diff --git a/libavcodec/lpc.c b/libavcodec/lpc.c
index bada368580976aa965824c350be45217fbea7baf..c098b0f0f6fa0949cec09e6e13db40eb86bffd88 100644
--- a/libavcodec/lpc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/lpc.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int ff_lpc_calc_coefs(LPCContext *s,
                 }else
                     weight++;
 
-                avpriv_update_lls(&m[pass&1], var, 1.0);
+                avpriv_update_lls(&m[pass&1], var);
             }
             avpriv_solve_lls(&m[pass&1], 0.001, 0);
         }
diff --git a/libavutil/lls.c b/libavutil/lls.c
index 246189bdf73c511a52a204e4907784c97b4f28fe..2061e6a5a92ed307cec77df4c9db14f5be2db49a 100644
--- a/libavutil/lls.c
+++ b/libavutil/lls.c
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ av_cold void avpriv_init_lls(LLSModel *m, int indep_count)
     m->indep_count = indep_count;
 }
 
-void avpriv_update_lls(LLSModel *m, double *var, double decay)
+void avpriv_update_lls(LLSModel *m, double *var)
 {
     int i, j;
 
     for (i = 0; i <= m->indep_count; i++) {
         for (j = i; j <= m->indep_count; j++) {
-            m->covariance[i][j] *= decay;
             m->covariance[i][j] += var[i] * var[j];
         }
     }
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ av_cold void av_init_lls(LLSModel *m, int indep_count)
 }
 void av_update_lls(LLSModel *m, double *param, double decay)
 {
-    avpriv_update_lls(m, param, decay);
+    avpriv_update_lls(m, param);
 }
 void av_solve_lls(LLSModel *m, double threshold, int min_order)
 {
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ int main(void)
         var[1] = var[0] + av_lfg_get(&lfg) / (double) UINT_MAX - 0.5;
         var[2] = var[1] + av_lfg_get(&lfg) / (double) UINT_MAX - 0.5;
         var[3] = var[2] + av_lfg_get(&lfg) / (double) UINT_MAX - 0.5;
-        avpriv_update_lls(&m, var, 0.99);
+        avpriv_update_lls(&m, var);
         avpriv_solve_lls(&m, 0.001, 0);
         for (order = 0; order < 3; order++) {
             eval = avpriv_evaluate_lls(&m, var + 1, order);
diff --git a/libavutil/lls.h b/libavutil/lls.h
index f493076446906d5a95f28307760b450c1fc3bd03..9c71cf9e6e05a2aca2ffcb51b0fd22c4fb12bdbf 100644
--- a/libavutil/lls.h
+++ b/libavutil/lls.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ typedef struct LLSModel {
 } LLSModel;
 
 void avpriv_init_lls(LLSModel *m, int indep_count);
-void avpriv_update_lls(LLSModel *m, double *param, double decay);
+void avpriv_update_lls(LLSModel *m, double *param);
 void avpriv_solve_lls(LLSModel *m, double threshold, unsigned short min_order);
 double avpriv_evaluate_lls(LLSModel *m, double *param, int order);