diff --git a/trezorctl b/trezorctl
index c37d98c9e..f0a186836 100755
--- a/trezorctl
+++ b/trezorctl
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def get_transport(transport_string, path, **kwargs):
 
     if transport_string == 'pipe':
         from trezorlib.transport_pipe import PipeTransport
+        if path == '':
+            path = '/tmp/pipe.trezor'
         return PipeTransport(path, is_device=False, **kwargs)
 
     if transport_string == 'bridge':
diff --git a/trezorctl-emu.sh b/trezorctl-emu.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1ff954678..000000000
--- a/trezorctl-emu.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-./trezorctl -t pipe -p /tmp/pipe.trezor $*