugins/pipeCall";
 import { matchCoreSyntax, match } from "./plugins/match";
 
 function noncePlugin() {}
@@ -88,9 +87,6 @@ export default function registerPlugins(plugins, metadata) {
   // as PlaceholderExpressions.
   registerPlugin("syntacticPlaceholder", syntacticPlaceholderPlugin);
 
-  // |> infix operator for piped function calls
-  registerPlugin("pipeCall", pipeCallPlugin);
-
   registerPlugin("whiteblockOnly", noncePlugin, {
     dependencies: ["lightscript"]
   });
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/index.js b/src/tokenizer/index.js
index 8cd5285b8e..e98c64f012 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/index.js
+++ b/src/tokenizer/index.js
@@ -360,10 +360,6 @@ export default class Tokenizer {
     if (next === code) return this.finishOp(code === 124 ? tt.logicalOR : tt.logicalAND, 2);
     if (next === 61) return this.finishOp(tt.assign, 2);
     if (code === 124 && next === 125 && this.hasPlugin("flow")) return this.finishOp(tt.braceBarR, 2);
-    if (code === 124 && next === 62 && this.hasPlugin("pipeCall")) {
-      this.state.pos += 2;
-      return this.finishToken(tt.pipeCall, "|>");
-    }
     return this.finishOp(code === 124 ? tt.bitwiseOR : tt.bitwiseAND, 1);
   }
 
@@ -456,11 +452,6 @@ export default class Tokenizer {
       size = 2;
     }
 
-    if (code === 60 && next === 124 && this.hasPlugin("pipeCall")) {
-      this.state.pos += 2;
-      return this.finishToken(tt.pipeCall, "<|");
-    }
-
     return this.finishOp(tt.relational, size);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/arrow/actual.js b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/arrow/actual.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b72bfbb7f6..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/arrow/actual.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a |> (b) -> c
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/arrow/expected.json b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/arrow/expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bea2c40caa..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/arrow/expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "File",
-  "start": 0,
-  "end": 13,
-  "loc": {
-    "start": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 0
-    },
-    "end": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 13
-    }
-  },
-  "program": {
-    "type": "Program",
-    "start": 0,
-    "end": 13,
-    "loc": {
-      "start": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 0
-      },
-      "end": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 13
-      }
-    },
-    "sourceType": "script",
-    "body": [
-      {
-        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
-        "start": 0,
-        "end": 13,
-        "loc": {
-          "start": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 0
-          },
-          "end": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 13
-          }
-        },
-        "expression": {
-          "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-          "start": 0,
-          "end": 13,
-          "loc": {
-            "start": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 0
-            },
-            "end": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 13
-            }
-          },
-          "left": {
-            "type": "Identifier",
-            "start": 0,
-            "end": 1,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 0
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 1
-              },
-              "identifierName": "a"
-            },
-            "name": "a"
-          },
-          "right": {
-            "type": "ArrowFunctionExpression",
-            "start": 5,
-            "end": 13,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 5
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 13
-              }
-            },
-            "id": null,
-            "generator": false,
-            "expression": true,
-            "async": false,
-            "params": [
-              {
-                "type": "Identifier",
-                "start": 6,
-                "end": 7,
-                "loc": {
-                  "start": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 6
-                  },
-                  "end": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 7
-                  },
-                  "identifierName": "b"
-                },
-                "name": "b"
-              }
-            ],
-            "skinny": true,
-            "body": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 12,
-              "end": 13,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 12
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 13
-                },
-                "identifierName": "c"
-              },
-              "name": "c"
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "directives": []
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/associativity/actual.js b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/associativity/actual.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ad5ea59e..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/associativity/actual.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a |> b |> c
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/associativity/expected.json b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/associativity/expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 51e5530e5c..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/associativity/expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "File",
-  "start": 0,
-  "end": 11,
-  "loc": {
-    "start": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 0
-    },
-    "end": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 11
-    }
-  },
-  "program": {
-    "type": "Program",
-    "start": 0,
-    "end": 11,
-    "loc": {
-      "start": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 0
-      },
-      "end": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 11
-      }
-    },
-    "sourceType": "script",
-    "body": [
-      {
-        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
-        "start": 0,
-        "end": 11,
-        "loc": {
-          "start": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 0
-          },
-          "end": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 11
-          }
-        },
-        "expression": {
-          "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-          "start": 0,
-          "end": 11,
-          "loc": {
-            "start": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 0
-            },
-            "end": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 11
-            }
-          },
-          "left": {
-            "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-            "start": 0,
-            "end": 6,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 0
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 6
-              }
-            },
-            "left": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 0,
-              "end": 1,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 0
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 1
-                },
-                "identifierName": "a"
-              },
-              "name": "a"
-            },
-            "right": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 5,
-              "end": 6,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 5
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 6
-                },
-                "identifierName": "b"
-              },
-              "name": "b"
-            }
-          },
-          "right": {
-            "type": "Identifier",
-            "start": 10,
-            "end": 11,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 10
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 11
-              },
-              "identifierName": "c"
-            },
-            "name": "c"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "directives": []
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/pipe/actual.js b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/pipe/actual.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cf3443941f..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/pipe/actual.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a |> b
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/pipe/expected.json b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/pipe/expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 30a9978691..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/pipe/expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "File",
-  "start": 0,
-  "end": 6,
-  "loc": {
-    "start": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 0
-    },
-    "end": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 6
-    }
-  },
-  "program": {
-    "type": "Program",
-    "start": 0,
-    "end": 6,
-    "loc": {
-      "start": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 0
-      },
-      "end": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 6
-      }
-    },
-    "sourceType": "script",
-    "body": [
-      {
-        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
-        "start": 0,
-        "end": 6,
-        "loc": {
-          "start": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 0
-          },
-          "end": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 6
-          }
-        },
-        "expression": {
-          "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-          "start": 0,
-          "end": 6,
-          "loc": {
-            "start": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 0
-            },
-            "end": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 6
-            }
-          },
-          "left": {
-            "type": "Identifier",
-            "start": 0,
-            "end": 1,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 0
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 1
-              },
-              "identifierName": "a"
-            },
-            "name": "a"
-          },
-          "right": {
-            "type": "Identifier",
-            "start": 5,
-            "end": 6,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 5
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 6
-              },
-              "identifierName": "b"
-            },
-            "name": "b"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "directives": []
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/rhs-expr/actual.js b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/rhs-expr/actual.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c3ecd0849c..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/rhs-expr/actual.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a |> b(c)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/rhs-expr/expected.json b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/rhs-expr/expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 856c241654..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/basic/rhs-expr/expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "File",
-  "start": 0,
-  "end": 9,
-  "loc": {
-    "start": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 0
-    },
-    "end": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 9
-    }
-  },
-  "program": {
-    "type": "Program",
-    "start": 0,
-    "end": 9,
-    "loc": {
-      "start": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 0
-      },
-      "end": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 9
-      }
-    },
-    "sourceType": "script",
-    "body": [
-      {
-        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
-        "start": 0,
-        "end": 9,
-        "loc": {
-          "start": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 0
-          },
-          "end": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 9
-          }
-        },
-        "expression": {
-          "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-          "start": 0,
-          "end": 9,
-          "loc": {
-            "start": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 0
-            },
-            "end": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 9
-            }
-          },
-          "left": {
-            "type": "Identifier",
-            "start": 0,
-            "end": 1,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 0
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 1
-              },
-              "identifierName": "a"
-            },
-            "name": "a"
-          },
-          "right": {
-            "type": "CallExpression",
-            "start": 6,
-            "end": 9,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 6
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 9
-              }
-            },
-            "callee": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 5,
-              "end": 6,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 5
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 6
-                },
-                "identifierName": "b"
-              },
-              "name": "b"
-            },
-            "arguments": [
-              {
-                "type": "Identifier",
-                "start": 7,
-                "end": 8,
-                "loc": {
-                  "start": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 7
-                  },
-                  "end": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 8
-                  },
-                  "identifierName": "c"
-                },
-                "name": "c"
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "directives": []
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/leftward/pipe/actual.js b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/leftward/pipe/actual.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3eb1fe523c..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/leftward/pipe/actual.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a <| b <| c
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/leftward/pipe/expected.json b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/leftward/pipe/expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c465c08960..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/leftward/pipe/expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "File",
-  "start": 0,
-  "end": 11,
-  "loc": {
-    "start": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 0
-    },
-    "end": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 11
-    }
-  },
-  "program": {
-    "type": "Program",
-    "start": 0,
-    "end": 11,
-    "loc": {
-      "start": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 0
-      },
-      "end": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 11
-      }
-    },
-    "sourceType": "script",
-    "body": [
-      {
-        "type": "ExpressionStatement",
-        "start": 0,
-        "end": 11,
-        "loc": {
-          "start": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 0
-          },
-          "end": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 11
-          }
-        },
-        "expression": {
-          "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-          "start": 0,
-          "end": 11,
-          "loc": {
-            "start": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 0
-            },
-            "end": {
-              "line": 1,
-              "column": 11
-            }
-          },
-          "left": {
-            "type": "Identifier",
-            "start": 0,
-            "end": 1,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 0
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 1
-              },
-              "identifierName": "a"
-            },
-            "name": "a"
-          },
-          "right": {
-            "type": "PipeCallExpression",
-            "start": 7,
-            "end": 11,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 7
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 11
-              }
-            },
-            "left": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 5,
-              "end": 6,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 5
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 6
-                },
-                "identifierName": "b"
-              },
-              "name": "b"
-            },
-            "right": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 10,
-              "end": 11,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 10
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 11
-                },
-                "identifierName": "c"
-              },
-              "name": "c"
-            },
-            "reversed": true
-          },
-          "reversed": true
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "directives": []
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/options.json b/test/fixtures/pipe-call/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 634ff57aaf..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/pipe-call/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "alternatives": {
-    "default": {
-      "allPlugins": true,
-      "excludePlugins": ["estree"]
-    }
-  }
-}