diff --git a/completions/zsh/_swaymsg b/completions/zsh/_swaymsg
index 6bb032792..2e39deb6c 100644
--- a/completions/zsh/_swaymsg
+++ b/completions/zsh/_swaymsg
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ types=(
 'get_marks'
 'get_bar_config'
 'get_version'
-'get_clipboard'
 )
 
 _arguments -s \
diff --git a/include/ipc.h b/include/ipc.h
index 6f6795b39..0010718bd 100644
--- a/include/ipc.h
+++ b/include/ipc.h
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ enum ipc_command_type {
 
 	// sway-specific command types
 	IPC_GET_INPUTS = 100,
-	IPC_GET_CLIPBOARD = 101,
-	IPC_GET_SEATS = 102,
+	IPC_GET_SEATS = 101,
 
 	// Events sent from sway to clients. Events have the highest bits set.
 	IPC_EVENT_WORKSPACE = ((1<<31) | 0),
diff --git a/include/sway/commands.h b/include/sway/commands.h
index 6d17144a9..dda0606a6 100644
--- a/include/sway/commands.h
+++ b/include/sway/commands.h
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ sway_cmd cmd_client_unfocused;
 sway_cmd cmd_client_urgent;
 sway_cmd cmd_client_placeholder;
 sway_cmd cmd_client_background;
-sway_cmd cmd_clipboard;
 sway_cmd cmd_commands;
 sway_cmd cmd_debuglog;
 sway_cmd cmd_default_border;
diff --git a/include/sway/config.h b/include/sway/config.h
index d5e4116fa..995752742 100644
--- a/include/sway/config.h
+++ b/include/sway/config.h
@@ -271,11 +271,10 @@ enum ipc_feature {
 	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_WINDOW = 2048,
 	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_BINDING = 4096,
 	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_INPUT = 8192,
-	IPC_FEATURE_GET_CLIPBOARD = 16384,
-	IPC_FEATURE_GET_SEATS = 32768,
+	IPC_FEATURE_GET_SEATS = 16384,
 
 	IPC_FEATURE_ALL_COMMANDS =
-		1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 16384 | 32768,
+		1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 16384,
 	IPC_FEATURE_ALL_EVENTS = 256 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096 | 8192,
 
 	IPC_FEATURE_ALL = IPC_FEATURE_ALL_COMMANDS | IPC_FEATURE_ALL_EVENTS,
diff --git a/swaymsg/main.c b/swaymsg/main.c
index 4c068f69d..c4141ca57 100644
--- a/swaymsg/main.c
+++ b/swaymsg/main.c
@@ -246,44 +246,11 @@ static void pretty_print_config(json_object *c) {
 	printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(config));
 }
 
-static void pretty_print_clipboard(json_object *v) {
-	if (success(v, true)) {
-		if (json_object_is_type(v, json_type_array)) {
-			for (size_t i = 0; i < json_object_array_length(v); ++i) {
-				json_object *o = json_object_array_get_idx(v, i);
-				printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(o));
-			}
-		} else {
-			// NOTE: could be extended to print all received types
-			// instead just the first one when sways ipc server
-			// supports it
-			struct json_object_iterator iter = json_object_iter_begin(v);
-			struct json_object_iterator end = json_object_iter_end(v);
-			if (!json_object_iter_equal(&iter, &end)) {
-				json_object *obj = json_object_iter_peek_value(&iter);
-				if (success(obj, false)) {
-					json_object *content;
-					json_object_object_get_ex(obj, "content", &content);
-					printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(content));
-				} else {
-					json_object *error;
-					json_object_object_get_ex(obj, "error", &error);
-					printf("Error: %s\n", json_object_get_string(error));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		json_object *error;
-		json_object_object_get_ex(v, "error", &error);
-		printf("Error: %s\n", json_object_get_string(error));
-	}
-}
-
 static void pretty_print(int type, json_object *resp) {
 	if (type != IPC_COMMAND && type != IPC_GET_WORKSPACES &&
 			type != IPC_GET_INPUTS && type != IPC_GET_OUTPUTS &&
-			type != IPC_GET_VERSION && type != IPC_GET_CLIPBOARD &&
-			type != IPC_GET_SEATS && type != IPC_GET_CONFIG) {
+			type != IPC_GET_VERSION && type != IPC_GET_SEATS &&
+			type != IPC_GET_CONFIG) {
 		printf("%s\n", json_object_to_json_string_ext(resp,
 			JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY | JSON_C_TO_STRING_SPACED));
 		return;
@@ -299,11 +266,6 @@ static void pretty_print(int type, json_object *resp) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (type == IPC_GET_CLIPBOARD) {
-		pretty_print_clipboard(resp);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	json_object *obj;
 	size_t len = json_object_array_length(resp);
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
@@ -422,8 +384,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		type = IPC_GET_BINDING_MODES;
 	} else if (strcasecmp(cmdtype, "get_config") == 0) {
 		type = IPC_GET_CONFIG;
-	} else if (strcasecmp(cmdtype, "get_clipboard") == 0) {
-		type = IPC_GET_CLIPBOARD;
 	} else {
 		sway_abort("Unknown message type %s", cmdtype);
 	}
diff --git a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd
index 59a706d4b..a6e279da9 100644
--- a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd
+++ b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd
@@ -64,9 +64,3 @@ _swaymsg_ [options...] [message]
 
 *get\_config*
 	Gets a JSON-encoded copy of the current configuration.
-
-*get\_clipboard*
-	Get JSON-encoded information about the clipboard.
-	Returns the current clipboard mime-types if called without
-	arguments, otherwise returns the clipboard data in the requested
-	formats. Encodes the data using base64 for non-text mime types.