diff --git a/lib_dec/peak_vq_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/peak_vq_dec_fx.c
index 9c8460bcbf44bdf2ae2408d13905099aead9c08b..e89f8db27930e810c16d46f8170481992bac2b5a 100644
--- a/lib_dec/peak_vq_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/peak_vq_dec_fx.c
@@ -321,13 +321,8 @@ static void peak_vq_dec_fx(
 
     pvq_decode_frame_fx( st_fx, pvq_vector, npulses, pvq_inp_vector, hvq_band_start, hvq_band_end, hvq_band_width, pvq_bands, Rk, pvq_bits, core );
 
-#ifdef HARM_HQ_CORE_KEEP_BE
-    fine_gain_pred_fx( hvq_band_start, hvq_band_end, hvq_band_width, k_sort, npulses, pvq_maxpulse, NULL,
-                       pvq_bands, pvq_vector, pvq_inp_vector, fg_pred, EVS_MONO, core );
-#else
     fine_gain_pred_fx( hvq_band_start, hvq_band_end, hvq_band_width, k_sort, npulses, pvq_maxpulse, NULL,
                        pvq_bands, pvq_vector, pvq_inp_vector, fg_pred, st_fx->element_mode, core );
-#endif
 
     fine_gain_dec_fx( st_fx, k_sort, pvq_bands, gain_bits_array, fg_pred );
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/peak_vq_enc_fx.c b/lib_enc/peak_vq_enc_fx.c
index ff27de8c326a3348aa68fcb1de0f1ec89b843e0f..6e72486f133280a09d68251dbb7bf9a2589f17e3 100644
--- a/lib_enc/peak_vq_enc_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/peak_vq_enc_fx.c
@@ -402,14 +402,8 @@ Word16 peak_vq_enc_fx(
         move16();
     }
 
-#ifdef HARM_HQ_CORE_KEEP_BE
-    (void) element_mode;
-    fine_gain_pred_fx( hvq_band_start, hvq_band_end, hvq_band_width, k_sort, npulses, NULL, NULL, pvq_bands, coefs_pvq,
-                       pvq_inp_vector, fg_pred, EVS_MONO, HQ_CORE );
-#else
     fine_gain_pred_fx( hvq_band_start, hvq_band_end, hvq_band_width, k_sort, npulses, NULL, NULL, pvq_bands, coefs_pvq,
                        pvq_inp_vector, fg_pred, element_mode, HQ_CORE );
-#endif
 
     pCoefsOut = &coefs_out[0];
     pSelBnds = &sel_bnds[0];