diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index e8597bbf3c87978d65fe7fe52a556c73ddd7f4ce..72975e1f9f5eea806c3839be7e6401e850287599 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -2808,9 +2808,7 @@ 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                   */
 );