diff --git a/android/eSpeakTests/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/test/SpeechSynthesisTest.java b/android/eSpeakTests/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/test/SpeechSynthesisTest.java
index e2cfbbde..b7aa89ad 100644
--- a/android/eSpeakTests/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/test/SpeechSynthesisTest.java
+++ b/android/eSpeakTests/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/test/SpeechSynthesisTest.java
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ public class SpeechSynthesisTest extends TextToSpeechTestCase
         assertThat(synth.getSampleRate(), is(22050));
         assertThat(synth.getChannelCount(), is(1));
         assertThat(synth.getAudioFormat(), is(AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT));
-        assertThat(synth.getBufferSizeInBytes(), is(22050));
     }
 
     public void testJavaToIanaLanguageCode()
diff --git a/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp b/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp
index f7391ab9..27fdb5c6 100644
--- a/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <speak_lib.h>
 #include <Log.h>
 
+#define BUFFER_SIZE_IN_MILLISECONDS 1000
+
 /** @name  Java to Wide String Helpers
   * @brief These are helpers for converting a jstring to wchar_t*.
   *
@@ -163,13 +165,13 @@ JNICALL Java_com_reecedunn_espeak_SpeechSynthesis_nativeClassInit(
 
 JNIEXPORT jint
 JNICALL Java_com_reecedunn_espeak_SpeechSynthesis_nativeCreate(
-    JNIEnv *env, jobject object, jstring path, jint bufferSizeInMillis) {
+    JNIEnv *env, jobject object, jstring path) {
   if (DEBUG) LOGV("%s [env=%p, object=%p]", __FUNCTION__, env, object);
 
   const char *c_path = path ? env->GetStringUTFChars(path, NULL) : NULL;
 
   if (DEBUG) LOGV("Initializing with path %s", c_path);
-  int sampleRate = espeak_Initialize(AUDIO_OUTPUT_SYNCHRONOUS, bufferSizeInMillis, c_path, 0);
+  int sampleRate = espeak_Initialize(AUDIO_OUTPUT_SYNCHRONOUS, BUFFER_SIZE_IN_MILLISECONDS, c_path, 0);
 
   if (c_path) env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(path, c_path);
 
diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
index 86c8959e..fa2b0814 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
 
     public static final int CHANNEL_COUNT_MONO = 1;
     public static final int FORMAT_PCM_S16 = 2;
-    public static final int BUFFER_SIZE_IN_MILLIS = 1000;
 
     static {
         System.loadLibrary("ttsespeak");
@@ -103,10 +102,6 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
         return FORMAT_PCM_S16;
     }
 
-    public int getBufferSizeInBytes() {
-        return (BUFFER_SIZE_IN_MILLIS * mSampleRate) / 1000;
-    }
-
     private Locale getLocaleFromLanguageName(String name) {
         if (mLocaleFixes.containsKey(name)) {
             return mLocaleFixes.get(name);
@@ -287,7 +282,7 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
             return;
         }
 
-        mSampleRate = nativeCreate(mDatapath, BUFFER_SIZE_IN_MILLIS);
+        mSampleRate = nativeCreate(mDatapath);
         if (mSampleRate == 0) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to initialize speech synthesis library");
             return;
@@ -312,7 +307,7 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
 
     private static native final boolean nativeClassInit();
 
-    private native final int nativeCreate(String path, int bufferSizeInMillis);
+    private native final int nativeCreate(String path);
 
     private native final static String nativeGetVersion();