diff --git a/libcelt/bands.c b/libcelt/bands.c
index 210f9302..1be1b298 100644
--- a/libcelt/bands.c
+++ b/libcelt/bands.c
@@ -1003,9 +1003,9 @@ static unsigned quant_band(int encode, const CELTMode *m, int i, celt_norm *X, c
 
          /* Finally do the actual quantization */
          if (encode)
-            cm = alg_quant(X, N, K, spread, B, lowband, resynth, (ec_enc*)ec, gain);
+            cm = alg_quant(X, N, K, spread, B, resynth, (ec_enc*)ec, gain);
          else
-            cm = alg_unquant(X, N, K, spread, B, lowband, (ec_dec*)ec, gain);
+            cm = alg_unquant(X, N, K, spread, B, (ec_dec*)ec, gain);
       } else {
          /* If there's no pulse, fill the band anyway */
          int j;
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ void quant_all_bands(int encode, const CELTMode *m, int start, int end,
          b = 0;
       }
 
-      if (M*eBands[i]-N >= M*eBands[start] && (update_lowband || lowband_offset==0))
+      if (resynth && M*eBands[i]-N >= M*eBands[start] && (update_lowband || lowband_offset==0))
             lowband_offset = i;
 
       tf_change = tf_res[i];
diff --git a/libcelt/vq.c b/libcelt/vq.c
index d1f1d792..02feafa8 100644
--- a/libcelt/vq.c
+++ b/libcelt/vq.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static unsigned extract_collapse_mask(int *iy, int N, int B)
    return collapse_mask;
 }
 
-unsigned alg_quant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B, celt_norm *lowband,
+unsigned alg_quant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B,
       int resynth, ec_enc *enc, celt_word16 gain)
 {
    VARDECL(celt_norm, y);
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ unsigned alg_quant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B, celt_norm *low
 /** Decode pulse vector and combine the result with the pitch vector to produce
     the final normalised signal in the current band. */
 unsigned alg_unquant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B,
-      celt_norm *lowband, ec_dec *dec, celt_word16 gain)
+      ec_dec *dec, celt_word16 gain)
 {
    int i;
    celt_word32 Ryy;
diff --git a/libcelt/vq.h b/libcelt/vq.h
index ee5b647d..67fe6043 100644
--- a/libcelt/vq.h
+++ b/libcelt/vq.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  * @param enc Entropy encoder state
  * @ret A mask indicating which blocks in the band received pulses
 */
-unsigned alg_quant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B, celt_norm *lowband,
+unsigned alg_quant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B,
       int resynth, ec_enc *enc, celt_word16 gain);
 
 /** Algebraic pulse decoder
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ unsigned alg_quant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B, celt_norm *low
  * @ret A mask indicating which blocks in the band received pulses
  */
 unsigned alg_unquant(celt_norm *X, int N, int K, int spread, int B,
-      celt_norm *lowband, ec_dec *dec, celt_word16 gain);
+      ec_dec *dec, celt_word16 gain);
 
 void renormalise_vector(celt_norm *X, int N, celt_word16 gain);