diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutput.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutput.cpp
index 62a9ed79b..415336687 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutput.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutput.cpp
@@ -620,23 +620,6 @@ bool LimeSDROutput::applySettings(const LimeSDROutputSettings& settings, bool fo
                         m_settings.m_devSampleRate,
                         1<<m_settings.m_log2HardInterp);
             }
-
-            if (m_limeSDROutputThread != 0)
-            {
-                m_limeSDROutputThread->setDeviceSampleRate(m_settings.m_devSampleRate);
-            }
-
-            const std::vector<DeviceSinkAPI*>& sinkBuddies = m_deviceAPI->getSinkBuddies();
-            std::vector<DeviceSinkAPI*>::const_iterator itSink = sinkBuddies.begin();
-
-            for (; itSink != sinkBuddies.end(); ++itSink)
-            {
-                DeviceLimeSDRShared *buddySharedPtr = (DeviceLimeSDRShared *) (*itSink)->getBuddySharedPtr();
-
-                if (buddySharedPtr->m_thread) {
-                    buddySharedPtr->m_thread->setDeviceSampleRate(m_settings.m_devSampleRate);
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp
index 69fed561e..c79e95554 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ LimeSDROutputThread::LimeSDROutputThread(lms_stream_t* stream, SampleSourceFifo*
     m_running(false),
     m_stream(stream),
     m_sampleFifo(sampleFifo),
-    m_sampleRate(5000000),
     m_log2Interp(0),
     m_fcPos(LimeSDROutputSettings::FC_POS_CENTER)
 {
@@ -84,11 +83,6 @@ void LimeSDROutputThread::run()
         qDebug("LimeSDROutputThread::run: stream started");
     }
 
-//    count = 0;
-//    msleep = LIMESDROUTPUT_BLOCKSIZE/(m_sampleRate/1e6f);
-//    mdelta = msleep/100;
-//    msleep = (3*msleep)/4; // to start faster
-
     while (m_running)
     {
         callback(m_buf, LIMESDROUTPUT_BLOCKSIZE);
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.h b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.h
index a212d3b9b..7587321c0 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.h
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/limesdroutput/limesdroutputthread.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void startWork();
     virtual void stopWork();
-    virtual void setDeviceSampleRate(int sampleRate) { m_sampleRate = sampleRate; }
+    virtual void setDeviceSampleRate(int __attribute__((unused)) sampleRate) {}
     void setLog2Interpolation(unsigned int log2_ioterp);
     void setFcPos(int fcPos);
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ private:
     qint16 m_buf[2*LIMESDROUTPUT_BLOCKSIZE]; //must hold I+Q values of each sample hence 2xcomplex size
     SampleSourceFifo* m_sampleFifo;
 
-    int m_sampleRate;
     unsigned int m_log2Interp; // soft decimation
     int m_fcPos;