diff --git a/libao2/ao_pcm.c b/libao2/ao_pcm.c
index 0c86977b62..85d93015c4 100644
--- a/libao2/ao_pcm.c
+++ b/libao2/ao_pcm.c
@@ -253,18 +253,6 @@ static int get_space(void){
 // return: number of bytes played
 static int play(void* data,int len,int flags){
 
-// let libaf to do the conversion...
-#if 0
-//#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
-    if (ao_data.format == AFMT_S16_LE) {
-      unsigned short *buffer = (unsigned short *) data;
-      register int i;
-      for(i = 0; i < len/2; ++i) {
-        buffer[i] = le2me_16(buffer[i]);
-      }
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (ao_data.channels == 5 || ao_data.channels == 6 || ao_data.channels == 8) {
         int frame_size = af_fmt2bits(ao_data.format) / 8;
         len -= len % (frame_size * ao_data.channels);