diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckMutedObjects.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckMutedObjects.cs
index 5b59a81f91..a2ae1764dd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckMutedObjects.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckMutedObjects.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks
                 yield break;
 
             // Samples that allow themselves to be overridden by control points have a volume of 0.
-            int maxVolume = sampledHitObject.Samples.Max(sample => sample.Volume > 0 ? sample.Volume : sampledHitObject.SampleControlPoint.SampleVolume);
+            int maxVolume = sampledHitObject.Samples.Max(sample => sample.Volume);
             double samplePlayTime = sampledHitObject.GetEndTime();
 
             EdgeType edgeType = getEdgeAtTime(hitObject, samplePlayTime);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/PlacementBlueprint.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/PlacementBlueprint.cs
index f810f51027..91dd7754d0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/PlacementBlueprint.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/PlacementBlueprint.cs
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
         /// <param name="commitStart">Whether this call is committing a value for HitObject.StartTime and continuing with further adjustments.</param>
         protected void BeginPlacement(bool commitStart = false)
         {
-            var nearestSampleControlPoint = beatmap.HitObjects.LastOrDefault(h => h.GetEndTime() < HitObject.StartTime)?.SampleControlPoint?.DeepClone() as SampleControlPoint;
-
-            HitObject.SampleControlPoint = nearestSampleControlPoint ?? new SampleControlPoint();
+            // Take the hitnormal sample of the last hit object
+            var lastHitNormal = beatmap.HitObjects.LastOrDefault(h => h.GetEndTime() < HitObject.StartTime)?.Samples?.FirstOrDefault(o => o.Name == HitSampleInfo.HIT_NORMAL);
+            HitObject.Samples.Add(lastHitNormal);
 
             placementHandler.BeginPlacement(HitObject);
             if (commitStart)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index f6c3452e48..79fc778287 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -357,13 +357,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
             if (samples.Length <= 0)
                 return;
 
-            if (HitObject.SampleControlPoint == null)
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(HitObject)}s must always have an attached {nameof(HitObject.SampleControlPoint)}."
-                                                    + $" This is an indication that {nameof(HitObject.ApplyDefaults)} has not been invoked on {this}.");
-            }
-
-            Samples.Samples = samples.Select(s => HitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(s)).Cast<ISampleInfo>().ToArray();
+            Samples.Samples = samples.Cast<ISampleInfo>().ToArray();
         }
 
         private void onSamplesChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e) => LoadSamples();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs
index e1c03e49e3..d4510a4519 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/GameplaySampleTriggerSource.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI
                 return;
 
             var samples = nextObject.Samples
-                                    .Select(s => nextObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(s))
                                     .Cast<ISampleInfo>()
                                     .ToArray();
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Playfield.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Playfield.cs
index b1c3b78e67..6016a53918 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Playfield.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Playfield.cs
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI
         {
             // prepare sample pools ahead of time so we're not initialising at runtime.
             foreach (var sample in hitObject.Samples)
-                prepareSamplePool(hitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(sample));
+                prepareSamplePool(sample);
 
             foreach (var sample in hitObject.AuxiliarySamples)
-                prepareSamplePool(hitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(sample));
+                prepareSamplePool(sample);
 
             foreach (var nestedObject in hitObject.NestedHitObjects)
                 preloadSamples(nestedObject);