diff --git a/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/README.md b/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/README.md
index 73510d6c..e5412eac 100644
--- a/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/README.md
+++ b/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ A script for showing and toggling the mute state of the PipeWire default microph
 ## Dependencies
 
 * pactl (libpulse)
-* pw-cat (pipewire)
 
 
 ## Module
diff --git a/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/pipewire-microphone.sh b/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/pipewire-microphone.sh
index 92e42a7f..9a4c77af 100644
--- a/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/pipewire-microphone.sh
+++ b/polybar-scripts/pipewire-microphone/pipewire-microphone.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 get_mic_default() {
-    pw-cat --record --list-targets | sed -n -E "1 s/^.*: (.*)/\1/p"
+    pactl info | awk '/Default Source:/ {print $3}'
 }
 
 is_mic_muted() {
-    mic_name="$(get_mic_default)"
-
-    pactl list sources | \
-        awk -v mic_name="${mic_name}" '{
-            if ($0 ~ "Name: " mic_name) {
-                matched_mic_name = 1;
-            } else if (matched_mic_name && /Mute/) {
-                print $2;
-                exit;
-            }
-        }'
+    pactl get-source-mute "$(get_mic_default)" | awk '{print $2}'
 }
 
 get_mic_status() {
-    is_muted="$(is_mic_muted)"
-
-    if [ "${is_muted}" = "yes" ]; then
+    if [ "$(is_mic_muted)" = "yes" ]; then
         printf "%s\n" "#1"
     else
         printf "%s\n" "#2"
@@ -30,9 +18,8 @@ get_mic_status() {
 
 listen() {
     get_mic_status
-
     LANG=EN; pactl subscribe | while read -r event; do
-        if printf "%s\n" "${event}" | grep --quiet "source" || printf "%s\n" "${event}" | grep --quiet "server"; then
+        if printf "%s\n" "${event}" | grep -qE '(source|server)'; then
             get_mic_status
         fi
     done
@@ -42,7 +29,7 @@ toggle() {
     pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle
 }
 
-case "$1" in
+case "${1}" in
     --toggle)
         toggle
         ;;