diff --git a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
index ed0fe17e27..90cf09dce1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.MenuParallax, true);
 
             // Gameplay
-            SetDefault(OsuSetting.PositionalHitsoundsLevel, 0.8f, 0, 1);
+            SetDefault(OsuSetting.PositionalHitsoundsLevel, 0.2f, 0, 1);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.DimLevel, 0.8, 0, 1, 0.01);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.BlurLevel, 0, 0, 1, 0.01);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.LightenDuringBreaks, true);
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.ShowHealthDisplayWhenCantFail, true);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.FadePlayfieldWhenHealthLow, true);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.KeyOverlay, false);
-            SetDefault(OsuSetting.PositionalHitSounds, true);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.AlwaysPlayFirstComboBreak, true);
 
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.FloatingComments, false);
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
         ShowStoryboard,
         PositionalHitsoundsLevel,
         KeyOverlay,
-        PositionalHitSounds,
         AlwaysPlayFirstComboBreak,
         FloatingComments,
         HUDVisibilityMode,
diff --git a/osu.Game/Localisation/AudioSettingsStrings.cs b/osu.Game/Localisation/AudioSettingsStrings.cs
index a55816b401..ba48c412c4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Localisation/AudioSettingsStrings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Localisation/AudioSettingsStrings.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Localisation
         /// <summary>
         /// "Master"
         /// </summary>
-        public static LocalisableString PositionalLevel => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"positional_hitsound_audio_level"), @"Positional hitsound audio level.");
+        public static LocalisableString PositionalLevel => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"positional_hitsound_audio_level"), @"Positional hitsound audio level");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// "Level"
diff --git a/osu.Game/Localisation/GameplaySettingsStrings.cs b/osu.Game/Localisation/GameplaySettingsStrings.cs
index fa92187650..84c3704e26 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Localisation/GameplaySettingsStrings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Localisation/GameplaySettingsStrings.cs
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Localisation
         /// </summary>
         public static LocalisableString AlwaysShowKeyOverlay => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"key_overlay"), @"Always show key overlay");
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// "Positional hitsounds"
-        /// </summary>
-        public static LocalisableString PositionalHitsounds => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"positional_hitsounds"), @"Positional hitsounds");
-
         /// <summary>
         /// "Always play first combo break sound"
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/AudioSettings.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/AudioSettings.cs
index 9e677943c2..a5c5399e98 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/AudioSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/AudioSettings.cs
@@ -24,12 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.Gameplay
         {
             positionalHitsoundsLevel = osuConfig.GetBindable<float>(OsuSetting.PositionalHitsoundsLevel);
             Children = new Drawable[]
-            {
-                new SettingsCheckbox
-                {
-                    LabelText = GameplaySettingsStrings.PositionalHitsounds,
-                    Current = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuSetting.PositionalHitSounds)
-                },
+            {                
                 positionalHitsoundsSettings = new FillFlowContainer<SettingsSlider<float>>
                 {
                     Direction = FillDirection.Vertical,
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index 601756485b..ea153bd0e6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -124,10 +124,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
 
         public readonly Bindable<double> StartTimeBindable = new Bindable<double>();
         private readonly BindableList<HitSampleInfo> samplesBindable = new BindableList<HitSampleInfo>();
-        private readonly Bindable<bool> userPositionalHitSounds = new Bindable<bool>();
-        private readonly Bindable<float> positionalHitsoundsLevel = new Bindable<float>();
 
-        private readonly Bindable<int> comboIndexBindable = new Bindable<int>();
+        private readonly Bindable<float> positionalHitsoundsLevel = new Bindable<float>();        private readonly Bindable<int> comboIndexBindable = new Bindable<int>();
         private readonly Bindable<int> comboIndexWithOffsetsBindable = new Bindable<int>();
 
         protected override bool RequiresChildrenUpdate => true;
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(OsuConfigManager config, ISkinSource skinSource)
         {
-            config.BindWith(OsuSetting.PositionalHitSounds, userPositionalHitSounds);
             config.BindWith(OsuSetting.PositionalHitsoundsLevel, positionalHitsoundsLevel);
 
             // Explicit non-virtual function call.
@@ -535,9 +532,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
         /// <param name="position">The lookup X position. Generally should be <see cref="SamplePlaybackPosition"/>.</param>
         protected double CalculateSamplePlaybackBalance(double position)
         {
+            double returnedvalue;
             float balance_adjust_amount = positionalHitsoundsLevel.Value*2;
-
-            return balance_adjust_amount * (true ? position - 0.5f : 0);
+            returnedvalue = balance_adjust_amount *(position - 0.5f );
+            
+            return returnedvalue;
         }
 
         /// <summary>