diff --git a/lib/svgo.test.js b/lib/svgo.test.js
index de849ea9f..9513d5a1f 100644
--- a/lib/svgo.test.js
+++ b/lib/svgo.test.js
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ test('multipass option should trigger plugins multiple times', () => {
    * @type {Plugin<void>}
    */
   const testPlugin = {
-    type: 'visitor',
     name: 'testPlugin',
     fn: (_root, _params, info) => {
       list.push(info.multipassCount);
diff --git a/lib/svgo/plugins.js b/lib/svgo/plugins.js
index 54cd2580f..4eec940fe 100644
--- a/lib/svgo/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/svgo/plugins.js
@@ -20,23 +20,10 @@ const invokePlugins = (ast, info, plugins, overrides, globalOverrides) => {
     }
     const params = { ...plugin.params, ...globalOverrides, ...override };
 
-    if (plugin.type === 'perItem') {
-      ast = perItem(ast, info, plugin, params);
-    }
-    if (plugin.type === 'perItemReverse') {
-      ast = perItem(ast, info, plugin, params, true);
-    }
-    if (plugin.type === 'full') {
-      if (plugin.active) {
-        ast = plugin.fn(ast, params, info);
-      }
-    }
-    if (plugin.type === 'visitor') {
-      if (plugin.active) {
-        const visitor = plugin.fn(ast, params, info);
-        if (visitor != null) {
-          visit(ast, visitor);
-        }
+    if (plugin.active) {
+      const visitor = plugin.fn(ast, params, info);
+      if (visitor != null) {
+        visit(ast, visitor);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -44,38 +31,6 @@ const invokePlugins = (ast, info, plugins, overrides, globalOverrides) => {
 };
 exports.invokePlugins = invokePlugins;
 
-/**
- * Direct or reverse per-item loop.
- *
- * @param {Object} data input data
- * @param {Object} info extra information
- * @param {Array} plugins plugins list to process
- * @param {boolean} [reverse] reverse pass?
- * @return {Object} output data
- */
-function perItem(data, info, plugin, params, reverse) {
-  function monkeys(items) {
-    items.children = items.children.filter(function (item) {
-      // reverse pass
-      if (reverse && item.children) {
-        monkeys(item);
-      }
-      // main filter
-      let kept = true;
-      if (plugin.active) {
-        kept = plugin.fn(item, params, info) !== false;
-      }
-      // direct pass
-      if (!reverse && item.children) {
-        monkeys(item);
-      }
-      return kept;
-    });
-    return items;
-  }
-  return monkeys(data);
-}
-
 const createPreset = ({ name, plugins }) => {
   return {
     name,
diff --git a/plugins-api.md b/plugins-api.md
index 4a55eea06..e4cc79b19 100644
--- a/plugins-api.md
+++ b/plugins-api.md
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Basic plugin looks like this
 
 ```js
 export const myPlugin = {
-  type: 'visitor',
   name: 'pluginName',
   fn: () => {
     // do nothing
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ Visitor pattern allows to access all nodes in direct order from the root to the
 
 ```js
 const myPlugin = {
-  type: 'visitor',
   name: 'pluginName',
   fn: () => {
     return {
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ All nodes except root also have an access to parentNode
 
 ```js
 const myPlugin = {
-  type: 'visitor',
   name: 'pluginName',
   fn: () => {
     return {
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ To remove node from parent create new array with children
 
 ```js
 const myPlugin = {
-  type: 'visitor',
   name: 'pluginName',
   fn: () => {
     return {
@@ -115,7 +111,6 @@ Find all circles with specific attribute
 
 ```js
 const myPlugin = {
-  type: 'visitor',
   name: 'pluginName',
   fn: () => {
     return {
@@ -135,7 +130,6 @@ Collect all elements and analyze later
 
 ```js
 const myPlugin = {
-  type: 'visitor',
   name: 'pluginName',
   fn: () => {
     const elements = []