diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
index 94360624977f3b3daf4b8717caeaee973fac122c..983f9d95ee4c0551592510c59e41bf2681cf85da 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 
 
 
-#define JVET_L0553_FIX_INITQP                             1
 #define JVET_L0053_L0272_DM                               1 // use center position of luma block to derive DM
 
 #define JVET_L0147_ALF_SUBSAMPLED_LAPLACIAN               1 // Subsampled Laplacian calculation
diff --git a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/EncLib.cpp b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/EncLib.cpp
index 175149b03fae57dd14fbe4b20e977f8747528741..6291357cd3cadf3b691f1db3ff3d5032e9a9e271 100644
--- a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/EncLib.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/EncLib.cpp
@@ -1287,11 +1287,7 @@ void EncLib::xInitPPS(PPS &pps, const SPS &sps)
     {
       baseQp = getBaseQP()-26;
     }
-#if JVET_L0553_FIX_INITQP
     const int maxDQP = 37;
-#else
-    const int maxDQP = 25;
-#endif
     const int minDQP = -26 + sps.getQpBDOffset(CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA);
 
     pps.setPicInitQPMinus26( std::min( maxDQP, std::max( minDQP, baseQp ) ));