diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceMp3.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceMp3.cpp
index ef5ecbffd9..f93f6c0e9c 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceMp3.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceMp3.cpp
@@ -496,9 +496,6 @@ static int sceMp3Init(u32 mp3) {
 
 	ctx->Version = versionBits;
 
-	// This tells us to resample to the same frequency it decodes to.
-	ctx->decoder->SetResampleFrequency(ctx->freq);
-
 	return hleDelayResult(hleLogSuccessI(ME, 0), "mp3 init", PARSE_DELAY_MS);
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.cpp b/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.cpp
index 80397bf6da..74e92b98dc 100644
--- a/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.cpp
+++ b/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int SimpleAudio::GetAudioCodecID(int audioType) {
 
 SimpleAudio::SimpleAudio(int audioType, int sample_rate, int channels)
 : ctxPtr(0xFFFFFFFF), audioType(audioType), sample_rate_(sample_rate), channels_(channels),
-  outSamples(0), srcPos(0), wanted_resample_freq(44100), frame_(0), codec_(0), codecCtx_(0), swrCtx_(0),
+  outSamples(0), srcPos(0), frame_(0), codec_(0), codecCtx_(0), swrCtx_(0),
   codecOpen_(false) {
 	Init();
 }
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ bool SimpleAudio::Decode(const uint8_t *inbuf, int inbytes, uint8_t *outbuf, int
 				swrCtx_,
 				wanted_channel_layout,
 				AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16,
-				wanted_resample_freq,
+				codecCtx_->sample_rate,
 				dec_channel_layout,
 				codecCtx_->sample_fmt,
 				codecCtx_->sample_rate,
diff --git a/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.h b/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.h
index d70ee262d6..9f9e93ecfb 100644
--- a/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.h
+++ b/Core/HW/SimpleAudioDec.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public:
 
 	// These two are only here because of save states.
 	int GetAudioType() const { return audioType; }
-	void SetResampleFrequency(int freq) { wanted_resample_freq = freq; }
 
 	// Just metadata.
 	void SetCtxPtr(u32 ptr) { ctxPtr = ptr;  }
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ private:
 	int channels_;
 	int outSamples; // output samples per frame
 	int srcPos; // bytes consumed in source during the last decoding
-	int wanted_resample_freq; // wanted resampling rate/frequency
 
 	AVFrame *frame_;
 #if HAVE_LIBAVCODEC_CONST_AVCODEC // USE_FFMPEG is implied
@@ -139,7 +137,8 @@ public:
 	u32 AuBufSize = 0;
 	u32 PCMBuf = 0;
 	u32 PCMBufSize = 0;
-	int freq = -1;
+
+	int freq = -1;  // used by AAC only?
 	int BitRate = 0;
 	int SamplingRate = -1;
 	int Channels = 0;