diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.c b/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.c
index 6fec1dca..7446ea30 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.c
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ const unsigned char pause_phonemes[8] = {
 	0, phonPAUSE_VSHORT, phonPAUSE_SHORT, phonPAUSE, phonPAUSE_LONG, phonGLOTTALSTOP, phonPAUSE_LONG, phonPAUSE_LONG
 };
 
-static int SubstitutePhonemes(PHONEME_LIST *plist_out, int n_ph_list2, PHONEME_LIST2 *ph_list2)
+extern int n_ph_list2;
+extern PHONEME_LIST2 ph_list2[N_PHONEME_LIST]; // first stage of text->phonemes
+
+static int SubstitutePhonemes(PHONEME_LIST *plist_out)
 {
 	// Copy the phonemes list and perform any substitutions that are required for the
 	// current voice
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ static int SubstitutePhonemes(PHONEME_LIST *plist_out, int n_ph_list2, PHONEME_L
 	return n_plist_out;
 }
 
-void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence, int *n_ph_list2, PHONEME_LIST2 *ph_list2)
+void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence)
 {
 	int ix = 0;
 	int j;
@@ -143,11 +146,11 @@ void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence, int *n
 	memset(&worddata, 0, sizeof(worddata));
 	plist2 = ph_list2;
 	phlist = phoneme_list;
-	end_sourceix = plist2[*n_ph_list2 - 1].sourceix;
+	end_sourceix = plist2[n_ph_list2-1].sourceix;
 
 	// is the last word of the clause unstressed ?
 	max_stress = 0;
-	for (j = *n_ph_list2 - 3; j >= 0; j--) {
+	for (j = n_ph_list2-3; j >= 0; j--) {
 		// start with the last phoneme (before the terminating pauses) and move backwards
 		if ((plist2[j].stresslevel & 0x7f) > max_stress)
 			max_stress = plist2[j].stresslevel & 0x7f;
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence, int *n
 	delete_count = 0;
 	current_phoneme_tab = tr->phoneme_tab_ix;
 	int deleted_sourceix = -1;
-	for (j = 0; j < *n_ph_list2; j++) {
+	for (j = 0; j < n_ph_list2; j++) {
 		if (current_phoneme_tab != tr->phoneme_tab_ix)
 			plist2[j].synthflags |= SFLAG_SWITCHED_LANG;
 
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence, int *n
 		}
 
 	}
-	*n_ph_list2 -= delete_count;
+	n_ph_list2 -= delete_count;
 
 	if ((regression = tr->langopts.param[LOPT_REGRESSIVE_VOICING]) != 0) {
 		// set consonant clusters to all voiced or all unvoiced
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence, int *n
 		bool stop_propagation = false;
 		voicing = 0;
 
-		for (j = *n_ph_list2 - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+		for (j = n_ph_list2-1; j >= 0; j--) {
 			ph = phoneme_tab[plist2[j].phcode];
 			if (ph == NULL)
 				continue;
@@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence, int *n
 		}
 	}
 
-	n_ph_list3 = SubstitutePhonemes(ph_list3, (int) *n_ph_list2, ph_list2) - 2;
+	n_ph_list3 = SubstitutePhonemes(ph_list3) - 2;
 
 	for (j = 0; (j < n_ph_list3) && (ix < N_PHONEME_LIST-3);) {
 		if (ph_list3[j].sourceix) {
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.h b/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.h
index a2d8cb8b..049b0568 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/phonemelist.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef ESPEAK_NG_PHONEMELIST_H
 #define ESPEAK_NG_PHONEMELIST_H
 
-#include "synthesize.h"
 #include "translate.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -33,11 +32,7 @@ extern "C"
 }
 #endif
 
-void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr,
-	int post_pause,
-	bool start_sentence,
-	int *n_ph_list2,
-	PHONEME_LIST2 *ph_list2);
+void MakePhonemeList(Translator *tr, int post_pause, bool start_sentence);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
index ba468ec6..c61d9058 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ void TranslateClause(Translator *tr, int *tone_out, char **voice_change)
 	if (Eof() && ((word_count == 0) || (option_endpause == 0)))
 		clause_pause = 10;
 
-	MakePhonemeList(tr, clause_pause, new_sentence2, &n_ph_list2, ph_list2);
+	MakePhonemeList(tr, clause_pause, new_sentence2);
 	phoneme_list[N_PHONEME_LIST].ph = NULL; // recognize end of phoneme_list array, in Generate()
 	phoneme_list[N_PHONEME_LIST].sourceix = 1;