diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c
index c442882107d88c34d2e94a787503b75c49b7c869..5cbcb57daf4e789f8f308808c5c26b9875083d34 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c
@@ -194,11 +194,9 @@ void ivas_mct_core_enc(
     CPE_ENC_HANDLE hCPE[MCT_MAX_BLOCKS], /* i/o: CPE encoder structures          */
     const int16_t nChannels,             /* i  : number of channels to be coded  */
     const int32_t ivas_total_brate,      /* i  : IVAS total bitrate              */
-#ifndef DISABLE_BWD_MCT
-    const int16_t switch_bw, /* i  : flag bandwidth switch occurance */
-#endif
-    const int16_t lfe_bits, /* i  : bits spent for LFE              */
-    const int16_t sba_order /* i  : Ambisonic (SBA) order           */
+    const int16_t switch_bw,             /* i  : flag bandwidth switch occurance */
+    const int16_t lfe_bits,              /* i  : bits spent for LFE              */
+    const int16_t sba_order              /* i  : Ambisonic (SBA) order           */
 )
 {
     int16_t ch, ch_core, nSubframes, L_subframeTCX;
@@ -280,13 +278,12 @@ void ivas_mct_core_enc(
     {
         ch_core = ch * CPE_CHANNELS;
 
-#ifndef DISABLE_BWD_MCT
         if ( switch_bw )
         {
             initMdctStereoEncData( hMCT->hBlockData[ch]->hStereoMdct, ivas_format, sts[ch_core]->element_mode, sts[ch_core]->element_brate, sts[ch_core]->bwidth,
                                    sts[ch_core]->igf, sts[ch_core]->hIGFEnc->igfData.igfInfo.grid, 0 );
         }
-#endif
+
         if ( sts[ch_core]->igf )
         {
             /* calculate the igf start band from the igf start line */