diff --git a/obs/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui b/obs/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui
index ee47eee90..8cf59fe07 100644
--- a/obs/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui
+++ b/obs/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui
@@ -2289,8 +2289,8 @@
              <rect>
               <x>0</x>
               <y>0</y>
-              <width>63</width>
-              <height>16</height>
+              <width>98</width>
+              <height>28</height>
              </rect>
             </property>
            </widget>
@@ -2663,50 +2663,6 @@
              <item alignment="Qt::AlignTop">
               <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_11" native="true">
                <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_17">
-                <item>
-                 <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_6">
-                  <property name="title">
-                   <string>Basic.Settings.Audio</string>
-                  </property>
-                  <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_17">
-                   <property name="fieldGrowthPolicy">
-                    <enum>QFormLayout::AllNonFixedFieldsGrow</enum>
-                   </property>
-                   <property name="labelAlignment">
-                    <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-                   </property>
-                   <item row="0" column="0">
-                    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_35">
-                     <property name="minimumSize">
-                      <size>
-                       <width>0</width>
-                       <height>0</height>
-                      </size>
-                     </property>
-                     <property name="text">
-                      <string>Basic.Settings.Advanced.Audio.BufferingTime</string>
-                     </property>
-                     <property name="alignment">
-                      <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-                     </property>
-                    </widget>
-                   </item>
-                   <item row="0" column="1">
-                    <widget class="QSpinBox" name="audioBufferingTime">
-                     <property name="minimum">
-                      <number>100</number>
-                     </property>
-                     <property name="maximum">
-                      <number>10000</number>
-                     </property>
-                     <property name="value">
-                      <number>1000</number>
-                     </property>
-                    </widget>
-                   </item>
-                  </layout>
-                 </widget>
-                </item>
                 <item>
                  <widget class="QGroupBox" name="advancedVideoContainer">
                   <property name="title">
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
index 8599feba0..fdb3aa911 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults()
 	config_set_default_uint  (basicConfig, "Audio", "SampleRate", 44100);
 	config_set_default_string(basicConfig, "Audio", "ChannelSetup",
 			"Stereo");
-	config_set_default_uint  (basicConfig, "Audio", "BufferingTime", 1000);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -2194,8 +2193,6 @@ bool OBSBasic::ResetAudio()
 	else
 		ai.speakers = SPEAKERS_STEREO;
 
-	ai.buffer_ms = config_get_uint(basicConfig, "Audio", "BufferingTime");
-
 	return obs_reset_audio(&ai);
 }
 
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-settings.cpp b/obs/window-basic-settings.cpp
index 3f89611b1..d26e1a729 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-settings.cpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-settings.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ OBSBasicSettings::OBSBasicSettings(QWidget *parent)
 	HookWidget(ui->fpsInteger,           SCROLL_CHANGED, VIDEO_CHANGED);
 	HookWidget(ui->fpsNumerator,         SCROLL_CHANGED, VIDEO_CHANGED);
 	HookWidget(ui->fpsDenominator,       SCROLL_CHANGED, VIDEO_CHANGED);
-	HookWidget(ui->audioBufferingTime,   SCROLL_CHANGED, ADV_RESTART);
 	HookWidget(ui->renderer,             COMBO_CHANGED,  ADV_RESTART);
 	HookWidget(ui->adapter,              COMBO_CHANGED,  ADV_RESTART);
 	HookWidget(ui->colorFormat,          COMBO_CHANGED,  ADV_CHANGED);
@@ -1643,8 +1642,6 @@ void OBSBasicSettings::LoadAudioSettings()
 
 void OBSBasicSettings::LoadAdvancedSettings()
 {
-	uint32_t audioBufferingTime = config_get_uint(main->Config(),
-			"Audio", "BufferingTime");
 	const char *videoColorFormat = config_get_string(main->Config(),
 			"Video", "ColorFormat");
 	const char *videoColorSpace = config_get_string(main->Config(),
@@ -1676,7 +1673,6 @@ void OBSBasicSettings::LoadAdvancedSettings()
 	ui->streamDelayPreserve->setChecked(preserveDelay);
 	ui->streamDelayEnable->setChecked(enableDelay);
 
-	ui->audioBufferingTime->setValue(audioBufferingTime);
 	SetComboByName(ui->colorFormat, videoColorFormat);
 	SetComboByName(ui->colorSpace, videoColorSpace);
 	SetComboByValue(ui->colorRange, videoColorRange);
@@ -2107,7 +2103,6 @@ void OBSBasicSettings::SaveAdvancedSettings()
 				ui->resetOSXVSync->isChecked());
 #endif
 
-	SaveSpinBox(ui->audioBufferingTime, "Audio", "BufferingTime");
 	SaveCombo(ui->colorFormat, "Video", "ColorFormat");
 	SaveCombo(ui->colorSpace, "Video", "ColorSpace");
 	SaveComboData(ui->colorRange, "Video", "ColorRange");