diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
index ea60e71a2f25b9e8f25e057fdc538580b8d13263..7c1d81b6b818fc3ff963b30a402722793063e321 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
@@ -937,13 +937,6 @@ int16_t getNumChanSynthesis(
     if ( st_ivas->sba_dirac_stereo_flag )
     {
         n = CPE_CHANNELS;
-#if 0 
-        /* TODO wkr: this is actually a correct bugfix for OSBA, it is disabled for now to pass the pipelines in the OSBA JBM branch */
-        if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == SBA_ISM_FORMAT && st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
-        {
-            n += st_ivas->nchan_ism;
-        }
-#endif
     }
     else if ( ( st_ivas->hMCT != NULL || st_ivas->ivas_format == SBA_FORMAT ) && st_ivas->ivas_format != SBA_ISM_FORMAT )
     {