diff --git a/apps/codecs/liba52/bitstream.h b/apps/codecs/liba52/bitstream.h
index f559fbf833..88f8fc4660 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/liba52/bitstream.h
+++ b/apps/codecs/liba52/bitstream.h
@@ -21,30 +21,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
 
-/* (stolen from the kernel) */
-#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-
-#	define swab32(x) (x)
-
-#else
-
-#	if 0 && defined (__i386__)
-
-#	define swab32(x) __i386_swab32(x)
-	static inline const uint32_t __i386_swab32(uint32_t x)
-	{
-		__asm__("bswap %0" : "=r" (x) : "0" (x));
-		return x;
-	}
-
-#	else
-
-#	define swab32(x)\
-((((uint8_t*)&x)[0] << 24) | (((uint8_t*)&x)[1] << 16) |  \
- (((uint8_t*)&x)[2] << 8)  | (((uint8_t*)&x)[3]))
-
-#	endif
-#endif
+#define swab32(x) (betoh32(x))
 
 void a52_bitstream_set_ptr (a52_state_t * state, uint8_t * buf);
 uint32_t a52_bitstream_get_bh (a52_state_t * state, uint32_t num_bits);