diff --git a/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
index e8000bdf2..dd4610f4d 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ PulseOutput::Open(AudioFormat &audio_format, Error &error)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S16NE;
 	ss.rate = audio_format.sample_rate;
 	ss.channels = audio_format.channels;