diff --git a/libcelt/rate.c b/libcelt/rate.c
index 443146b77129d0872d6334b46f6be4776cc628f3..0588afc9effd7cb84e2048758a7f80713309018c 100644
--- a/libcelt/rate.c
+++ b/libcelt/rate.c
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ static int interp_bits2pulses(const CELTMode *m, const celt_int16_t * const *cac
       for (j=0;j<len;j++)
       {
          ebits[j] = (((1<<BITRES)-mid)*ebits1[j] + mid*ebits2[j] + (1<<(BITRES-1)))>>BITRES;
-         esum += C*ebits[j];
+         esum += ebits[j];
       }
       for (j=0;j<len;j++)
-         bits[j] = ((1<<BITRES)-mid)*bits1[j] + mid*bits2[j] - C*(ebits[j]<<BITRES);
-      if (vec_bits2pulses(m, cache, bits, pulses, len) > (total-esum)<<BITRES)
+         bits[j] = ((1<<BITRES)-mid)*bits1[j] + mid*bits2[j];
+      if (vec_bits2pulses(m, cache, bits, pulses, len) > (total-C*esum)<<BITRES)
          hi = mid;
       else
          lo = mid;
@@ -164,19 +164,19 @@ static int interp_bits2pulses(const CELTMode *m, const celt_int16_t * const *cac
    for (j=0;j<len;j++)
    {
       ebits[j] = (((1<<BITRES)-lo)*ebits1[j] + lo*ebits2[j] + (1<<(BITRES-1)))>>BITRES;
-      esum += C*ebits[j];
+      esum += ebits[j];
    }
    for (j=0;j<len;j++)
-      bits[j] = ((1<<BITRES)-lo)*bits1[j] + lo*bits2[j] - C*(ebits[j]<<BITRES);
+      bits[j] = ((1<<BITRES)-lo)*bits1[j] + lo*bits2[j];
    out = vec_bits2pulses(m, cache, bits, pulses, len);
-   /*printf ("left to allocate: %d\n", total-esum-(out>>BITRES));*/
+   /*printf ("left to allocate: %d\n", total-C*esum-(out>>BITRES));*/
    /* Do some refinement to use up all bits. In the first pass, we can only add pulses to 
       bands that are under their allocated budget. In the second pass, anything goes */
    for (j=0;j<len;j++)
    {
       if (cache[j][pulses[j]] < bits[j] && pulses[j]<MAX_PULSES-1)
       {
-         if (out+cache[j][pulses[j]+1]-cache[j][pulses[j]] <= (total-esum)<<BITRES)
+         if (out+cache[j][pulses[j]+1]-cache[j][pulses[j]] <= (total-C*esum)<<BITRES)
          {
             out = out+cache[j][pulses[j]+1]-cache[j][pulses[j]];
             pulses[j] += 1;
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int interp_bits2pulses(const CELTMode *m, const celt_int16_t * const *cac
       {
          if (pulses[j]<MAX_PULSES-1)
          {
-            if (out+cache[j][pulses[j]+1]-cache[j][pulses[j]] <= (total-esum)<<BITRES)
+            if (out+cache[j][pulses[j]+1]-cache[j][pulses[j]] <= (total-C*esum)<<BITRES)
             {
                out = out+cache[j][pulses[j]+1]-cache[j][pulses[j]];
                pulses[j] += 1;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int compute_allocation(const CELTMode *m, int *offsets, const int *stereo_mode,
       int mid = (lo+hi) >> 1;
       for (j=0;j<len;j++)
       {
-         bits1[j] = (m->allocVectors[mid*len+j] - C*m->energy_alloc[mid*(len+1)+j] + offsets[j])<<BITRES;
+         bits1[j] = (m->allocVectors[mid*len+j] + offsets[j])<<BITRES;
          if (bits1[j] < 0)
             bits1[j] = 0;
          /*printf ("%d ", bits[j]);*/
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ int compute_allocation(const CELTMode *m, int *offsets, const int *stereo_mode,
       {
          ebits1[j] = m->energy_alloc[lo*(len+1)+j];
          ebits2[j] = m->energy_alloc[hi*(len+1)+j];
-         bits1[j] = m->allocVectors[lo*len+j] + offsets[j] - 0*ebits1[j];
-         bits2[j] = m->allocVectors[hi*len+j] + offsets[j] - 0*ebits2[j];
+         bits1[j] = m->allocVectors[lo*len+j] + offsets[j];
+         bits2[j] = m->allocVectors[hi*len+j] + offsets[j];
          if (bits1[j] < 0)
             bits1[j] = 0;
          if (bits2[j] < 0)