diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad14e8f9..a638f0db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1 h1:n+XhsuGeVO6MEAp7xyEukFINEa+Quek5psIR/ylA6o
 github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1/go.mod h1:2zXcozF6qYGgmsG+SeTZz3oAbFLdD3OWqnUbNvJZAlc=
 github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.24 h1:ktZZC22/9t88kGRgNEFV/SESgIWhGHE+q7Z7Qj++luw=
 github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.24/go.mod h1:ltV0gO6xNFzZhsIRbFXv8RTq9NGoNT2dmAER4YmZfaM=
+github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.25 h1:2GpumtkxA0wpXhCXP6D3ksb5pGMfo9WbhgLvEw8njK4=
+github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.25/go.mod h1:ltV0gO6xNFzZhsIRbFXv8RTq9NGoNT2dmAER4YmZfaM=
diff --git a/gst/gst_pipeline.go b/gst/gst_pipeline.go
index 9e5b6187..d87299f5 100644
--- a/gst/gst_pipeline.go
+++ b/gst/gst_pipeline.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import "C"
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib/glib"
@@ -45,9 +43,6 @@ func NewPipeline(name string) (*Pipeline, error) {
 
 // NewPipelineFromString creates a new gstreamer pipeline from the given launch string.
 func NewPipelineFromString(launchv string) (*Pipeline, error) {
-	if len(strings.Split(launchv, "!")) < 2 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Given string is too short for a pipeline: %s", launchv)
-	}
 	cLaunchv := C.CString(launchv)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cLaunchv))
 	var gerr *C.GError