diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index 436385bd..6852b6e7 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ bool DivEngine::addSampleFromFile(const char* path) {
     }
     averaged/=si.channels;
     if (((si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_PCM_U8)) {
-      sample->data8[index++]=averaged;
+      sample->data8[index++]=averaged>>8;
     } else {
       sample->data16[index++]=averaged;
     }
diff --git a/src/engine/playback.cpp b/src/engine/playback.cpp
index e4ed6066..6cb7d9a1 100644
--- a/src/engine/playback.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/playback.cpp
@@ -1141,7 +1141,6 @@ void DivEngine::nextBuf(float** in, float** out, int inChans, int outChans, unsi
         } else {
           samp_temp=s->data16[sPreview.pos++];
         }
-        if (s->depth==8) samp_temp<<=8;
         blip_add_delta(samp_bb,i,samp_temp-samp_prevSample);
         samp_prevSample=samp_temp;