diff --git a/audio/audio_driver.c b/audio/audio_driver.c
index f78a50c55a..445b47b7d5 100644
--- a/audio/audio_driver.c
+++ b/audio/audio_driver.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "../configuration.h"
 #include "../retroarch.h"
 #include "../runloop.h"
-#include "../performance_counters.h"
 #include "../verbosity.h"
 #include "../list_special.h"
 
@@ -506,8 +505,6 @@ static bool audio_driver_flush(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
    bool is_paused                                       = false;
    bool is_idle                                         = false;
    bool is_slowmotion                                   = false;
-   static struct retro_perf_counter resampler_proc      = {0};
-   static struct retro_perf_counter audio_convert_s16   = {0};
    const void *output_data                              = NULL;
    unsigned output_frames                               = 0;
    settings_t *settings                                 = config_get_ptr();
@@ -529,11 +526,8 @@ static bool audio_driver_flush(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
    if (!audio_driver_active || !audio_driver_input_data)
       return false;
 
-   performance_counter_init(audio_convert_s16, "audio_convert_s16");
-   performance_counter_start_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, audio_convert_s16);
    convert_s16_to_float(audio_driver_input_data, data, samples,
          audio_driver_volume_gain);
-   performance_counter_stop_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, audio_convert_s16);
 
    src_data.data_in               = audio_driver_input_data;
    src_data.input_frames          = samples >> 1;
@@ -541,7 +535,6 @@ static bool audio_driver_flush(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
 
    if (audio_driver_dsp)
    {
-      static struct retro_perf_counter audio_dsp           = {0};
       struct retro_dsp_data dsp_data;
 
       dsp_data.input                 = NULL;
@@ -552,10 +545,7 @@ static bool audio_driver_flush(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
       dsp_data.input                 = audio_driver_input_data;
       dsp_data.input_frames          = (unsigned)(samples >> 1);
 
-      performance_counter_init(audio_dsp, "audio_dsp");
-      performance_counter_start_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, audio_dsp);
       retro_dsp_filter_process(audio_driver_dsp, &dsp_data);
-      performance_counter_stop_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, audio_dsp);
 
       if (dsp_data.output)
       {
@@ -599,11 +589,7 @@ static bool audio_driver_flush(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
    if (is_slowmotion)
       src_data.ratio *= settings->slowmotion_ratio;
 
-   performance_counter_init(resampler_proc, "resampler_proc");
-   performance_counter_start_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, resampler_proc);
-
    audio_driver_resampler->process(audio_driver_resampler_data, &src_data);
-   performance_counter_stop_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, resampler_proc);
 
    output_data   = audio_driver_output_samples_buf;
    output_frames = (unsigned)src_data.output_frames;
@@ -612,13 +598,8 @@ static bool audio_driver_flush(const int16_t *data, size_t samples)
       output_frames *= sizeof(float);
    else
    {
-      static struct retro_perf_counter audio_convert_float = {0};
-
-      performance_counter_init(audio_convert_float, "audio_convert_float");
-      performance_counter_start_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, audio_convert_float);
       convert_float_to_s16(audio_driver_output_samples_conv_buf,
             (const float*)output_data, output_frames * 2);
-      performance_counter_stop_plus(is_perfcnt_enable, audio_convert_float);
 
       output_data = audio_driver_output_samples_conv_buf;
       output_frames *= sizeof(int16_t);