diff --git a/src/pc/audio/audio_pulse.c b/src/pc/audio/audio_pulse.c
index 385cb5e..6422eb6 100644
--- a/src/pc/audio/audio_pulse.c
+++ b/src/pc/audio/audio_pulse.c
@@ -190,9 +190,10 @@ static void audio_pulse_play(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
         printf("pa_stream_write failed\n");
         return;
     }
-    while (!pas.write_complete) {
+    // FIXME: what was the purpose of this? at least on pipewire, this is an infinite poll
+    /*while (!pas.write_complete) {
         pa_mainloop_iterate(pas.mainloop, true, NULL);
-    }
+    }*/
     pas.write_complete = false;
 }