diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NDS/MelonDS.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NDS/MelonDS.cs
index 9bb61aac91..d319b61de7 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NDS/MelonDS.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NDS/MelonDS.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.NDS
 	{
 		private readonly LibMelonDS _core;
 		private readonly NDSDisassembler _disassembler;
-		private SpeexResampler _resampler;
 
 		[CoreConstructor(VSystemID.Raw.NDS)]
 		public NDS(CoreLoadParameters<NDSSettings, NDSSyncSettings> lp)
@@ -210,9 +209,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.NDS
 				_core.SetThreadStartCallback(_threadstartcb);
 			}
 
-			_resampler = new SpeexResampler(SpeexResampler.Quality.QUALITY_DEFAULT, 32768, 44100, 32768, 44100, null, this);
-			_serviceProvider.Register<ISoundProvider>(_resampler);
-
 			_disassembler = new(_core);
 			_serviceProvider.Register<IDisassemblable>(_disassembler);
 
@@ -221,13 +217,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.NDS
 			_serviceProvider.Register(Tracer);
 		}
 
-		public override void Dispose()
-		{
-			base.Dispose();
-			_resampler?.Dispose();
-			_resampler = null;
-		}
-
 		private static bool RomIsWare(byte[] file)
 		{
 			uint lowerWareTitleId = 0;