diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index cbc77b6e7057a8f879213759cebf40a567f7a2c6..cce7932dee1a506fad28e8e7f4b9ae609f1b6110 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 #define FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_Copy_Scale_sig_16_32_no_sat            /*FhG: reduces WMOPS - bit-exact*/
 #define FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_stereo_icBWE_dec_fx                    /*FhG: reduces WMOPS - bit-exact*/
 #define FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_ivas_swb_tbe_dec_fx                    /*FhG: reduces WMOPS - bit-exact*/
-#define FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_synthesise_fb_high_band_fx             /*FhG: reduces WMOPS - bit-exact*/
 #define FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_SIMPLIFY_elliptic_bpf_48k_generic              /*FhG: reduces maintenance complexity & reduces WMOPS & prepares STAGE2 patch*/
 #define FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_SIMPLIFY_elliptic_bpf_48k_generic_STAGE2       /*FhG: reduces WMOPS*/
 #define FIX_1481_HARDCODE_DIV                          /* FhG: hardcode division results in stereo_dmx_evs_init_encoder_fx() */
diff --git a/lib_com/swb_tbe_com_fx.c b/lib_com/swb_tbe_com_fx.c
index d3f6716318bf1655e5b84fbac5b86d77feebf631..2b398da4dc4a6f43beb883759bc19f8381917272 100644
--- a/lib_com/swb_tbe_com_fx.c
+++ b/lib_com/swb_tbe_com_fx.c
@@ -7023,50 +7023,6 @@ void synthesise_fb_high_band_fx(
     tmp3 = add( sub( Qout, add( sub( 1, exp ), exp_tmp ) ), 16 ); /*Qout - (1 -exp +exp_tmp) + 16 */
     FOR( i = 0; i < L_FRAME48k; i++ )
     {
-#ifdef FIX_1439_SPEEDUP_synthesise_fb_high_band_fx
-        L_tmp = Mult_32_16( ratio2, tmp[i] ); /* Q(16-exp+exp_tmp-15 = 1-exp+exp_tmp) */
-        Word32 L_tmp32 = L_add( 0, 0 );
-        Word16 tmp16 = add( 0, 0 );
-
-        // if (L_tmp < 0)
-        if ( L_tmp < 0 )
-        {
-            L_tmp32 = L_negate( L_tmp );
-        }
-        if ( L_tmp < 0 )
-        {
-            L_tmp32 = L_shl_sat( L_tmp32, tmp3 );
-        }
-        if ( L_tmp < 0 )
-        {
-            tmp16 = extract_h( L_tmp32 );
-        }
-        if ( L_tmp < 0 )
-        {
-            tmp16 = negate( tmp16 );
-        }
-
-        // if (L_tmp == 0)
-        if ( L_tmp == 0 )
-        {
-            tmp16 = 0;
-            move16();
-        }
-
-        // if (L_tmp > 0)
-        if ( L_tmp > 0 )
-        {
-            L_tmp32 = L_shl_sat( L_tmp, tmp3 );
-        }
-        if ( L_tmp > 0 )
-        {
-            tmp16 = extract_h( L_tmp32 );
-        }
-
-        output[i] = tmp16;
-        move16();
-
-#else
         L_tmp = Mult_32_16( ratio2, tmp[i] ); /* Q(16-exp+exp_tmp-15 = 1-exp+exp_tmp) */
         IF( L_tmp < 0 )
         {
@@ -7078,7 +7034,6 @@ void synthesise_fb_high_band_fx(
             output[i] = extract_h( L_shl_sat( L_tmp, tmp3 ) ); /*Qout*/
             move16();
         }
-#endif
     }
     return;
 }