diff --git a/src/devices/sound/disc_cls.h b/src/devices/sound/disc_cls.h
index 2e301099b04..2ea8498d2f1 100644
--- a/src/devices/sound/disc_cls.h
+++ b/src/devices/sound/disc_cls.h
@@ -236,14 +236,10 @@ public:
 	uint32_t              m_stream_in_number = 0;
 	uint32_t              m_inview_sample = 0;
 private:
-	void stream_generate(sound_stream &stream);
-
 	double      m_gain = 0.0;       /* node gain */
 	double      m_offset = 0.0;     /* node offset */
 	uint8_t     m_data = 0;         /* data written */
 	uint8_t     m_is_buffered = 0;
-	/* the buffer stream */
-	sound_stream        *m_buffer_stream = nullptr;
 };
 
 class DISCRETE_CLASS_NAME(dss_input_buffer): public DISCRETE_CLASS_NAME(dss_input_stream)
diff --git a/src/devices/sound/disc_inp.hxx b/src/devices/sound/disc_inp.hxx
index baf4088d024..432f8c076bf 100644
--- a/src/devices/sound/disc_inp.hxx
+++ b/src/devices/sound/disc_inp.hxx
@@ -242,16 +242,12 @@ void DISCRETE_CLASS_FUNC(dss_input_pulse, input_write)(int sub_node, uint8_t dat
 #define DSS_INPUT_STREAM__GAIN      DISCRETE_INPUT(1)
 #define DSS_INPUT_STREAM__OFFSET    DISCRETE_INPUT(2)
 
-void discrete_dss_input_stream_node::stream_generate(sound_stream &stream)
-{
-	stream.fill(0, m_data * (1.0 / 32768.0));
-}
 DISCRETE_STEP(dss_input_stream)
 {
 	/* the context pointer is set to point to the current input stream data in discrete_stream_update */
-	if (EXPECTED(m_buffer_stream))
+	if (m_is_buffered)
 	{
-		set_output(0,  m_buffer_stream->get(m_stream_in_number, m_inview_sample) * 32768.0 * m_gain + m_offset);
+		set_output(0,  m_data * m_gain + m_offset);
 		m_inview_sample++;
 	}
 	else
@@ -271,23 +267,14 @@ void DISCRETE_CLASS_FUNC(dss_input_stream, input_write)(int sub_node, uint8_t da
 
 	if (m_data != new_data)
 	{
-		if (m_is_buffered)
-		{
-			/* Bring the system up to now */
-			m_buffer_stream->update();
+		/* Bring the system up to now */
+		m_device->update_to_current_time();
 
-			m_data = new_data;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			/* Bring the system up to now */
-			m_device->update_to_current_time();
-
-			m_data = new_data;
+		m_data = new_data;
 
+		if (!m_is_buffered)
 			/* Update the node output here so we don't have to do it each step */
 			set_output(0,  new_data * m_gain + m_offset);
-		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -301,20 +288,8 @@ DISCRETE_START(dss_input_stream)
 	m_offset = DSS_INPUT_STREAM__OFFSET;
 
 	m_is_buffered = is_buffered();
-	m_buffer_stream = nullptr;
 }
 
 void DISCRETE_CLASS_NAME(dss_input_stream)::stream_start(void)
 {
-	if (m_is_buffered)
-	{
-		/* stream_buffered input only supported for sound devices */
-		discrete_sound_device *snd_device = downcast<discrete_sound_device *>(m_device);
-		//assert(DSS_INPUT_STREAM__STREAM < snd_device->m_input_stream_list.count());
-
-		m_buffer_stream = m_device->machine().sound().stream_alloc(*snd_device, 1, 1, this->sample_rate(), stream_update_delegate(&discrete_dss_input_stream_node::stream_generate,this), STREAM_DEFAULT_FLAGS);
-
-		// WTF?
-		//		snd_device->get_stream()->set_input(m_stream_in_number, m_buffer_stream);
-	}
 }