diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 3aa6a2e7ba6daa31810b2a0a9c82e98c9f8d2812..d1aaf2547133ef0437a3af4222a1e8390d205034 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 #define FIX_966_VAR_OVERFLOW_IN_HARM_MODEL_ARI          /* FhG: fix and undef behaviour bug in the harmonic TCX model arithmetic coder */
 #define FIX_699_FILE_READER_JBM_TSM                     /* VA: issue 699: complement FileReader_getFilePath() logic for TSM and JBM */
 #define FIX_997_REMOVE_SPAR_DEC_UPMIXER                 /* VA: issue 997: remove obsolete function ivas_spar_dec_upmixer() */
+#define FIX_944_REMOVE_LS_RENDERER_CALL_IN_STEREO       /* VA: issue 994: remove an obsolete call of function ivas_ls_setup_conversion() in stereo */
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
index cb68cd2dddab5a23d475b4320bf09fa31c179c9f..a8f4296a2a67218bce60bf93b76eaea743a0ff57 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
@@ -143,11 +143,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_jbm_dec_tc(
         {
             hp20( p_output[n], output_frame, st_ivas->mem_hp20_out[n], output_Fs );
         }
+#ifndef FIX_944_REMOVE_LS_RENDERER_CALL_IN_STEREO
 
         if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_MC && st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->nchan_out == 1 )
         {
             ivas_ls_setup_conversion( st_ivas, st_ivas->nchan_transport, output_frame, p_output, p_output );
         }
+#endif
     }
     else if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == ISM_FORMAT )
     {