diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
index 41234fa828..4a2b5314d2 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/audio/MediaCodecAudioRenderer.java
@@ -514,10 +514,7 @@ public class MediaCodecAudioRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer implements Media
       } else {
         // If the format is anything other than PCM then we assume that the audio decoder will
         // output 16-bit PCM.
-        pcmEncoding =
-            MimeTypes.AUDIO_RAW.equals(format.sampleMimeType)
-                ? format.pcmEncoding
-                : C.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT;
+        pcmEncoding = C.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT;
       }
       audioSinkInputFormat =
           new Format.Builder()