diff --git a/src/zm_event.cpp b/src/zm_event.cpp
index 5ddd255d2..a7e615f96 100644
--- a/src/zm_event.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_event.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ void Event::Run() {
       monitor->GetVideoStream(),
       monitor->GetVideoCodecContext(),
       ( monitor->RecordAudio() ? monitor->GetAudioStream() : nullptr ),
-      ( monitor->RecordAudio() ? monitor->GetAudioCodecContext() : nullptr ),
       monitor );
 
     if (!videoStore->open()) {
diff --git a/src/zm_videostore.cpp b/src/zm_videostore.cpp
index d94582964..8e88cfcc9 100644
--- a/src/zm_videostore.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_videostore.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ VideoStore::VideoStore(
   AVStream *p_video_in_stream,
   AVCodecContext *p_video_in_ctx,
   AVStream *p_audio_in_stream,
-  AVCodecContext *p_audio_in_ctx,
   Monitor *p_monitor
 ) :
   chosen_codec_data(nullptr),
@@ -57,6 +56,8 @@ VideoStore::VideoStore(
   video_in_stream(p_video_in_stream),
   audio_in_stream(p_audio_in_stream),
   audio_in_codec(nullptr),
+  // Opened in open() from audio_in_stream's codecpar, not handed in. The
+  // caller used to pass a context as well and this ignored it.
   audio_in_ctx(nullptr),
   audio_out_codec(nullptr),
   audio_out_ctx(nullptr),
diff --git a/src/zm_videostore.h b/src/zm_videostore.h
index bca94d39e..bf5a7181a 100644
--- a/src/zm_videostore.h
+++ b/src/zm_videostore.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ class VideoStore {
     AVStream *video_in_stream,
     AVCodecContext  *video_in_ctx,
     AVStream *audio_in_stream,
-    AVCodecContext  *audio_in_ctx,
     Monitor * p_monitor);
   ~VideoStore();
   bool  open();