diff --git a/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.cc b/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.cc
index e231dc698d..0da28944de 100644
--- a/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.cc
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ void WavesAudioBackend::AudioDeviceManagerNotification (NotificationReason reaso
 }
 
 
-WavesAudioBackend::WavesAudioBackend (AudioEngine& e, AudioBackendInfo& info)
-    : AudioBackend (e, info)
+WavesAudioBackend::WavesAudioBackend (AudioEngine& e)
+    : AudioBackend (e, __backend_info)
     , _audio_device_manager (this)
     , _midi_device_manager (*this)
     , _device (NULL)
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ WavesAudioBackend::__waves_backend_factory (AudioEngine& e)
 {
     // COMMENTED DBG LOGS */ std::cout << "WavesAudioBackend::__waves_backend_factory ():" << std::endl;
     if (!__instance) {
-            __instance.reset (new WavesAudioBackend (e, *(descriptor())));
+            __instance.reset (new WavesAudioBackend (e));
     }
     return __instance;
 }
diff --git a/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.h b/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.h
index a97bd957bd..0f384b746d 100644
--- a/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.h
+++ b/libs/backends/wavesaudio/waves_audiobackend.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class WavesMidiPort;
     class WavesAudioBackend : public AudioBackend, WCMRAudioDeviceManagerClient
 {
   public:
-    WavesAudioBackend (AudioEngine& e, AudioBackendInfo&);
+    WavesAudioBackend (AudioEngine& e);
     virtual ~WavesAudioBackend ();
 
     /* AUDIOBACKEND API */