diff --git a/interface/src/Audio.cpp b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
index fde16737a2..89f297187a 100644
--- a/interface/src/Audio.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
@@ -139,23 +139,13 @@ void Audio::audioMixerKilled() {
 
 QAudioDeviceInfo getNamedAudioDeviceForMode(QAudio::Mode mode, const QString& deviceName) {
     QAudioDeviceInfo result;
-// Temporarily enable audio device selection in Windows again to test how it behaves now
-//#ifdef WIN32
-#if FALSE
-    // NOTE
-    // this is a workaround for a windows only QtBug https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-16117
-    // static QAudioDeviceInfo objects get deallocated when QList<QAudioDevieInfo> objects go out of scope
-    result = (mode == QAudio::AudioInput) ? 
-        QAudioDeviceInfo::defaultInputDevice() : 
-        QAudioDeviceInfo::defaultOutputDevice();
-#else
     foreach(QAudioDeviceInfo audioDevice, QAudioDeviceInfo::availableDevices(mode)) {
         if (audioDevice.deviceName().trimmed() == deviceName.trimmed()) {
             result = audioDevice;
             break;
         }
     }
-#endif
+
     return result;
 }