diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c b/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c
index 9b2db92e..eb7fce64 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,6 @@ void InterpretPhoneme(Translator *tr, int control, PHONEME_LIST *plist, PHONEME_
         memcpy(&worddata->prev_vowel, &plist[0], sizeof(PHONEME_LIST));
     }
 
-#ifdef _ESPEAKEDIT
     plist->std_length = phdata->pd_param[i_SET_LENGTH];
     if(phdata->sound_addr[0] != 0)
     {
@@ -1270,7 +1269,6 @@ void InterpretPhoneme(Translator *tr, int control, PHONEME_LIST *plist, PHONEME_
         plist->phontab_addr = phdata->sound_addr[1];  // WAV address
         plist->sound_param = phdata->sound_param[1];
 	}
-#endif
 }  // end of InterpretPhoneme
 
 
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c
index d6c7633f..c602efab 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.c
@@ -1459,9 +1459,7 @@ int Generate(PHONEME_LIST *phoneme_list, int *n_ph, int resume)
 		{
 		case phPAUSE:
 			DoPause(p->length,0);
-#ifdef _ESPEAKEDIT
             p->std_length = p->ph->std_length;
-#endif
 			break;
 
 		case phSTOP:
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h
index d8e8b24b..461f5398 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synthesize.h
@@ -227,11 +227,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned char newword;   // bit 0=start of word, bit 1=end of clause, bit 2=start of sentence
 	unsigned char pitch1;
 	unsigned char pitch2;
-#ifdef _ESPEAKEDIT
 	unsigned char std_length;
 	unsigned int phontab_addr;
 	int sound_param;
-#endif
 } PHONEME_LIST;