diff --git a/src/plugin/bridge.cpp b/src/plugin/bridge.cpp
index 7066377c..7f187b1b 100644
--- a/src/plugin/bridge.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin/bridge.cpp
@@ -57,15 +57,11 @@ Bridge::Bridge()
       socket_endpoint(generate_endpoint_name().string()),
       socket_acceptor(io_context, socket_endpoint),
       host_vst_dispatch(io_context),
-      vst_stdin(),
-      vst_stdout(),
       vst_host(find_wine_vst_host(),
                // The Wine VST host needs to know which plugin to load and which
                // Unix domain socket to connect to
                find_vst_plugin(),
                socket_endpoint.path(),
-               bp::std_in = vst_stdin,
-               bp::std_out = vst_stdout,
                bp::env = set_wineprefix()) {
     // It's very important that these sockets are connected to in the same order
     // in the Wine VST host
diff --git a/src/plugin/bridge.h b/src/plugin/bridge.h
index 03306a44..5570f269 100644
--- a/src/plugin/bridge.h
+++ b/src/plugin/bridge.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 class Bridge {
    public:
     /**
-     * Initializes the Wine VST bridge. This sets up the STDIN/STDOUT streams
-     * for event handling and a shared memory buffer for passing audio.
+     * Initializes the Wine VST bridge. This sets up the sockets for event
+     * handling.
      *
      * TODO: Figure out whether shared memory gives us better throughput and/or
      *       lower overhead than using a Unix domain socket would.
@@ -72,7 +72,5 @@ class Bridge {
     // plugin (through the Wine VST host).
     boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::socket host_vst_dispatch;
 
-    boost::process::opstream vst_stdin;
-    boost::process::ipstream vst_stdout;
     boost::process::child vst_host;
 };