diff --git a/exec.cpp b/exec.cpp
index 7706dcc50..60b46ab9a 100644
--- a/exec.cpp
+++ b/exec.cpp
@@ -603,11 +603,7 @@ void exec_job(parser_t &parser, job_t *j)
 
     debug(4, L"Exec job '%ls' with id %d", j->command_wcstr(), j->job_id);
 
-    /* PCA Here we detect the special case of an input buffer redirection, i.e. we want a process to receive data that we hold in a buffer (it is an INPUT for the process, but an output for fish). This is extremely rare: I believe only run_pager creates these and it would be nice to dump it. So we can only have at most one.
-
-        It would be great to wean fish_pager off of input redirections so that we can dump input redirections and the INTERNAL_BUFFER process type altogether.
-      */
-    const io_buffer_t *single_magic_input_redirect = NULL;
+    /* Verify that all IO_BUFFERs are output. We used to support a (single, hacked-in) magical input IO_BUFFER used by fish_pager, but now the claim is that there are no more clients and it is removed. This assertion double-checks that. */
     const io_chain_t all_ios = j->all_io_redirections();
     for (size_t idx = 0; idx < all_ios.size(); idx++)
     {
@@ -616,23 +612,7 @@ void exec_job(parser_t &parser, job_t *j)
         if ((io->io_mode == IO_BUFFER))
         {
             CAST_INIT(io_buffer_t *, io_buffer, io.get());
-            if (io_buffer->is_input)
-            {
-                /* We expect to have at most one of these, per the comment above. Note that this assertion is the only reason we don't break out of the loop below  */
-                assert(single_magic_input_redirect == NULL && "Should have at most one input IO_BUFFER");
-
-                /*
-                  Input redirection - create a new gobetween process to take
-                  care of buffering, save the redirection in input_redirect
-                */
-                process_t *fake = new process_t();
-                fake->type  = INTERNAL_BUFFER;
-                fake->pipe_write_fd = STDOUT_FILENO;
-                j->first_process->pipe_read_fd = io->fd;
-                fake->next = j->first_process;
-                j->first_process = fake;
-                single_magic_input_redirect = io_buffer;
-            }
+            assert(! io_buffer->is_input);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1118,11 +1098,6 @@ void exec_job(parser_t &parser, job_t *j)
                 /* We should have handled exec up above */
                 assert(0 && "INTERNAL_EXEC process found in pipeline, where it should never be. Aborting.");
                 break;
-
-            case INTERNAL_BUFFER:
-                /* Internal buffers are handled in the next switch statement below */
-                break;
-
         }
 
         if (exec_error)
@@ -1214,44 +1189,6 @@ void exec_job(parser_t &parser, job_t *j)
 
             }
 
-
-            case INTERNAL_BUFFER:
-            {
-                assert(single_magic_input_redirect != NULL);
-                const char *buffer = single_magic_input_redirect->out_buffer_ptr();
-                size_t count = single_magic_input_redirect->out_buffer_size();
-
-                /* We don't have to drain threads here because our child process is simple */
-                if (g_log_forks)
-                {
-                    printf("fork #%d: Executing fork for internal buffer for '%ls'\n", g_fork_count, p->argv0() ? p->argv0() : L"(null)");
-                }
-                pid = execute_fork(false);
-                if (pid == 0)
-                {
-                    /*
-                      This is the child process. Write out the
-                      contents of the pipeline.
-                    */
-                    p->pid = getpid();
-                    setup_child_process(j, p, process_net_io_chain);
-
-                    exec_write_and_exit(1, buffer, count, 0);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    /*
-                       This is the parent process. Store away
-                       information on the child, and possibly give
-                       it control over the terminal.
-                    */
-                    p->pid = pid;
-                    set_child_group(j, p, 0);
-                }
-
-                break;
-            }
-
             case INTERNAL_BUILTIN:
             {
                 /*
diff --git a/proc.h b/proc.h
index 05013e1db..a3a2cd1ce 100644
--- a/proc.h
+++ b/proc.h
@@ -80,12 +80,7 @@ enum process_type_t
     /**
        The exec builtin
     */
-    INTERNAL_EXEC,
-    /**
-       A buffer
-    */
-    INTERNAL_BUFFER,
-
+    INTERNAL_EXEC
 };
 
 enum
@@ -105,8 +100,7 @@ enum
   commands to be evaluated by calling eval. Lastly, this process can
   be the result of an exec command. The role of this process_t is
   determined by the type field, which can be one of EXTERNAL,
-  INTERNAL_BUILTIN, INTERNAL_FUNCTION, INTERNAL_BLOCK, INTERNAL_EXEC,
-  and INTERNAL_BUFFER.
+  INTERNAL_BUILTIN, INTERNAL_FUNCTION, INTERNAL_BLOCK, INTERNAL_EXEC.
 
   The process_t contains information on how the process should be
   started, such as command name and arguments, as well as runtime
@@ -153,7 +147,7 @@ class process_t
     /**
       Type of process. Can be one of \c EXTERNAL, \c
       INTERNAL_BUILTIN, \c INTERNAL_FUNCTION, \c INTERNAL_BLOCK,
-      INTERNAL_EXEC, or INTERNAL_BUFFER
+      INTERNAL_EXEC
     */
     enum process_type_t type;