diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/BigPipedInputStream.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/BigPipedInputStream.java
index 8381c7d212910cd9a9605a0b337129dec5060ae1..a5a25a3f33d9d8a449bd9a249ec8d5c13d0219ad 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/BigPipedInputStream.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/BigPipedInputStream.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package net.i2p.util;
 import java.io.PipedInputStream;
 
 /**
+ *  We are now Java 6 minimum. Just use PipedInputStream.
+ *
  *  Java 1.5 PipedInputStream buffers are only 1024 bytes; our I2CP messages are typically 1730 bytes,
  *  thus causing thread blockage before the whole message is transferred.
  *  We can specify buffer size in 1.6 but not in 1.5.
@@ -12,32 +14,19 @@ import java.io.PipedInputStream;
  *
  *  Moved from InternalServerSocket.
  *  @since 0.8.9
+ *  @deprecated scheduled for removal in 0.9.34
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class BigPipedInputStream extends PipedInputStream {
 
-    private static final boolean oneDotSix = SystemVersion.isJava6();
-
     private static final int PIPE_SIZE = 64*1024;
 
-    private BigPipedInputStream(int size) {
-         super();
-         buffer = new byte[size];
-    }
-
     /** default size 64K */
     public static PipedInputStream getInstance() {
         return getInstance(PIPE_SIZE);
     }
 
     public static PipedInputStream getInstance(int size) {
-        if (oneDotSix) {
-            try {
-                return new PipedInputStream(size);
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                // NoSuchMethodException or NoSuchMethodError if we somehow got the
-                // version detection wrong or the JVM doesn't support it
-            }
-        }
-        return new BigPipedInputStream(size);
+        return new PipedInputStream(size);
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index e44b175eee18748121e2db6f36e3ba39429f7e04..478d2f62f27d8b633a0582f04cbcde58456acbeb 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ public class EepGet {
         if (_isGzippedResponse) {
             if (_log.shouldInfo())
                 _log.info("Gzipped response, starting decompressor");
-            PipedInputStream pi = BigPipedInputStream.getInstance();
+            PipedInputStream pi = new PipedInputStream(64*1024);
             PipedOutputStream po = new PipedOutputStream(pi);
             pusher = new I2PAppThread(new Gunzipper(pi, _out), "EepGet Decompressor");
             _out = po;
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalServerSocket.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalServerSocket.java
index 51cb6c6861ff85c9454723b283e8de6b21a267d6..fb7dfdbaa0c82f76acfe0b7ab8d416fbbe6bb782 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalServerSocket.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/InternalServerSocket.java
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public class InternalServerSocket extends ServerSocket {
         InternalServerSocket iss = _sockets.get(Integer.valueOf(port));
         if (iss == null)
              throw new IOException("No server for port: " + port);
-        PipedInputStream cis = BigPipedInputStream.getInstance();
-        PipedInputStream sis = BigPipedInputStream.getInstance();
+        PipedInputStream cis = new PipedInputStream(64*1024);
+        PipedInputStream sis = new PipedInputStream(64*1024);
         PipedOutputStream cos = new PipedOutputStream(sis);
         PipedOutputStream sos = new PipedOutputStream(cis);
         clientSock.setInputStream(cis);
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java
index a9f047842afaa4b23194a2b074472034ebc11166..403e168e3f9bfbb7d87104f8279d622baa0bf360 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/SSLEepGet.java
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ public class SSLEepGet extends EepGet {
         Thread pusher = null;
         _decompressException = null;
         if (_isGzippedResponse) {
-            PipedInputStream pi = BigPipedInputStream.getInstance();
+            PipedInputStream pi = new PipedInputStream(64*1024);
             PipedOutputStream po = new PipedOutputStream(pi);
             pusher = new I2PAppThread(new Gunzipper(pi, _out), "EepGet Decompressor");
             _out = po;